I'm so sorry to hear the result was cancer. You've had to wait a long time for results, and now it's time to take a deep breath, gather all your strength and fight this! I'll be sending you healing thoughts!
I just returned from my post surgical visit and am told the path report showed cancer. So the next step is Radiation, but I have another two week wait to find out when and where. The waiting is the worst. Thanks for listening.
At the top of this forum page there is a place where you can do a search to find out more about atypical hyperplasia (in the question/answer forma.) I'm sure there other places with more complete information, also. I hope you recover well from your surgery. Thanks for updating us.
Reading up on atypical hyperplasia will help with your question. I think I know but because this is what I had also but I don't want to give out the wrong info. Please do let us know your pathology report. Glad to see you back.
Thanks for your ongoing concern. I had the Stersotactic Biopsy and it showed Atypical Hyperplasia.(?) The Surgeon then posted me for an Excisional Biopsy from which I am now recovering -- it was done under general anaesthetic. There is a two inch incision -- and I am bound up tighter than a mummy in a tensor bandage. THe hospital staff were very comforting and supportive which really helped alleviate my anxiety. Now I am awaiting the pathology report - another anxious time.
I know now that even if malignancy is found it is really early on which is a very good thing... and makes me thankful for the annual MAmmogramm program.
I am just wondering what to expect next --- if it remains atypical
hyperplasia with no signs of malignancy -- what can I expect in terms of follow up care?
24 samples does sound like a lot, but they really try to get all of the areas so they don't leave any doubt and so you don't have to do it again soon. I agree with Cyn that a large number of samples doesn't necessarily mean higher risk for cancer. I've been told to wear a jog bra for the first 48 hours (even at night) after my biopsies. I also had to ice my breast, so I put a regular bra over the jog bra and put a small ice pack in between when I went to work the next day. That worked for me. When do you get your results?