Breast vacuum biopsy

Hi Lenaloo,

sorry you’re going through all this worry...in my case the vacuum procedure was done to remove ‘calcium deposits’

These are small dots that can show up on a mammogram, and can potentially turn cancerous.

The ‘sewing machine’ type biopsy removed a whole bunch of these successfully so it was just a test but actually got rid of them.

i think they do this is because they are hard to spot during surgery so they do it under ultrasound.

it is all very worrying, but it’s amazing how quickly you get used to being a patient.

As well as these calcifications, I had a small tumour in the same breast, which was Her2 positive, therefore needing chemo and radiotherapy ,after the wide local incision op.

That was in 2017 and I’ve just had my second clear yearly mammogram.

It sounds like they’re just making doubly sure that there’s nothing microscopic going on.

i will look out my old diary in case you want to ask anything else.

This site will help and support you, try not to worry too much, they’ve got loads of treatments now, take care and all the best

Hi thank u for your reply. I feel very selfish going on about myself when they are people on here in worse positions than me:(  thats great news to hear that you are onto your 2nd clear mammogram. Thank you once again for your reply xx