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I had my yearly screening mammogram on 12/8/22 and it came back suspicious. On 12/15/22 I had a diagnostic mammogram followed by an ultrasound, resulted as BIRADS-4 and was told that day that I needed to have a biopsy. On 1/6/23 I had a stereotactic core needle biopsy. Pathology said negative for malignancy but I was diagnosed with ALH. The radiologist did not agree with pathology because I have pleomorphic calcifications in a linear distribution which he says are suspicious of malignancy. I now have to have a breast MRI and then an excisional biopsy. Everything is so delayed where I live, my biopsy isn’t until 3/6. I am 50 years old and my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 50. I am terrified, all the waiting is killing me. I feel stuck.
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I highly recommend you be your own advocate. Demand a two week turn around for your biopsy. Push your DR., one who schedules your mammogram, to get your appointment moved up. It's critic for both your physical and mental health. Or tell your DR. you are open to traveling a reasonable distance to get the biopsy. DRs sometimes forget that they signed up to help their patients get the care they deserve. They focus on the immediate need of the current day...they need to be as concerned and helpful and motivated to get you that appt and then continue to push the follow up.
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I am currently going through this right now. I had a diagnostic mammogram on Friday 1/20/23 and my results are BIRAD5 🙁 ive been crying so much. I am a single mother with 2 little ones and sometimes I'm ok but then i think about it and i start crying. I am waiting for my Dr to call me back.