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Waiting sucks
Hi all, I recently discovered a weird area of thickening in my right breast that feels totally different from my left. I had a fibroadenoma in my left breast 5 years ago. I'm 45. I don't do regular self exams but am pretty familiar with my breasts and my body in general so I know that what I am feeling is not right for me.…
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Needle Biopsy Results
I was recently diagnosed with Florid LCIS With Focal pleomorphic features Comedonecrosis Calcifications ER pos PR neg 37 mm area of concern I have an appointment with a surgical oncologist upon referral by my Gyn . Any thoughts on what the future choices might hold for me ?
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Dimple that led to biopsy
I had the smallest dimple barely noticeable so I went to the walk-in ( I have no gp). I ended up seeing a physicians assistant who i don't think had ever done a breast exam as it was not at all a thorough exam. I requested a mammogram and followed up after hearing nothing. Turns out the referral was sent to the wrong…
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Bi-Rads 4 2cm Spiculated - Scared
Hello! I had to return to get more testing from my routine mammogram (3D this time). Results in my ultrasound report: 1.8 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm irregularly shaped, spiculated, hypoechoic, shadowing nodule in the 9:00 right breast 8 cm from the nipple. No suspicious lymph nodes are seen in the right axilla. I was happy about the…
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BlRADS 4A, biopsy pending results
Just had my biopsy done on this complex cyst this morning. It's rated a Bi-rads 4A, so I'm not concerned. I was able to see photos of the area and it doesn't look like a normal black circle. It's more oval, with what looks like walls and other junk just floating around; they are labeling it a multiseptate complex cyst with…
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What to tell new employer?
Hi, I just started a new job. I switched jobs JUST for better health insurance. Unfortunately, I went from mammogram to callback to biopsy, and now I'm due for an excisional biopsy, then the wait for results. I don't know what to say to my employer, it'll be day 5 on the job, and the surgery is scheduled for the whole day,…
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Core needle biopsies vs fine needle aspiration and BIRAD 4A
Hi friends! Have any of you had imagings of complex breasts cysts that said BIRADS 4A, only for a biopsy to prove it actually was cancer? Which type of biopsy did you habe
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Please share your experience. I’m terrified, but calm
Good morning. I go in today for my diagnostic 3D mammogram and ultrasound for this lump in the 7:00 - 8:00 subareolar area in my right breast. Did/does anyone else have a lump in this area? Did it end up just being a fibroadenoma? Fingers crossed due to it being in the lower outer quadrant. Thank you, friends!
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The endless wait: MRI last week, US/biopsy tomorrow
Hey everyone. I had a breast mri on Friday(w and w/o contrast) and have an ultrasound guided biopsy schedule on Monday at the hospital. Waiting for "MRI day" was hard but waiting for the results is so much harder! This feels like the longest weekend ever. Sigh Let me back up and give some background. I'm 38 and just before…
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Linear non mass enhancement MRI results
A little over a month ago, I thought I had a breast infection. I scheduled an appointment with my breast specialist. Before the appointment, my left breast and left arm swelled significantly. Still swollen but not as bad. After a clear ultrasound and mammogram, I was scheduled for an MRI. Received results on Sept 29. Don't…
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BI-RADS 5 and biopsy yesterday
It is looking very likely that I have breast cancer. I am 41. I had a routine screening mammogram two weeks ago, which I've done for several years due to having cystic breasts. I received a call asking me to come back in for further imaging. I thought nothing of it as I'd received the same call a few years ago, and it was…
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Waiting on Results after Biopsy
Good afternoon! I came across this site as I was researching some things. For a little background, I am 34 years old. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 54. My journey to where I am started back in April when I noticed a swollen area in my left armpit along with sensitivity and some pain. Because of my…
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Can't believe I'm back here again
Hello all! It's been a long time since I've been active on here, but after nearly a full five years since I started this ride, I find myself back in limbo once again. So, brief catch-up - you can see from my signature what happened with me previously, and I'm happy to say that, since finishing treatment in the summer of…
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BI-RADS 0: Incomplete- Should I be worried?
Just got my mammogram results today and it's BI-RADS Final Assessment Category 0: Incomplete-Need Additional Imaging Evaluation. Kind of worried now! They have me scheduled for a follow-up mammogram for Thursday. BREAST DENSITY: B-The breasts demonstrate scattered fibroglandular densities. Left breast: There are…
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Lump and indentation- negative mammogram
Hi all, I really hope I can get some answers. I’m 40 yrs old with no history of any breast conditions. About two months ago I noticed a dark spot on my left breast as I was getting in the shower. I was running late so I put it out of my mind until another couple weeks had passed and I noticed it again. Once I looked again…
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Back on the roller coaster
Hey all, I am back again. I had my annual mammogram in August 2021. I had to go back for a diagnostic mammogram for microcalcifications in right breast outer quadrant and radiology said she really thought it to be benign, so said come back in 6 months. I went for repeat diagnostic mammogram on February 2022 and there were…
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Tumor Markers Crazy
Does anyone know how reliable tumor marker tests are? I am a nine year survivor and my oncologists is having me get a endoscopic ultrasound so they can take samples of some swollen lymph nodes near my liver for a biopsy. Today they did blood work for tumor markers and two results CEA and AFP tumor markers came back normal…
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Waiting for the biopsy results.
