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Psychological Support Questions about support for the mental aspects of breast cancer & treatement. |
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| 8/8/2010 | My second breast ultrasound came back abnormal. Got to go back to the hospital for a second ultrsound guided breast biopsy in of both breasts. I'm mentally drain from the first biopsy. What should I do now? | ||
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| 8/9/2010 | take this a step at a time. don't assume the results will be bad. most findings end up being benign. be sure to ask them to numb you with local anesthetic before they start. inquire how suspicious (jor not) this new finding is. ask how quickly will they have results from pathology. if the news isn't good, then come our way... | ||
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