Good luck. The MRI was pretty wild... I have had many (I had a couple of pituitary tumors) but these were my first face down. IDC is not a really fast spreader, so was her biopsy a long time ago?
I was feeling super awful before my diagnosis and thought I had ms, and post surgery now it is receding. So once she gets treated, she should feel better. It is something like, at least with me, that my body was so fighting that once this was out, I am losing weight and my lymph nodes are reducing.
My breast surgeon is young as well. Because of it, she picked up my cancer which I think would have been passed over by most (it was not a usual situation).
You have to evaluate why the radiation mistake was made (doctor, staff) and in my place they separate all the cancer areas so breast was off in a separate area with its own staff.
In the end, you have to feel happy with the whole process. My surgeon pushed for an MRI after I had all negative scans, and that was how my cancers were found. If you wife has already had biopsies and all, not sure why she is having an MRI.
Hello... I just had bilateral IDC and was diagnosed last October and had surgery in December. I was pushed by many to get other opinions but I stayed with my diagnosing doctor and I was quite happy. I suggest doing research on your current doctor and see if you will be happy.
When you get the news it is scary as all get out, and it is hard to think, and people with good intentions are telling you a lot of things.... But this is a decision for your wife and you.
A lot has to go on and I was flabbergasted at the time it took between diagnosis to surgery... It can take months. You have to get scans, decide if you want reconstruction and if yes, then what type and then maybe more scans... Then schedule.
I don't know if the MRI is standard... Not everyone I spoke to had one.
Thank you very much for your reply. We're seeing more than one surgeon because we were just diagnosed, we were told the surgeon is the starting point for treatment and frankly, we're scared and want to hear at least a 2nd opinion on all the results. Yes she was already diagnosed by biopsy and when we met the the surgeon today she said we should go for a MRI before surgery.
We discussed this with a my wife's friend who had previously worked assisting a breast surgeon and she's the one that told us the other surgeon would want their own MRI done. This is why I assumed MRI is standard operating procedure. We're new to all this, wife just diagnosed last week. The next appointments are next week but to your point about wasting time, I'm thinking we'll just keep moving and get the MRI done.
I'm not quite sure why you are seeing so many Breast Surgeons for one thing and also why you are rushing to have an MRI. If she has already been diagnosed by biopsy I would think that the next step is to have surgery or perhaps consult an Oncologist regarding options for pre and post op treatment as well as further investigation. The only exception to this progression would be if you are a Physician and plan to be in charge of her care. Personally I feel that you may be wasting precious time as all the opinions you are seeking will certainly cost at least well more than 1 or 2 months during which she could have had her surgery and most likely have recovered to the point of starting post op treatment if any is advised by the Oncologist. Best wishes to your Wife for a successful surgery and uneventful recovery.