Core Biopsy Timeline
I’m having a core biopsy on a small lump picked up in mammogram/ultrasound. My biopsy is on the 3rd December. I’m not too worried as we all think it’s a mouse (fibroadenoma). It’s pretty small, less t...
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Very similar timing to others.
Friday for core biopsy and they advised me results would be ready the following Wednesday. They had a multidisciplinary team meeting Wednesday morning and then told me my results at midday. I too had pre-empted an appointment with my GP the next morning (because she’s so hard to get in to) for a referral to a breast surgeon. While I was in the GP’s rooms she rang the surgeon and he saw me that afternoon. So within 2 days I went from diagnoses to booking for surgery. Hard to remember how crazy that was.
I agree that the waiting was the hardest.
Friday for core biopsy and they advised me results would be ready the following Wednesday. They had a multidisciplinary team meeting Wednesday morning and then told me my results at midday. I too had pre-empted an appointment with my GP the next morning (because she’s so hard to get in to) for a referral to a breast surgeon. While I was in the GP’s rooms she rang the surgeon and he saw me that afternoon. So within 2 days I went from diagnoses to booking for surgery. Hard to remember how crazy that was.
I agree that the waiting was the hardest.