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
Thank you for the update. This is great news that your tissue is still pre-cancerous, although not so good that it's not hormone receptive. I expect that you'll find it a little easier to cope with now that you know what you have to deal with. It will be a trying year, but by this time next year all the travelling and treatment will be behind you and, you can get back to living your life normally again.
I'm glad to hear that you only have 3 weeks to wait for your lumpectomy and hope that all goes well for you. M & S are good for post-surgery and supportive bras. Don't forget that you should qualify to buy them VAT free too.
I don't understand the hormone thing either- all I know is that I won't need to take medication for a while before the op ( presumably to ensure it is less likely to spread from tbe ducts?) so that means they can go ahead asap. rather than waiting for that to kick in. When you say " not so good" it's not hormone receptive is that what you mean ? It's more active as it were? Yikes. It's classed as level 0 but I was reading today about a TV presenter who has what I have and is going for a mastectomy. I think it's a high level DCIS and my consultant said a lumpectomy should hopefully get it all.
Hi xxx thankyou...the injection wasn't that bad...more like a nettle sting than a bee sting xx
Bag packed. Off for a soak....transport picks me up around 7.15 xx I think I am on the afternoon list xxx am dreading it....hope they manage to find sentinel node and remove...and there is nothing there...plus clear margins when they remove my breast and nipple xxxx
Testing for hormone receptors is important because the results help you and your doctor decide whether the cancer is likely to respond to hormonal therapy or other treatments. Hormonal therapy includes medications that either (1) lower the amount of oestrogen in your body or (2) block oestrogen from supporting the growth and function of breast cells. If the breast cancer cells have hormone receptors, then these medications could help to slow or even stop their growth. If the cancer is hormone-receptor-negative (no receptors are present), then hormonal therapy is unlikely to work. Roughly two out of every three breast cancers test positive for hormone receptors(cancer.org).
I am glad to see that you are all ready for the morning. I shall be thinking of you in the afternoon and, hope that all goes well this time.
I have given June a brief explanation about hormones in my last post to her. This should help you to understand a bit better. As you are not hormone receptive, your care team has to look at other options to halt the cancer.
There are different levels of DCIS from non-invasive, which hasn't yet developed the ability to spread, to invasive. They are graded low, intermediate and high. Perhaps your TV presenter has a high grade when she is having a mastectomy? If yours is level 0, this is probably why you're having a lumpectomy. Please try not to worry, you are in good hands and your care team is doing all that it possibly can for you.
If you don't understand anything, don't be afraid to ask, as you need to understand all that is going on for your own peace of mind.
I understand better now. Also got a booklet to read. It's been a bit of a dip today . from 21 first August noticing a difference until being given an op date in 3 weeks and getting the mags seed inserted next Monday morning . . Just realised 2 months exactly. I feel so lucky intervention has been so fast but today I was suddenly swept away on a tide of tears .Such an emotional time. Ups and downs. Contacted cancer supppirt groups near home and hoping I'll get some support .
Thank you. We are all doing our best and we can do this. Xxxx
hope you are all ok tonight! not been on for a few days, ive met someone who for the last week has just blown me away with his loveliness, he came into my work a week past Thursday having a banter gave him my number and its been great! Having been on my own for 4 years and just a few dates inbetween hes like a breath of fresh air! So supportive with everything thats going on and with all you girls ive had the pleasure of talking to im feeling the happiest ive felt in a few years and positive, think what we are all going through is so private meeting him and being lovely i feel there is so much positivity and it feels nice
hope you are all ok tonight! not been on for a few days, ive met someone who for the last week has just blown me away with his loveliness, he came into my work a week past Thursday having a banter gave him my number and its been great! Having been on my own for 4 years and just a few dates inbetween hes like a breath of fresh air! So supportive with everything thats going on and with all you girls ive had the pleasure of talking to im feeling the happiest ive felt in a few years and positive, think what we are all going through is so private meeting him and being lovely i feel there is so much positivity and it feels nice
