Sharp pain on biopsy site

It could be phantom pain or biopsy hit a nerve.  The phantom pain usually flares up before annual mammogram check up.  The biopsy might have g be quite deep so it's healing .  After my lumpectomy I had and still get off stabbing pain or full ache.  Found out in year 6 mammogram they'd put marker clips in during surgery.  I know they often out markers in during biopsy too.  Did they tell you they did.  They like tiny staples or seeds.  

Hi carol

no they didn’t say anything re clip. I wouldn’t have thought so but who knows, the dr who did my biopsy didn’t give me any local anaesthetic until one of the nurses had caught my eye as I was starti to bust a tear. Then out came a large syringe full of the stuff. The wound is literally on the side so not a lot of skin and he seemed like he was mining for diamonds so who knows.
thanks for your reply xx

Oh that's not good.  I have a G cup, they gave me two shots.  I was fortunate to have 2 operating machine & mammogram and one just to hold my hand and mop any blood.  They told me to take painkillers as it wore off but I was ok.  Mine was top left quadrant of left breast,  They did two area, multiple samples, while I sat clamped into mammogram.  My results were one area of DCIS and one benign.   I remember radiographer going to ask DR if she was putting in clips and DR said no.    Anyway WLE (lumpectomy), radiotherapy and her I am 7 years later,  Good luck with your results xx

Thanks for your reply Carol,

I have knat bites for boobs so maybe that’s why everything is so tender and I’ve lost some weight as I’m on the worry train with the whole experience so now weigh around 50kg, straight out the showerOnly ever around 51/52 kg  anyway ….

I had a little sob last night to hubby as I said I’ve only got this pain albeit it sharp and I’m upset and not even started any treatment yet.

His reply was ‘look you’re doing amazingly well, you’ve come off HRT after 18 years, you’ve been given this diagnosis and you’ve got MRI on Thursday which is worrying you as well due to being confined. You’re allowed to feel fragile and cry and out of control.’

Its all just catching up with me now and I feel like a tap has been turned on and I can’t turn it back off properly.

It’s right what people say it’s the time between appointments and the waiting. I don’t like to contact nurse as I think I’m bothering her and she’s dealing with real issues with others and mine is minimal in comparison xx

Oh LynnS, that really struck a cord with me regarding that bloody tap, think some days mine’s seized up & will never turn off again…..next day I think I’m Wonder Woman!

Contact your nurse , that’s what she is there for & she will reassure you or give found advice. It’s as much  the mental struggle as the physical battle

Hang in in there, we are all rooting for you x

6 weeks on from the biopsy and I still feel a pulling sensation where the needle went in, twinges through boob into armpit, in ribs…I get you completely, there was no pain before and now it is like it’s shouting at me all the time. Surgery next week and I think I’m looking forward to pain for a reason! Nightmare, the whole thing, but remember that you can and will have good days, you have to ride out the massive shock of it all xxx

Hi

Thank you for replying.

Yes it’s mad isn’t it? I had my MRI scan yest which I’ve been dreading ever since the appointment came through so that was a major hurdle and I feel a bit more normal today. Just need to get a few more hours in re sleeping.

Hope you’re ok ? X

Hi Marisa

thank you for your reply. Yes it’s all anxious thoughts when there’s a pain or twinge. It felt better after a couple of paracetamols and holding a hot water bottle near the site so fingers crossed. Just want to get results of MRI and see if I have to have a biopsy on the right hand side as well and then go from there.

The anxiety from one appointment to results is immense isn’t it?

Sending you lots of positive thoughts for your surgery next week. Keep us posted. Gentle hug coming your way xx

Thank you! I had the titanium marker placed this week and oddly my boob has hurt less since it was done, I wonder if it knocked a nerve out completely or maybe dislodged a bit of blood left over from the biopsy bruising. Either way I’m enjoying not having my boob shout at me for a few days before the surgery. It’s amazing where we take positives now isn’t it. Sending you a hug back and keeping everything crossed for good MRI news xx