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Has anyone had a painful biopsy? What was the explanation?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 28, 2025 | Replies (57)Comment receiving replies
@briarrose To be fair - an MRI guided biopsy is a different experience than a regular biopsy. For starters, the tissue being probed is more likely to bleed than with a regular biopsy. My MRI doc explained that, so I wouldn't be alarmed. (He was right - it was fairly bloody!) But if your team is as calm and reassuring as mine was, you'll get through it just fine, and it will render much more detailed imaging results than either a mammogram or ABUS. (One of my tumors didn't even show up in. a mammogram, ABUS OR biopsy. It took an MRI-guided biopsy to find the smaller tumor - which I'm grateful they did!) It's like tooking for cancer with a microscope as opposed to a magnifying glass. In this fight, it's great top have the best artil
lery possible! You can do this! Good luck!
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@engelwags Yes, I know. I already had the procedure - MRI guided biopsy. Thank you for your good wishes though! 🙂
As I posted, no walk in the park but got through it.
And like you, another tumor was found due to this procedure.
You were a bit fortunate, in the sense, your MRI doctor explained to you, the tissue being probed is more likely to bleed more than a regular biopsy.
Unfortunately, my MRI doctor told me nothing about the procedure beforehand. Making it more tough for me than needed to be...rendering everything a quite uncomfortable surprise for me. But that was then, this is now - 6 months out post bilateral mastectomy.
Wishing you all the very best as well!