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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
@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!
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@briarrose Patient communication can totally be a problem, can't it? I really believe that when doctors take a minute or two to explain what they're doing, it can result in a better outcome for a patient overall. We're already navigating a forest of procedures, language and terms, you-name-it that has us a bit frightened. Just clue us in and it would be better all around! Wishing all of my fellow warriors great communication from your doctors on the battlefront!