The ultrasound guided biopsy was under local anesthesia. The anesthetic injection was the most painful part. The needle they use to collect the samples can be felt as a tug occasionally. Not very comfortable. I felt upset that I had to go through something I felt was invasive. I cried a little.
During the biopsy the doctor places a titanium clip in the location of the biopsy. The reason for this is two fold. First, if biopsy results showed the tumor to be benign, doctors reviewing future mammograms will know the mass has already been tested. Second, if biosy results showed malignancy, thus requiring surgery, the surgeon would be able to find the mass more easily with the clip.
The unforunate part of biopsies is that it takes like a week to get biopsy results since they have to see in the lab how fast the cells grow/split over time.
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