Hi Stacey

There is something called a hemangioma, which is a benign tumour which is a cluster of blood vessels, these can sometimes occur on the skin which look like a large raised birthmark, but they can also occur under the skin and also on internal organs.  So please do not think just because blood vessels have been seen on your ultrasound, that it is certain that you have cancer, it could still be a benign cause.

The doctors do however take it seriously and rush through scans etc, which of course is very scary, and easy to get swept along to thinking the worst.  But we need to be glad that they are doing things so quickly, at least if it is cancer, it gets diagnosed and treated asap.

I am also in this limbo land at present. I had an ultrasound of my liver at end of May due to a slightly high liver enzyme reading, I asked the person if they had found anything, she said that they had found 'a small something' on my liver, and that she would send my results to the doctor, but to chase him, if I had not heard anything within a week.  Within 4 days, I had a call from my gp to go in that day to see him.  The 'small something' turned out to be a 10cm x 6cm lesion on my liver, I was sent for urgent ct scan within 3 days and have just had an urgent mri scan, as they cannot tell if its cancerous or not.  Yes sometimes my mind thinks the worst, but I keep telling myself that there is still a greater chance of it being benign than cancer, so I have to keep positive!

I really hope that you get the answers that you need soon.

Best wishes

Annie

Annie 

Thank you ! For coming back to me with the small hope or chance there is actually something out there other then cancer as I had no idea I've stopped googling stuff as we all know where that can go ,from what I aware of my lump is lynth node as I heard the lady say to her colleague "ok so that lynth node " and I think my other lynth nodes was ok I think ! I'm sorry to hear that you also have no answers yet it's awful the wait isn't it but since I've been on here I've actually got bit of appetite back so it's really helping me so thank you all for taking the time :-) love your postive vibes ! Hope your Sunday has been a good one x

I am glad that you are managing to eat something, it important for us to keep our strength up.  Unfortunately, we may both end up having to have biopsies, which means another wait for answers.  But all we can do is keep plodding on the treadmill that we are on, until we get to the end.  Also, the mri is for them to be able to see the structure of the lump better than a ct scan can, so please dont think that they are sending you for that to see if it has spread.

I was initially worried that my lesion could be secondary cancer from somewhere else (I am at higher risk of breast cancer), but consultant reassured me after ct scan that they have not seen anything else of concern.

So I am telling myself that it will hopefully come back as benign, then I can relax as I will have had one hell of a health mot with all the scans that I have had!

xx

Yes thats sooo true we must keep up our strength evan when my appetite has gone I've been just having bowl porridge or shake or soup just something to keep my engine running lol , yeah this is very true we might both end up having a biopsy....

I think because my lump/lynth node is on my shoulder it worried me as a possible secondary cancer as when I did go Google mad that come up alot ...and with them asking for MRI my brain kinda went Into one and then you question every part your body and symptoms actually brought on my own stress symptoms of headaches ,body aches etc then thinking its symptoms of C its actually a viscous circle...BUT this weekend has definitely been more postive for me just kept my brain busy had famliy over and the children keep you busy ,and yes that's brilliant way thinking :-) xx

Hi Stacey

I have just seen you say on another thread that you are worried about your mri? I was scared stiff about mine, but when I got there it was a real hi-tech bit of kit that you felt like you were looking through a big window up to the ceiling and they had a screen show playing on the ceiling of fish and dolphins and turtles (it was actually an illusion done with mirrors).  At no time did I feel like I was actually confined, yes I got a bit tense on a couple of occasions, but I just concentrated on what I was watching.  The worst bit was hearing all of the clanking and banging, even with ear defenders on it was very loud!

I hope that you get a machine like I had, but if not, I was just planning on keeping my eyes tightly shut through the whole thing!

xx

Ahhh so u had the head to toe one ???Yeah I struggle big time with small spaces , I also thought I'd be going in eyes shut tightly do they give u ur results same day ??xx 

Not head to toe, it was chest to pelvis, so I was well and truly in there!  If you tell them how nervous you are, they may be able to give you something to relax you a bit.

No results on the day, I had an appointment with the consultant the day before my mri, she said that she should hopefully get the results middle of next week and she will ring me to give me some idea of what the next steps will be.  I am expecting that the results will need to go to the MDT meeting on Friday and they will decide what happens next.  There are thoughts that even if its benign, they may need to operate as it is so big it is in danger of obstructing the blood flow to my liver, if it grows further.  Trying not to think about that too much, hoping that it will just be a 'watch and wait' with regular mri scans to monitor it..........

xx

Hi Mumaof2 how are you doing?  I hope you're managing to keep your anxiety to a minimum. The waiting for scans xrays appointments is the worst.  I totally understand your anxiety I'm so scared and just want to know what's wrong with me and praying it's not what I'm dreading it is.  Have a good day I'm thinking of you.

I hope it all goes ok and you don't have wait to long keep me updated im thinking you , hows your day so far? I've not heard anything yet on my MRI appointment just longgggg waiting game trying to be normal 'trying'