Mammogram vacuum assisted biopsy
I had this procedure on the advice of Breast Screen before diagnosis. Haven't heard much about others having it. It wasn't pleasant.
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hi @kmcin28. Yes I had 2 of these a couple of days apart. I had 2 grainy spots on the mammogram they werent too worried but did the vaccum biopsy on the largest just to be sure. When I got diagnosed high grade dcis I had to go back for a second vaccum biopsy on the other spot which came back same result. This was also at the breast screen clinic which was in the hospital. From there straight to the surgeons, long story My Gp never had anything to do with my BC from start to end. She actually rang much later and was very upset saying the head doctor at the clinic had received my results from breastscreen but had never let her know. She said if she had known she wouldve rung and tried to help me through which was nice.
The tumour ended up being a 7cm DCIS resulting in right mastectomy last March then recon with an implant then nipple recon and tattoo this year. Lucky my nodes were clear and nothing invasive found, so no rads or chemo or hormone therapy.
I also found the biopsy very traumatic and scarey , they tell you not to move but it goes off as loud as a nail gun. Cried a lot, and was prettty sore and bruised for a few weeks. Bad memories, all in the past now. I had actually pretty much forgotten all about it now, trying to blank out the whole awful experience.
The tumour ended up being a 7cm DCIS resulting in right mastectomy last March then recon with an implant then nipple recon and tattoo this year. Lucky my nodes were clear and nothing invasive found, so no rads or chemo or hormone therapy.
I also found the biopsy very traumatic and scarey , they tell you not to move but it goes off as loud as a nail gun. Cried a lot, and was prettty sore and bruised for a few weeks. Bad memories, all in the past now. I had actually pretty much forgotten all about it now, trying to blank out the whole awful experience.