If you thought labor left you with no dignity, you have never done this. At least in labor you are in so much pain that you don't really care about the fact that your butt cheeks are hanging out and you are pooping on a table in front of a room full of people. With a breast biopsy, you are just laying on a table with your tatas hanging out and a couple people feeling them. So humiliating.
The biopsy itself pretty much sucked too. They numbed my boob and then stuck this long needle into it and into the lump using US to guide it. Even though its numb so you can't feel the pain, you can still feel the pressure, and here the sound. The sick, sick, sound. Makes me cringe thinking about it. The dr would put the needle into the little incision he made, and then jam it deeper, cutting through all the... flesh...? Boob fat? Whatever it is, it sounds so disgusting when the needle slices through it. And he jams it hard! I was surprised the needle didn't pop out the other side!
Once in the lump he takes the sample. The needle makes a "pop" sound that is really loud and startles you. He then pulls the needle out and does it again. And again. And again. He did it a total of 4 times. Maybe 5. I stopped counting after 3 cuz it was making me sick.
They inserted a little clip thing into the lump to be able to spot it on mammogram in the future if the biopsy came back as cancerous, and just for future reference that I had a biopsy there. Even though its metal, its super tiny so it won't set off any metal detectors like at the airport or anything.
Afer 48 hours, they have your results. Although no one bothered to call me. Assholes. I called the place I had it done 4x and my dr once. Finally, after they were closed, a lady decided tracked down a dr to get permission to give me my results. I'm thinking yelling and telling her it was bullshit (yes I actually said that) that no one had called me got her a little more motivated.
Thankfully its not cancer! WOOHOO!!!! But there is some changes in inflammation...? So I guess the dr thinks its a type of mastitis that doesn't respond to antibiotics and he wants me to see the breast specialist to figure out what to do. I have my appt next Tuesday.
I'm so happy and relieved for good results. Unfortunately my MIL had a biopsy done too, and her results were not so good. She was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma. She is having a lumpectomy on March 10. So please keep her in your prayers.
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