Abnormal mammo

[OakLeaf]

I'm going for my second opinion tomorrow. I'm going to someone who's probably still going to recommend a biopsy, but now I'm armed with questions and statistics. I am SO SO SO glad I waited, took a step back, did a lot of research and thinking. I am SO grateful for my DH being here, helping me to not panic and make a decision based on fear rather than facts, and suggesting that I ask for the second opinion. Even if nothing else, the perspective of time has helped me see how shabbily the first surgeon and her staff treated me, and hopefully the doctor I'm seeing tomorrow will be a little more respectful.

There will always be unknowns, but the few questions I have left, either the doctor will be able to answer them and I'll be able to make a smart decision, or if she can't answer them, that will help make my decision, too.

Millie, I feel for you and wish you the absolute best in your treatment. Please don't feel that my decision for myself is a judgment on your decision.

ETA: if anyone else is going through this and wants a place to start, start on the HON page - the code that reputable health sites subscribe to. They have a search engine right off their page that searches only sites that adhere to the HON Code, so they weed out both the drug/imaging/herb company sales pages, and the anecdotal patient pages that may be heartfelt but not particularly useful.

[NbyNW]

I hope you come away from the second-opinion doc feeling like you have the information you need to make a decision.

I've been playing phone-tag with my parents in Pgh since your OP . . . they are plugged into the medical community there and Mom is a 19- (20? I really can't remember) year breast cancer survivor herself.

Good luck and let us know how it goes . . .