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?
Nice to hear from you, yeah another long wait but hopefully be fine, its the wait again and the unknown, so been a bit low to be honest, if everything is ok what a journey it still has been, i take my hat off to you all in your journeys!!! But the last 2 weeks since i joined ive read everyones journeys and it's so nice how everyone supports each other!!!
You jolamine are one of the strongest people ive had the pleasure to talk to, your knowledge, understanding and support, so lovely how you reassure June!!! June is lovely too and she will get through this, the surgeon and nurses are certainly on the ball and not making her hang about, as you say next week at this time it will all be over for her and she will deeply be in our thoughts
As i said to Jolamine ive been a bit low, the waiting is the worst! But hopefully on Monday they will have all the answers, the unknown is dreadful! And even if everything is ok what a journey the last month has been!
You will get through this june! You are a strong woman and sounds like they are now on the ball after 8 months of you having to wait! As jolamine says next week at this time it will all be over, as with jolamine its been a pleasure speaking to you over the last 2 weeks and we are all routing for you!!!
It's only natural that you have been a bit low. It is hard enough waiting 1-2 weeks for results, but becomes all the more worrying as further tests are required. Still, most of these tests are to rule out anything sinister as much as they are to find something and, in the long run, you'll be glad that you have had a thorough investigation rather than being palmed off.
It is so kind of you to say that I am a strong person Kare. I always thought that I was until I was diagnosed. My mother died from breast cancer not long before I was diagnosed and, I had always expected that it would happen and thought that I was prepared for the news. I was utterly embarrassed by how I reacted to the news that I had it too. It was this experience of total despair that prompted me to come on to the forum. I got such tremendous support from total strangers and, it was this which prompted me to try and help others. My knowledge is not huge, but I have had 12 years to try and hone up on the subject.
My nipple has changed, look like blisters but not xx I am having a sentinel node injection ,the main lymph node that drains fluid from your breast are to the rest of the body.The injection is supposed to help plot the pathway of lymphatic drainage and identify where my sentinel node is located.
Its a small amount of radioactive tracer which goes under the skin around the nipple area, think it be near where they took needle biopsy and excisional biopsy xxx
I have this day before surgery xx
Hope you are holding out...its hard xxxx hugs xxx xxxx
The dye is a normal procedure and nothing to worry about. As you said this will identify the sentinel node(s). Some hospitals are set up to assess these during surgery and, if these contain any cancer cells, your surgeon may remove more lymph nodes to find out the extent of spread. This avoids having another operation. It would be worth asking your nurse whether or not your hospital has this facility.
Just remember that it's not spread until you're told that it has and, keep telling yourself this, as there's no point in worrying about something that might never happen. It's going to be a busy week for you next week, but it'll soon be all over.
I was new to forum yesterday and posted my first post. Lovely Jolamine responded (thank you Jolamine) and sent me a link for the thread.
Firstly, I just want to say good luck for your results tomorrow. I've read the thread, but must confess to having lost the plot as to how long since the stereotactic biopsy to getting your results tomorrow?
I'm struggling to be honest and it's definitely the waiting that's causing it. I found a hard lump, lower right quadrant of right breast. No idea how long it's been there, I just randomly woke up one morning and decided to check my breasts. It was obviously my subconscious telling me too and lesson learnt in that respect, will definitely start checking my breasts regularly now. Anyway, I had my first breast clinic apt on Tuesday and had the examination, mammogram, ultrasound and then biopsy where they took three samples from lump and put the marker in. I was told results would be 1-2 weeks and sent off to wait to see consultant.
consultant told me that they'd also found microcalcifications in the same breast that weren't there in a previous mammogram in 2017 (but didn't mention the mammogram I had during pandemic last year). He told me that he was sending me for a stereotactic biopsy on the microcalcifications and that apt would take up to two weeks. He then told me that he won't give me the results of the biopsies on the lump until he has results from the microcalcifications- timescale has have given me before I know anything is six weeks.
im trying but failing to keep calm, can't help thinking one thing in breast may be benign but two - what are the chances?
Also heard that cancerous lumps show up as white on ultrasound, but no idea of that's true - any ideas?
I'll be thinking of you tomorrow Karen xx
thank you to everyone for posting on here, it's such a comfort. I was feeling so alone xx