Hello, I am new here. I had an abnormal mammogram (spiculated spot) and ultrasound so far. I also had a biopsy on Monday. The results are not back yet. However the surgeon called the pathologist and got the preliminary results: IDC, grade 2-3 (no molecular profile yet -ER?PR?HER?). I am thinking about having a mastectomy…
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Waiting on biopsy
I am a 47 year old mom of 4. I recently had my routine 3-D mammogram and was called back for further testing on my left breast. I wasn't too worried because I was called back last year for the right one. Last year, I had an ultra sound and no further tests were needed.. Fast forward to this year and the other breast...they…
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Biopsy in Two Days . . .Terrified
Like everyone else here, I wish I didn’t have to make this post. I am 45F, and had a screening mammogram a couple of weeks ago, on 7/20. Like an idiot, I hadn’t gone since 2019 - the pandemic, and then I just kept putting it off. I got a call-back and they ordered an ultrasound. In the past, it has always ended up being…
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Awaiting Results of Breast MRI Biopsy
I am absolutely terrified and in a bad mental state. I was found to have a linear non-mass enhancement of 0.8 cm on Breast MRI with rapid plateau kinetics. I then had a biopsy for which I amcurrently waiting on the result. My symptoms have been skin discoloration, itching, and pain. For this reason, I am terrified this is…
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Birads 4b
hi everyone, I noticed a new lump in my upper right quadrant/close to the chest. It was tender and mobile and I noticed it same day as mt period so assumed a cyst but on US tuned out to be a birads 4b. I am 36 with three small babies and am so so anxious. Any one have similar results and a good outcome? Thanks
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Seriously? First IDC, then DCIS, now possible DCIS again.
Has anyone had multiple new DCIS primaries rather than recurrences? I had IDC in my left breast (treated with lumpectomy and radiation ) in 2011, DCIS in left breast (treated with left-side mastectomy) in 2021, and today my radiologist found new calcifications in my right breast. I'm having a biopsy on Wednesday. She…
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Disappearing lesion?
Hello everyone. I'm a 32 year old who is currently going through testing. In May during a breast ultrasound they found a 3x2cm mass in my left breast. I was labeled Bi-RADS 4 and referred for urgent mammogram & repeat ultrasound. I had these tests done 5 days later. The mammogram didn't locate anything due to extremely…
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Clear breast discharge that led to sono
I feel so stupid. After 3 years, I weaned my son but having had oversupply and overactive let down, I never worried that my breasts continued to drip very slightly, even when it became clear and only one side. This went on for at least a year before I read a pamphlet that alarmed me. Unilateral, spontaneous, clear…
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More imaging...more waiting....
Just got back from my appointment at SCCA. Loved the dr. I was given. She took the time to listen to my concerns, understood my frustrations with the last mammo/ultrasound, and didnt once say "you are too young for cancer". My story in short: Found a lump way up high on my pectoral muscle a few months ago. Primary care Dr…
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Waiting for biopsy
Hi Everyone, My name is Amy, 40 years old, mother of 3 sons and 3 bonus kids. I am here because I am in the long 3 week wait for biopsies and I am not sure what to do with myself. I was hoping to tell my story, if others have had similar and how it worked out for them, or just read and gain information for whatever is…
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This wild Ultrasound Experience as I wait for Biopsy Thursday
A few years back (like probably at least 5) I was called back for a follow up mammo and U/S. Was told basically not to worry, but if i wanted a biopsy I could have one. (Radiologist was awesome, and showed me on his computer the area, how it hadn't moved or changed in three years, hadn't vascularized. He was wonderful. )…
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Birads 4a-STEREOTACTIC BREAST BIOPSY
I spent 27 days reading all of the posts on here over and over during my wait but never had the courage to post during that ordeal. I decided I needed to post my experience because I gained so much info from others and every time I read a post that seemed to fit my situation, it helped. I would be so disappointed though…
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Last biopsy result finally
Today I received my last biopsy results. All three biopsies came back benign. Fantastic news! Boy, that took what seemed like an eternity. I have to do my right mastectomy again for the incorrect pathology results and that the mastectomy was not a complete mastectomy that left behind residual tissue. Due to the additional…