snappy
Survivor
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2002
All well with me except we are struggling with our Medicare Part D drug plan review. The new Medicare 2020 plan website has a few issues. And so do we lol.
I think the density of your breast may be an issue but I am guessing. I think it wise to get the second opinion. It’s a case of nothing to lose but an outside chance of gaining early knowledge if there is something up. From personal experience, when mom was 78, her breast surgeon did a stereotactic needle biopsy, wasn’t satisfied with the result, proceeded with a surgical biopsy, found DCIS (non invasive) stage 0, then because the margins were outside the surgical biopsy, proceeded with more surgery (modified mastectomy). Mom is still around and enjoys life. For me, after I was diagnosed via mammogram and stereotactic needle biopsy with primarily widespread DCIS in my left breast, a surgeon felt something in the other breast so she did a fine needle biopsy. It took a week to get the results of the second biopsy and I imagined myself doomed during that week, but it was benign. That was 2004 and I am doing great at age 66. Another non-cancer example, after a terrible bout of angina around midnight, my husband had an angiogram in March and a section of the right coronary artery appeared to have a 40 percent blockage, which didn’t call for further attention. Except the surgeon said you know the area looks a little “vague”, I want to do more testing, so after a type of X-ray of artery, and I think a blood flow test as well, he discovered that area was 90 percent blocked with a whole lot of very hard calcium deposits ringing the artery. The surgeon blasted through it with the balloon in an angioplasty but was unable to place the stent. So far, 8 months later he is doing well, no more angina, on a new med and exercising like you wouldn’t believe. It can be good to go with the gut feeling of an expert. Although they didn’t really give me an option RE: proceeding with the angioplasty, the doctors just came out and explained it all to me while he was still sedated.
Good luck Monday, please let us know how this plays out. I understand how hard this is to be in limbo.
I think the density of your breast may be an issue but I am guessing. I think it wise to get the second opinion. It’s a case of nothing to lose but an outside chance of gaining early knowledge if there is something up. From personal experience, when mom was 78, her breast surgeon did a stereotactic needle biopsy, wasn’t satisfied with the result, proceeded with a surgical biopsy, found DCIS (non invasive) stage 0, then because the margins were outside the surgical biopsy, proceeded with more surgery (modified mastectomy). Mom is still around and enjoys life. For me, after I was diagnosed via mammogram and stereotactic needle biopsy with primarily widespread DCIS in my left breast, a surgeon felt something in the other breast so she did a fine needle biopsy. It took a week to get the results of the second biopsy and I imagined myself doomed during that week, but it was benign. That was 2004 and I am doing great at age 66. Another non-cancer example, after a terrible bout of angina around midnight, my husband had an angiogram in March and a section of the right coronary artery appeared to have a 40 percent blockage, which didn’t call for further attention. Except the surgeon said you know the area looks a little “vague”, I want to do more testing, so after a type of X-ray of artery, and I think a blood flow test as well, he discovered that area was 90 percent blocked with a whole lot of very hard calcium deposits ringing the artery. The surgeon blasted through it with the balloon in an angioplasty but was unable to place the stent. So far, 8 months later he is doing well, no more angina, on a new med and exercising like you wouldn’t believe. It can be good to go with the gut feeling of an expert. Although they didn’t really give me an option RE: proceeding with the angioplasty, the doctors just came out and explained it all to me while he was still sedated.
Good luck Monday, please let us know how this plays out. I understand how hard this is to be in limbo.
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