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Hi Angie,

A very warm welcome to the forum.

I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Do you know what other tests you've had and are there any that you still need to get? This will determine how quickly they come back, as some tests take longer than others and times can also vary from one clinic to another.

Waiting for results is always an anxious time. The best advice is to keep yourself busy, whether with work or pleasure - anything to take your mind off the wait. You are also best to stay away from Google and stick to the more respected cancer sites. This is because much of the information there is poorly researched, out of date and it aims at the more spectacular cases, which will only serve to scare you further. You will also find it helpful to write down any questions you may have and take this with you to your next appointment, as your consultant will be in the best position to give you the advice you need. No two cancer cases are the same.  Each cancer case depends on the type of cancer, the stage of the disease, the grade of the disease and the patient's individual medical health. Your consultant is the one person who will have all of this information to hand.

I am a breast cancer survivor of 16 years, but you have come to the right place for support, help and advice. Hopefully, someone who has more experience of nasal cancer will come along soon to chat to you. Please remember that no question is too insignificant to ask - if it worries you, it is a valid one!

Please keep in touch and I hope that you hear something soon. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Jolamine 

Sorry to here you had to go through breast cancer but great to here you are a survivor. That is such a wonderful thing. Thank you for your lovely reply. I was actually on Google and did get a big fright seeing a woman that had lost all her nose. Good advice. 

My consultant phoned me and said my biopsy had come back positive for cancer and was going through further test to find more about the cancer. He mentioned that he would send me for further staging scans. I think that's the terminology he used and that because more people would be involved now they would have a multi disaplinary meeting. 

I had previously gone in to get a very large unilateral polyp removed but was told that they might not do the operation as my scans were showing things they went not too sure about and they might only take a biopsy.

I have been quite shocked how quickly the bulge in my nose as grown in just 2 weeks.  Did you notice any size changes in your tumor. 

Kind regards 

Angie