Biopsy by mammogram
I had my one year follow-up mammogram. Right breast all clear but now there's a new lump in my (previously healthy) left breast. Doc said he'd book me in for a biopsy under mammorgram. Considering t...
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They sat me down in a big chair for mine. The bang makes you jump a bit, but they warn you it’s coming. That’s the needle going in, then they will take the sample. Flush the line to collect sample, and put a chip in if required. It’s all numb and they don’t squish you as badly as a normal mammogram. It takes awhile to do it all. Just remember to breath. I felt I might move if I took normal breaths, but you don’t. I had to have about four taken, so it was a very lengthy process and I just sort of drifter off to my own world. There wasn’t any pain.