anyone else have pain from their biopsies 4 weeks after they were taken ? Also does anyone take Citilopram? I was started on it 2 days ago and have really bad nausea diarrhoea and feel dizzy. Is this normal ?
Sorry to hear about your pain. I was diagnosed 29th May - well officially 4th June but they told me from ultrasound on 29th may it was very likely cancer. Mine was ER+ and PR+ but they were waiting on the HER2 result which took weeks. In the meantime I had MRI and lymph nodes looked normal. I had a few week of waiting but it was due to the HER2 result. If negative I would have surgery first then Chemo and if positive it would be Chemo first then surgery. My surgeon pencilled me in for operation on 26th June and we got the HER2 results back 2 days before. This was very proactive.
Have you asked what they are waiting for and why you need more biopsies - have they told you if ER/PR/HER2 yet? It sounds very frustrating and I feel for you.
Also - re the pain from biopsy - I had 3 biopsies from same lump - my breast wasn't numb so I screamed and they pulled the needed out and hit a blood vessel - they then had to put pressue on me for 10 mins to stop the bleeding - it was so sore after - even when I had my pre-op and they put the dye in for the sentinel lymph node marker - it was agony. I have heard loads of people say they are in pain from biopsy. I am still brusied from lumpectomy in June and July - but not painful.
I wish you all the best - I am 50% of the way through chemo and it's not been anywhere near as bad as I expected!
