After treatments for stage 1, MRI found a suspicious lesion, biopsy

Posted by brighterdays @brighterdays, Apr 10 9:19am

Last January I was diagnosed with stage 1 idc on right breast. I went through all the treatments and finally feel like I’m peering above the clouds. Yesterday I went in for an MRI and they found a suspicious lesion on my left breast that went from a birads 3 in October to birads 4 needing a biopsy. My heart sank. This is so hard.

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Rubyslippers | @triciaot | Apr 20 10:57am

It’s amazing the emotions and fatigue after dealing with waiting on results and making decisions! The mammo on Thursday was inconclusive on the Birads 3 they were watching, but MRI on Friday determined it was a 2. So good news, but I was so tired I was kind of numb.
The plastic surgeon (Wednesday’s appt) scheduled a follow up surgery for this summer to make adjustments on my breasts. I had a tough time trying to decide if I wanted to go through with this as it’s mostly cosmetic. But is is a very simple surgery so I probably will.
It looks like the seroma I have - inside behind the north side of the left nipple, will either get absorbed/collapse and cause the breast to be smaller than it already is, or harden over time. My right breast, DCIS side, is already larger (left is a C cup, right is at least a D). The surgeon is willing to take some tissue out along the right inframammary scar, and then also make small changes at the left nipple. At this point I told him to go ahead and put the surgery on the schedule, he agreed that I could cancel if I change my mind.