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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So I had the biopsy yesterday and it was exactly as everyone here described it. It was uncomfortable but not painful (local anaesthetic); they don't squish you as much as a standing mam; took about 25 mins for mine.
Here comes my big whinge: when the young doctor told me a month ago that I had to have a biopsy under mammogram, he gave me no explanation of the procedure whatsoever. I was a bit stunned and didn't know what questions to ask before he handed me over to the admin staff to make the booking.
Enter mild anxiety for a month while awaiting the procedure.
When I turned up yesterday, the rad doctor says "so, you know what's happening then!"
"No" says I, "only what I've read on BCNA".
"Oh", says doc, handing me a brochure with pretty pictures which I didn't have time to read before being rushed down the corridor.
"This would have been really %$#@ing handy a month ago" :s
Doc looks at me blankly.
Here comes my big whinge: when the young doctor told me a month ago that I had to have a biopsy under mammogram, he gave me no explanation of the procedure whatsoever. I was a bit stunned and didn't know what questions to ask before he handed me over to the admin staff to make the booking.
Enter mild anxiety for a month while awaiting the procedure.
When I turned up yesterday, the rad doctor says "so, you know what's happening then!"
"No" says I, "only what I've read on BCNA".
"Oh", says doc, handing me a brochure with pretty pictures which I didn't have time to read before being rushed down the corridor.
"This would have been really %$#@ing handy a month ago" :s
Doc looks at me blankly.