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Yesterday, I went in for my regularly scheduled yearly mammogram.
Today, I was called at 8:30 am and asked to come in for another mammogram, due to calcifications. "Be here at 10:45."
"Nothing to worry about," the nurse said, "just want to take a better look." So why the urgency of getting in today?
I go in at 10:45, have the repeat mammogram. Then I have to see the doctor, who is very nice and informative. She is concerned about the calcification patterns in my right breast. She suggests a biopsy.
I say OK, thinking today is Friday, I ask "sometime next week?" The doctor responds, "how about now."
Next thing I know I am being prepped for a large core needle biopsy.
They take multiple films, they talk a lot, they point a lot, and it hurts like the devil and bleeds a lot.
The doctor is very apologetic that she cannot get me results until Monday or Tuesday.
So, what is with all the urgency. Why the "now?" Should I be concerned? I don't want to overthink this.
Why not now? It's probably nothing, but if it's something would you have wanted it to have more time to grow and potentially spread? I find that if an oncologist can take you earlier, they will regardless of what the case may be.
Thank you all. I had a benign cyst removed Monday. I am thankful that the doctors were aggressive in identifying the problem
Thanks for your replies.
Great news: I was thinking, I have calcium deposits and when I change doctors even with old records, the always do a second mammogram or make me come back in 3 to 6 months. Luckily I haven't had any returns for quite a few years. I have had the same doctors for 8 years.
I know how you feel and you certainly did the right thing. My husband, who is a cancer survivor had his annual body scan about 3 months ago. A few questionable masses showed up. The oncolist said not to worrry but also mentioned if we felt better we might want to have a biopsy or have them removed. Hubby choose removal as the surgeon said they were very deep and would be hard to just biopsy in his office.
Long story short, they were not deep as it turned out, but he did have them removed. 2 days later results; all benign. We are so relieved and glad he choose to have them removed.
Great News!
I wasn't so lucky. But they caught mine early. I only needed a lumpectomy and 6 weeks of radiation. Now I am on 10 years of tamoxifen. Keep your appointments and yearly mammograms. I began mine at the age of 30, due to my father's breast cancer, and was diagnosed at 42.
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