Still waiting

Hi everybody

I am new to this but Ilove the support you offer each so i thought i would give it a go.

This is second breast ca, my first was 20 years ago I had a masctectomy, chemo and radiotherapy.  

This time i found a lump back in June,  I had a theraputic mammoplasty at the begininng of sept, i feel i have recovered physically quite well.  But i am still waiting to hear if i will need chemo again.  The waiting is so awful and mentally draining, I was given the impression that my treatment would happen quicklyand i wouldn't need chemo so to be still waiting to start the second part of the treatment is begininng to take its toll.    I am having Oncotype test, my score was  26 so i am told it could go either way.

The waiting is most defintely the worst part.

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  • Hello Liz22,

    I noticed no-one has got back to you just yet so I just wanted to stop by and offer you a very warm welcome to the Cancer Chat community.

    I'm glad you've been recovering well from your mammoplasty last month although I'm sorry you still don't know whether you need chemo. As you say, the waiting is very, very tough but you're not alone as many of our members have been through this challenging time so will know what you're going through at the moment and hopefully you'll receive some support and advice from them soon.

    I hope the tips and advice given in this article on how to cope with waiting for news will help but if you feel it may help to talk things through with one of our cancer nurses, please do give them a call on 0808 800 4040. Their phone lines are open Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. and they'll do all they can to help you at this time.

    Keep us posted when you can and fingers crossed you get an answer soon.

    All the best,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hello Liz22,

    I noticed no-one has got back to you just yet so I just wanted to stop by and offer you a very warm welcome to the Cancer Chat community.

    I'm glad you've been recovering well from your mammoplasty last month although I'm sorry you still don't know whether you need chemo. As you say, the waiting is very, very tough but you're not alone as many of our members have been through this challenging time so will know what you're going through at the moment and hopefully you'll receive some support and advice from them soon.

    I hope the tips and advice given in this article on how to cope with waiting for news will help but if you feel it may help to talk things through with one of our cancer nurses, please do give them a call on 0808 800 4040. Their phone lines are open Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. and they'll do all they can to help you at this time.

    Keep us posted when you can and fingers crossed you get an answer soon.

    All the best,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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