Suspicious Abnormality on Mammogram

[miztp]

I'm 47 years old needing a breast biopsy. I had a routine mammogram that showed a spot (no lump is felt)and then I had a spot compression with magnification . The findings were:
Presence of cluster of microcalcifications in the left outer quadrant. They are somewhat pleomorphic. Possibility of intraductal carcinoma. Bi-Rads Category 4. Is cancer probable with these findings and a bi-rad 4 ?. What is the % that it's cancer? I just want to be prepared for the biopsy findings.

[snowtree]

Praying for you always.  Having you in my mind and expecting great outcome.  I know you can't write for now, but just to let you know, that we all love you very much.   God Bless.  Say hi to McDreamy from all of us "Your new family members".

[snowtree]

Prayed for you a lot last night.  Tell us the results.  Waiting impatiently.  

[snowtree]

First of all let me thank you for coming back.  Right now I can't express my feelings too well, because I'm having the flu with the worst symptoms, but:  You are so right!!!!!  The only One that can comfort us is God, to me He is everything there is, I pray to Him, but I also find myself Thanking Him all of the times, sometimes I don't even want to ask Him for anything, just Thank Him, that's it.  I know that you have been praying for your wife, we will too.  Expecting great results.  So long.

[Marsha1]

As I read through this and similar forums, I discover people seeking comfort through answers from others who have had similar experiences and hoping to find a scenario similar to their own that has resulted in a positive outcome.  This gives us hope  That was my intent when my wife had an abnormal mammo.  Initially we were frightened, which is the normal thing we do.  We were hopeful that the biopsy would be benign.  It wasn't.  They did a lumpectomy and reported that she has only a 5 percent chance of a recurrence with radiation treatment.  She starts radiation next week, every day for 6 weeks.  We are confident that everything will be okay.  Always, the unanswered question is "Why?"  They really don't have an answer.  My answer is that a frequent consequence of why bad things happen is that it causes us to go to the One who does have the answer.   Throughout these forums I read of how people are turning to God who might not have turned to Him otherwise because things were going well in their lives. Also, I find myself praying for strangers that I would not have been praying for if they did not have a 'contantworry' or if they had not been diagnosed with breast cancer or were facing a mastectomy.  I continue to look at the Big Picture because that is what we will all confront eventually.  It our trials and tribulations that better prepare us for tomorrow and it is the garbage and manure in our lives that makes the fertilizer from which we can grow.  This response will probably not stop you from worrying, but I am hopeful that it will cause you to realiize that God is Bigger than Any Problem You Have.  

[constantworry]

Thank you for writing back.  How on earth does everyone stay positive?  I feel so incredibly frightened already and I haven't even had my biopsy yet.  I feel it is so inevitable that I have it, and I am already imagining the conversation with the doctor as he tells me it's cancer.  I then feel fradulent, as I DON'T have anything confirmed yet and am embarrassed that I'm starting to freak out when so many women are going through much worse.  Does everyone whose been in the position of waiting for a biopsy truly believe they were going to be told the worse?  A little voice in my head says it will be alright, but I'm scared to listen to that one in case it isn't and that only sets me up for disappointment.  Then a very loud voice in my head is telling me this is going to be bad news.  I'm feeling in such as mess and am so grateful to have found this board to vent these feelings and talk with others who have gone through the same fears.

[labhusky]

Please give us some good news tomorrow!!  Im hoping and praying for the best for you!!!!