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 am so sorry to hear that you've not had any results today either. This is such a difficult wait and, every day feels like forever. Here's hoping that you get some news tomorrow and, don't have to wait over the weekend.
Well, it was my results day yesterday. I got the news that I expected so wasn't a big shock. Grade 3, invasive ductal with lymph node involvement. The plan is for chemo ( 6 sessions over 18 weeks = 1 session every 3 weeks) and then mastectomy. I feel better for having a plan. I did have a massive cry when I got home though and am very scared. I take the positive that it is the most common diagnosed BC and grateful that it is not something rare with limited treatment options.
I don't really feel strong enough for this but know that I have to take it one step at a time. Next step CT scan. Bloods already taken by a lovely colleague at work and then oncologist.
This site has been a godsend and I look forward ( is that weird) to sharing the journey with the support, and supporting others in the same position.
can I just ask if the core biopsy sites take a while to heal. My was on 12th and still very tender.
Morning Nikki, thanks for sharing your diagnosis. Here to help you through next stages always, we'll need the support undoubtedly x in respect of core biopsy site, my bruising and tenderness from that lasted about three weeks and was just healing before I got the next stereotactic ones. So hopefully you should feel ok at the site again very shortly. Take care Nikki xx
I am sorry to hear that you got the news you expected and not what you wanted. Still, the good news is that it is treatable. Are you planning reconstruction after your mastectomy?
Few of us ever feel strong enough to deal with this, but when our backs are up against the wall, we somehow or other find the strength to see it through. It can take some time for the area to heal after a core biopsy. It is only natural to be scared. Don;t worry about the tears. These are a great stress reliever and, we all have a bubble at times.
The mastectomy is a straightforward procedure. I had a double mastectomy a year after I had a lumpectomy and I found my mastectomy easier to deal with than the lumpectomy.
As you've already discovered, we are all here for you on your journey, so please keep in touch.
Really sorry you're having to face this, after my sisters chemo (bowel cancer) we tried to do something afterwards, although we were somehow detached and in a daze we look back now with really lovely memories, like when we chose to go for a walk but got chased by a cow and had to hide in a bush until it sauntered off (a good half hour) it was doing something that was good for her after something that was difficult, but it did take a few attempts!
I had my Core Biopsy same day as yours, still sore, but now it's only at night, feel like I'm wazzing a bowling ball across when I turn over, the pain just catches my breath at times, I was advised that it takes 8 weeks to fully heal.
I've purchased a couple of M&S sleep bras, recommended by my friend who had BC I've found they really help. She was 32 when she discovered a lump, it turned out to be invasive triple negative breast cancer, that was in 2014, she's fine now and she's had all clear scans since
Take one day at a time, be gentle with yourself, if you ever need to offload I'm here and we are all here to support you
Thanks Nikki, I hope you don't have to wait too long for the CT scan and it doesn't hold you back starting the chemo. Have they given you any indication of timescales for this starting? I'm just trying to get through to next consultant apt when I hope I will then have a clear picture of my treatment. It's all just a waiting game. Hugs Mickey x
I hope you don't mind me invading the chat , I've been reading through and you all seem so lovely. I was recalled to the breast clinic on 15th October after my 1st mammogram and ended up having 3 core biopsies and a vacuum biopsy. I've been referred directly to my local hospital who are seemingly having a meeting about me tomorrow and will then contact me. I felt I was doing fine with it all until I had a total meltdown yesterday & today hasn't been too much better. My friends & work have been great but i just feel a bit like they don't get it.
Hi Val, I'm sorry to hear this, I didn't get recalled after a mammogram as I found a lump first, but my mammogram showed microcalcifications and so like you I had a core biopsy (but on the lump) and four weeks later a steriotactic vacuum assist biopsies under mammogram, for which I'm still waiting the results from those latest ones. We will all totally understand the emotions you are feeling, it's such a rollercoaster. Have they said how and when they will contact you after the meeting tomorrow? Thinking of you and here with any support you need - hugs Mickey x
Hi Val, I'm sorry to hear this, I didn't get recalled after a mammogram as I found a lump first, but my mammogram showed microcalcifications and so like you I had a core biopsy (but on the lump) and four weeks later a steriotactic vacuum assist biopsies under mammogram, for which I'm still waiting the results from those latest ones. We will all totally understand the emotions you are feeling, it's such a rollercoaster. Have they said how and when they will contact you after the meeting tomorrow? Thinking of you and here with any support you need - hugs Mickey x
Thank you so much for replying & your lovely comments, it's nice to be speaking to people that are in this situation so I know they get it. The consultant at the breast clinic took my contact number however she said that the hostel would either call or write to me. Its the waiting that's the difficult part. I feel like I just want to get on with it , whatever it may be. I know my friend & family try to understand but I also know they struggle with what to say half the time.
Youre more than welcome, that waiting is sooo difficult. In my case I do know it's cancer now, but I don't know the full extent yet. I know I really struggled waiting for the first set of results. Originally my consultant said he wouldn't tell me anything until they had them all and that was going to be circa six weeks. However, when the lump results came back positive they wrote to me with a breast surgery clinic apt, which at the time knocked me for six. All the support on this site has helped me better manage the anxiety and know we're not alone in this journey, no matter how different our results may be. I totally get what you mean, I've had to learn to better manage their feelings, as it is so hard for them too and we all do this in different ways x
I hope you don't have to wait too long and keep posting if it helps you. Hugs Mickey xx
