I'm so glad you are getting a second opinion. If that second opinion comes back saying "wait and see," I would even consider getting a third opinion. You need as much information as you can gather with a possible diagnosis like this.
That said, there is little risk involved in biopsies, and it may ease your mind to have them done and find out for sure if anything abnormal is going on.
What's important to know here is that there is no wrong answer. What you do is get all the information you can and then make the best decision you can. You put one foot in front of the other, and just go forward. If you use the wait-and-see approach, you go back in a few months to see if anything has changed. If you use the biopsy approach, you will know something right away. Either way, don't second-guess yourself. As Susan said, you're doing exactly what you should be doing.
Hang in there, and please let us know how things develop.
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Debi,
I'm so glad you are getting a second opinion. If that second opinion comes back saying "wait and see," I would even consider getting a third opinion. You need as much information as you can gather with a possible diagnosis like this.
That said, there is little risk involved in biopsies, and it may ease your mind to have them done and find out for sure if anything abnormal is going on.
What's important to know here is that there is no wrong answer. What you do is get all the information you can and then make the best decision you can. You put one foot in front of the other, and just go forward. If you use the wait-and-see approach, you go back in a few months to see if anything has changed. If you use the biopsy approach, you will know something right away. Either way, don't second-guess yourself. As Susan said, you're doing exactly what you should be doing.
Hang in there, and please let us know how things develop.
December 29, 2009 - 8:31amThis Comment
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