Hi Lisa 

Hope your biopsies under MRI went well today- that's great they'll do thsr on a Saturday! 

Hope you're not too sore after all that and are enjoying your prosecco xxx

Morning Gemma and hello Optimisic

Everything you/we are feeling is understandable. This is A LOT isn't it! I have found myself going down rabbit holes and obsessing about things I see. I have a tiny, fatty lump in my left armpit, which I've had for 2 years. I was convinced this was something to do with the cancer and that cancer must have been there for years but it's just a tiny fatty lump. All the normal hormonal stuff is still happening to us and causing its own symptoms. Hopefully tomorrow your doc will reassure you that it's nothing to worry about.

re foods, my rational brain totally agrees with optimistic and the doc and mine have only mentioned drug hormones and that I should take any meds containing these. My husband asked in an appt if I should be doing anything differently and doc said no. My irrational brain worries every time I have an egg or a latte! But the thing I'm most worried about is my blooming period every month. I asked why they don't give Womens with hormone positive cancers drugs to block the hormones immediately on diagnosis (eg tamoxifen for me) and there is a good reason it seems. They need the final pathology report of your surgery and this can be skewed if you start taking the hormone blockers first. That's if the plan is for surgery pre-chemo.. I don't know about when it's chemo first.
 

i found yesterday's tests hard and cried on several people!They we're all very nice. From the colour of my boobs they can see they have already had a lot of tests! It wasn't the procedure it was that they can only do one boob at a time so I have to wait for another appt in 10 days time to get the left biopsied (again). That will be 7 areas tested in total. They said Brexit had caused issues with ordering equipment needed for this particular form of biopsy so it was harder to get hold of some materials needed. It's just so many tests and so much waiting. I feel better today. The Prosecco must have helped :) 

hope you feel better after tomorrow and that your kiddies are a nice distraction from the scanxiety.

thanks for all the info re chemo and how you're finding it optimistic. I hope you are feeling good. So good to hear from someone who knows. Did you have a port or picc line inserted for chemo?

have a good day everyone xxx

Good evening everyone 

Hope you've had lovely weekends, and kept busy .

Hi Optimistic , thank you so much for taking the time to share all thar information and advice . I've read your post a few times now and it really does help to hear in detail from someone who gone through and going though the same process, thoughts and emotions. Perhaps I'll stop feeling do guilty with the lattes and will start having scrambled eggs for breakfast now!!

Lisa I'm sorry to hear you've needed 7 biopsies. Your amazing for getting through all that. I somehow fainted during mine it freaked me out so much!!!

It's a pain having to wait for all the tests and investigations to be completed before any treatment but completely understand why they do it that way. Like you I just want it taking out like yesterday! 

I'll let you know how the armpit check goes tomorrow.

Hope you don't have to wait too long for biopsy results

Xxx