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[quote=Anonymous]Op here - came back to post that I am happy the biopsy date is finally really close (the 17th).

I did feel pretty guilty after shooing the BC survivor away - I was wrong. I realize I have no control over who posts here, I just reached my limit after feeling attacked after every post. My STBXH used to attack my feelings, so it hits very close to home. How someone feels should never be invalidated, IMO.

To be clear, however, I have not posted any inaccurate information. For example, the BC survivor questioned my BIRAD 4c rating.  I didn't pull that from the internet, it is on my mammy report. And the breakdown of the BIRAD categories came from the American College of Radiology who developed the standard way of classifying mammogram findings. BC survivor notes in an early post that the BIRAD 5 rating is the only rating that is suspicious for malignancy - this is untrue.  My report specifically reads "HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS FOR LEFT BREAST CANCER." (emphasis theirs - the report is in all caps with bold lettering).

Another inaccuracy posted is that DCIS is not invasive.  DCIS can lead to Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC).

But all of that aside, I maintain that I did not post any inaccurate information. My feeling that my biopsy results would likely not be benign is not inaccuate, it's how I feel. And the type of microcalcifications I have (as noted on now two reports) ARE the kind that concern doctor's the most. Every medically reliable source I have found confirms this.  As did the radiologist who came in to speak with me following my second ultrasound.

In the end only the biopsy can determine what's happening inside.  And I still realize that all of this testing could lead to a benign finding. And, yes, in the end it will be BENIGN or MALIGNANT - not aware of any middle ground on this one. Even if it's just a cyst (I have plenty of those, too), that's a benign result.

I am open to anyone correcting any misinformation I may put out there, but so far I don't believe I have done that. Next time, I'll be sure to post the sources, so we can all be clear. I am glad we can have a civil exchange. Although I felt attacked I never felt the BC survivor was doing it in a malicious way, just maybe a strong personality expressing about a passionate topic.

And lastly, breast cancer can hurt (not always does, but can) and it doesn't have to be of the metastatic variety - there a lots of stories on the breastcancer.org forum on that topic.

Hugs to anyone else going through this. [/quote]

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