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StephN · 03-16-2005, 10:58 PM

Hi -
Well, you have been through a lot already and this is not such a big deal. You will get a little numbing of the area, then there is a sort of "gun" with a small blade that will be "shot" into the area they want to test, and out comes a very thin slice of tissue. I had five samples taken - and guess what - none of them hit my small tumor. Just got the area around it as it was rather deeper than they thought. But the tissue DID show some abnormal cells giving reason to keep testing more tissue.
I think the MRI will give a better reading - I also had those.

I went home with a small bandaid covering the area of the core biopsy. Had a small bruise for about a week.

03-16-2005, 10:58 PM	#2
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Hi - Well, you have been through a lot already and this is not such a big deal. You will get a little numbing of the area, then there is a sort of "gun" with a small blade that will be "shot" into the area they want to test, and out comes a very thin slice of tissue. I had five samples taken - and guess what - none of them hit my small tumor. Just got the area around it as it was rather deeper than they thought. But the tissue DID show some abnormal cells giving reason to keep testing more tissue. I think the MRI will give a better reading - I also had those. I went home with a small bandaid covering the area of the core biopsy. Had a small bruise for about a week.