Hi! I notice that on this site the most common word is ‘waiting’. Well, that’s me, too. I’m recently 60 and went for a routine mammography back in May/June. got a letter to attend the breast clinic as they found a suspicious spot. it is tiny, so it couldn’t be felt, not could it be picked up by ultrasound. they also wanted to do a stereotactic core biopsy, but as it was so far back they couldn’t get their co-ordinates, and after much trying and me in lots of weird positions they had to give up, for now. So what next: Well, I got a phone call later that day to say that there had been a unanimous decision between the doctors to leave it for 6 months. Now I know it if is anything at all it is likely to be small fry, relatively speaking, like a DCIS. But this waiting for 6 months is hard. And there isn’t anyone who can really tell me anything. I know there are good chances it is benign, but there is always the chance it isn’t, why otherwise follow it up at all? I count the weeks, ‘only’ about 16 or so left…What can I say? What can anyone say? Nothing really, but it is hard.
Hi Aquinnah.I was just like yourself and no matter how many times people tell you “not to worry” it is human nature to do so.I had a mammo and they thought there was a suspicious mass and had two needle biopsies and on the third they told me that they had found a cancerous growth but it was quite small.I had only two weeks to wait but that was terrible my mind just went haywire,so waiting 6months must have been hell.They would not have made you wait that long if they were worried in any way but that does not help you.Just keep posting here and there are a lot of lovely people only to willing to give advice and just be there when you are low. Take care. Joyce
I think they are waiting for it to grow - or not. Eg it would be easier to find and assess if it was bigger. It was in the region of 5mm or less.