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 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
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
Try not to worry. More people get called back after their first mammogram than after any other. This is because the radiologists don't have anything to compare your images to. The MDT (multidisciplinary team) meeting is a routine meeting held by your consultant to discuss the results of all the scans and biopsies prior to giving you your results and care plan if needed.
Unfortunately, the way you felt yesterday and today is all part and parcel of this waiting process. It is not at all unusual to find yourself an emotional wreck. Many of us find ourselves crying and very short tempered. Crying is not a bad thing, as it is a great stress reliever. Irrespective of which way your results go, you will find it easier to cope once you know what you are up against
I do hope that you will hear soon after tomorrow's meeting, as the unknown is a scary place to be. Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.
It's an absolute shock to the system, I've had that many meltdowns I could write a novel about them!
My MDT meeting was finally done today and I will receive my results from the seven core biopsies tomorrow, I've had them delayed for over a week due to a backlog in pathology, the wait is terrible.
I wish you all the best for tomorrow, please let me know what happens.
Hi my results are pretty much like yours recalled after first mammogram which was originally friday the 13th of august, initially after that was 2 mammograms consultant looked at it and thought it was a cancer so got an ultrasound and biopsy the same day waited for results for 10 days clear but questioned a radial scar so had to get a stereotactic breast biopsy 10 days later webt to the clinic saw the surgeon and nurse who confirned a radial scar, had to then go to hospital to get a mag seed inserted, yesterday was my pre assessment, so surgery is on the 8th of November so ive to self isolate till then, moods a bit low again today, just want it over, the fear is setting in that its less than 2 weeks till the operation now, think the fear is radial scars are quite complexed dont know what may be hiding at the back of it, fingers crossed there is nothing, but what a journey the last couple of months have been, is the mood thing normal? Its all so scary, overwhelming and its the unknown i think
It's not surprising how you feel, you've been through an awful lot, the waiting and the way these procedures are done with the breast are far more complexed than anything I've experienced.
With my mum and sisters bowel cancer it was far more straightforward, there was non of this biopsy after biopsy,
If you want to message me, feel free to do so, if you want to rant, cry or offload.
The fear is probably normal, I felt so much better after I got my biopsies results, felt I could function a bit, then this morning got the call for the VAB appointment and I honestly went into shutdown again! It's no wonder you're low, you're also in isolation Karen it's probably everything building up and all of the procedures, going for the pre op might have affected you as well
I'll be thinking of you, and please message if you need to talk
