Birads 3 - How to cope with uncertainty and waiting?
After my very first mammogram and ultrasound (30 years old) they sat me down and said "you do not have cancer" Yay! Right? Except, he said "the lump you were worried about is fine. however, there is another thing that we saw that looks like a cyst. it's teeny tiny, smooth small and round, but it's gray. for that reason we are categorizing it as birads 3, so we will have you come back in 6 months to make sure it's what we think it is: benign"
I asked if they were SURE I didn't need to biopsy. he insisted he was confident that a biopsy was unnecessary and felt very confident that it's nothing. "we can poke you with needles if you really want, but I insist I truly trust you are 99% fine. I would tell the exact same thing to you if you were my closest family member"
But of course, my brain is spiraling. What if I'm the 1%? Does anyone else feel this way with a birads 3?
I know nothing is 100% certain but I really went into it hoping to get an absolute answer but I suppose I need to be okay with being 98% sure.
Is this just my dumb brain and anxiety/hypochondria? Can I really relax?