# So I have Breast Cancer. What should I know or expect in the next weeks or months? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421 "2026-08-19T09:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421/22 "2026-08-19T23:13:00Z")
It’s been almost 9 years since I got the C-bomb dropped on me. TL : DR - I’m doing fine now. I almost didn’t have that biopsy, because they thought it was scar tissue. It wasn’t. My experience was my experience, and yours will be yours. Hugs to you and yours. I actually found the most supportive comments weren’t “You’ll beat this for sure!” but instead, people saying things like “Your life is really going to suck at times over the next few months.” > [@I had an abnormal screening mammogram.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018): > > Yesterday, I went to another center to have a more advanced mammogram, as well as a breast ultrasound, and the doctor found something that she called an “architectural anomaly” and she wants me to have a needle biopsy, which is scheduled for next Thursday. I know women (and men too) have this done all the time, and the findings are usually benign, but I’m still terrified. Of course, me the idiot had to consult Dr. Google and really scared myself. :rolleyes: None of the images looked anything … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421)._