Oakleaf - go for the biopsy! My Mom put it off, and 6 months later she saw someone else, had the biopsy, and was rushed to surgery. I still remember getting the phone call - "your mother is out of surgery for breast cancer." And I was clueless that she was having surgery, let alone for cancer.
I don't mean to scare you, but the risk is too great. Biopsy and it's nothing, worry over. But if it is the big C, it's better to do something while it's small.
Got to admit I freaked when the radiologist wanted extra views and an ultrasound after my first abnormal mammogram. After moving here from NoCal, my doc couldn't get my old films - they "disappeared". So there was nothing to compare. After that scare, I really appreciate the fact that my current doc's office went themselves to the closed hospital to retrieve my old films after Katrina, so I could take them with me when I had my first mammogram post-storm. (the upper floors of the hospital weren't dammaged, but the hospital was closed none-the-same for two years.) Having reference films, the radiologist knows the "spot of interest" hasn't changed in several years.




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