I have to get a biopsy:(
I am 54 and had my annual mammogram a couple of months ago. I got called a few weeks ago that I needed to come back for an ultrasound and possibly more mammogram pics. Well, today I had my ultrasound, which I’ve had before, and I knew something was up because the sonographer also checked the lymph nodes under my arm. The radiologist came and talked to me and said something new had come up, it didn’t look like cancer but they couldn’t rule it out because it didn’t meet the requirements for a cyst. I thought she told me there was a 1% likelihood it was cancer but when I got home and looked up statistics for percentage of biopsies that end up being cancer, it was more like 20%! She said my lymph nodes weren’t swollen so if it is cancer it’s likely caught very early, but I’m freaking out. I have really bad health anxiety, specifically about cancer, and this has me reeling. My biopsy is in three weeks and the wait is going to be torture. I know we have these screening tests to find things early, but I just never expected this. Ugh.