Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Dear Debbi, I am so happy for you. That is wonderful news! I believe that waiting for information after a breast biopsy is one of the hardest things a woman has to do! The anxiety and dread are more pronounced than any other disease I know including other cancers! It almost (not quite but almost) doesn\'t matter what the diagnosis is as long as you know what you are dealing with. My first mammogram at age 46 showed some calcifications. The frozen section was benign during the excisional surgery. I went home and started packing to attend a wedding in California. The day before I was to leave, I got a call from the surgeon that although the frozen section was benign, there were cancer cells in other tissue that was examined by the pathologist and I had to return for more surgery and have radiation. I didn\'t know about EDS at the time, and the radiation did terrible things to my skin. So to go 17 years and then discover a lump that was considered malignant by 3 doctors was very unnerving! The only way to check it out was by having another excisional biopsy. However, this time i was positive it was benign and I was right! As usual, I am recovering from surgery slowly. The anesthesia really got to me this time, It dropped unbelieveably low and has been jumping all over the place since. My skin takes forever to heal so I\'ll probably have these stitches for a long time. Luckily, my surgeon is makes very neat stitches. I told him I didn\'t want staples. Judy/Atlanta The Ehlers Danlos National Foundation <a href='http://www.ednf.org'>www.ednf.org</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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