Having a hard time w/ biopsy
To make a two year story short, I am a 37F and I have super dense breast tissue. In 2024, my company brought some speakers in to talk to us about how important it is for early screenings for women with dense breast tissue, I expressed to my doctor I wanted to start getting screened and she ordered it. I learn they can see that I am a fairly tattooed woman from the mammogram (which was interesting to learn) and find a thick outer layer on a lymph node.
Two years and many ultrasounds of the funky lymph node in my right armpit later, I'm feeling good about this whole thing. On what was supposed to be my last ultrasound appointment, the reviewing doctor asked to compare my right side to my left side. Of course, they found a worse lymph node on the left side, BI-RADS 4 with loss of the fatty hilum, and ordered a CNB. This place is great, they make sure you leave your appointments with a diagnosis or decision on next steps so again, I'm feeling confident going in. Show up for my CNB, turns out they have to reschedule me because the doctor was in a car accident and won't be in. Okay... I get it, things happen and they fit me in for a week later.
Well, a week later was today and after two hours of both the ultrasound technician and the doctor shoving that ultrasound wand in both my armpits they determine both of my funky lymph nodes are too blood vessel heavy and they don't feel comfortable performing with the size needle they have in the office. So now I have to go for a surgical consult to get both my lymph nodes biopsied.
I'm glad they're making smart decisions for my health, but WOW is this hard mentally to juggle. I just want to know what's going on. They keep telling me this is all likely just a metal deposit from my tattoos but of course there is also a chance this is cancer. It feels like Schrodinger's Lymph Node. I guess I'm kinda just venting into the void. I know I shouldn't worry too much, yet but I'm an anxiety girly and it's hard to stop the spiral some days. Thanks for listening 🙏🏻