Hi everybody,
I had my mammo last Friday, they sent me fircan ultrasound and then the radiologists came in to feel the bump and scan it himself. He told me it could go either way it was indeterminate, not highly suspicious and try to calm down he wouldn’t lose sleep over it! He was so abrupt and I have not eaten or slept since Friday except for some soup. I am shaky and crying. I have times I feel ok and then I am so anxiety ridden. They scheduled me Tues for a cire biopsy. He said it was hard, nit a simple cyst. I am just going in to menopause at 50 with no radiologist for 3 months. I have a husband and sons and a grandson and they aren’t good with this.
Hi Philibotte,
Sounds like you have had a horrible time of it. There is nothing worse than not knowing, and the waiting is the worst.
The core biopsy is not too bad - they will inject local anaesthetic first and then take the samples. Afterwards it is a bit sore and bruised (and it may feel as if the lump is bigger but it won’t be); you can take paracetamol or ibuprofen for the pain. Hopefully you won’t have to wait too long for the results, and once you know that, it will get more copable - even if it is the news you fear.
Try to keep busy with nice things as this will help pass the time. If you are really not sleeping at all, then maybe ask your GP for a short course of sleeping tablets (I had a week’s supply at one stage early after diagnosis - they are used to it!)
Take care and hope the results are as good as they can be.
Thank you so so much for everything! They didn’t give me a breast care nurse. HUHS to you!
Thank you so much! I need sleep.