Im waiting on breast biopsy results, i get them on monday, the waiting is just dreadful, sometimes your gut feeling tells you what you know but this time i just dont know! Anyone feel or felt the same?
A very warm welcome to our forum. I have had 2 bouts of breast cancer in the past 12 years, plus a few false alarms, so I have been through a number of biopsies. All I can say, is that the wait never gets any easier. Most of us would say that this is one of the worst parts of our cancer journey, as thereare so many unknowns and uncertainties.
I am glad to hear that you don't have much longer to wait. Try to keep yourself occupied with other distractions to help the time to pass a little quicker over the weekend.
Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.
Hi just joined this site reading different comments such an agonising wait for results I'm awaiting my appointment to see if my treatment has worked you feel so lonely at this moment hope all works out for you hang on in there my love thoughts are with you
I'm sure that you're feeling pretty shell-shocked at the moment, but DCIS is about as good as it gets. It is eminently treatable. I was diagnosed with this 12 years ago. I has a second bout the following year and had a double mastectomy and, have never looked back. I still lead a busy and fulfilled life. At the time I was worried for my two teenage children. Since then I have seen them leave school, go to university, graduate, find gainful employment, marry and produce two beautiful granddaughters, who are the light of my life.
Once you have had your MRI they should be able to tell you more about the size of your lump. You have been through a lot recently, but I am glad to hear that you have the support of your sister. We all need someone to confide in with situations such as this. As you know there are no guarantees with cance, but then there's no guarantee when we are crossing the road, yet we don't think twice about that.
It will be a great help to your future if you can remain positive about this. Breast cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer. Yours is in the early stages and, it is treatable. Hold on to these thoughts.
I know that this is not what you wanted to hear, but calm down and let's put this into perspective. It is only grade 2 and it is treatable. It is also Her2 negative. These are three positives to hang on to. HER2 negative cancer cells tend to grow more slowly and are less likely to recur or spread to other parts of the body than HER2 positive cells.
You will know more about any further treatment once your MDT meeting is held post-mastectomy. I am glad to see that you don't have long to wait for this and that you will get your results the following day.
It is normal to send any tissue removed during surgery to Pathology for analysis and a number of people have to get further surgery, because a clear margin hasn't been attained. This is disappointing, but fairly routine.
Try to keep yourself busy until Wednesday to help the time to pass.
This is certainly not an experience that anyone would want to go through. Hopefully, you are now closer to getting a conclusive answer. I am sorry to hear that you didn't sleep much last night and, hope that you have managed to catch up today. It's good to hear that your pain is bearable now.
You are so kind to everyone with your positivity and how much you know, a true inspiration to all of us, june listen to jolamine she knows what she is talking about and its all positive! Today has been a shock for june but she will get through this, you have all our support, we are all scared and its the unknown that does it! But we will come out the other end, just thinking sports bras dont do much for you do they thank god i had a hoody and body warmer on i look like a boy lol (see june made you laugh) linda lusardi yesterday little boy today lol
I've not posted on here before but have been reading all the support and thought I would tell you my experience as it seems similar to yours, apart from your long wait.
I had a mammogram in July and was called back as there was concern. I had another mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy the first week in August where there said they were fairly certain it was cancerous. It was confirmed a week later as Grade 2 invasive cancer 6-7mm, ER+ve, PR +ve and HER2 -ve.
I had a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy just over 2 weeks later and then had to wait just over 2 weeks for the results. I then got the good news that the margins were clear and so was the sentinel node (they only took one). I have been told that it was Stage 1A, which is the first part of the first stage. This is different from the Grade, which refers to the way the cancer cells look.
it is looking like I will not be needing any further treatment (no radiotherapy or chemotherapy) apart from taking letrazole for 5 years and having annual mammograms for 10 years, if I am able to take part in a research project called Primetime. Even if I don't get accepted onto the Primetime trial, I can probably have the same plan.
So, I would think that you could be in exactly the same position as me in a few weeks time, so although it is a worrying time, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Thankyou for the support and reassurance xx I am grade 2? But I have lump on collar bone and under arm
They don't seem bothered about collar bone but it's grown? They are scanning breast and under arm...wonder if I can ask them to double check the collar bone? Xx
In your post at 10.18 today you said it was ER +ve, HER2 -ve, 10mm and grade 2, so apart from being a tiny bit larger, though still pretty small, it's like mine. I was told mine was really tiny and that they don't see many that small. The average at the clinic I went to is around 2cm.
Sorry, I had no lump which could be felt either by me or the doctor, so can't say anything about that, but you should ask them to check anything you are concerned about.
In your post at 10.18 today you said it was ER +ve, HER2 -ve, 10mm and grade 2, so apart from being a tiny bit larger, though still pretty small, it's like mine. I was told mine was really tiny and that they don't see many that small. The average at the clinic I went to is around 2cm.
Sorry, I had no lump which could be felt either by me or the doctor, so can't say anything about that, but you should ask them to check anything you are concerned about.
