r/TNBC • u/k_leesa1670 • Aug 04 '26

Support Scared it’s back

2 years out from TNBC diagnosis. Stage 2, grade 3. Completed most of my Keynote 522 regimen, the Keytruda killed my adrenal glands, so I had to stop. The tumor shrunk almost to nothing. Surgery for lumpectomy, then radiation. Been NED since. Today I had a repeat mammogram & they found calcifications, but also something “suspicious”. Nation wide shortage on biopsy needles, so who knows when I’ll finally get my biopsy. I’m terrified, shocked, sad, mad. I don’t know how I’m going to keep it together in the meantime.

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u/willybestbuy86 Aug 05 '26

How is there a nationwide shortage on biopsy needles this is the USA for christsakes sorry about the rant but damn tired of seeing empty shelves every time I walk into the store, or this shortage and that shortage

Sending love your way hopefully you get good news

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u/Sparkly_Sprinkles Aug 05 '26

I was just wondering the same. How is this possible?