Hi All!

I hope everyone managed to get at least a little bit of respite from the fear and anxiety this weekend.

Vicki - how was the beach hut? Hope that fresh air did the trick for you.

Take care of yourselves xx

I took the kids to the cinema on Saturday, and then had my sons 4th birthday party on Sunday. So I've managed to keep quite well distracted!! 
 

The breast clinic just called, and they've moved my results appointment to 9:40 on Thursday, instead of 11:40. So at least I don't have to worry all morning. It will be school run, then appointment!! Praying for benign results!! Xxx

Hurrah! Well done on getting through it. I'm sure you feel incredibly relieved. Rest up and take all the drugs!

xx

Thank you so much!!

I'm home now curled on the sofa in a nest of pillows with my husband at me beck and call!!

Take care and will keep you posted.

Hugs xx

Thank you Bubblesmum!

I really do feel relieved! Drugs are a definite and excuse the cliche but time to Netflix and Chill haha xx

Take care and sending hugs x

Always good to hear! Hope you're not too sore- rest up. We're all different and recovery varies. Sending and  
 

ive just been for lumpectomy results and unfortunately I'm one of the 20% who hasn't got a clear margin on one side. So more surgery in 4 weeks

Oh no. Really very sorry to hear this. Hope you are coping OK. It's so rough isn't it.

Sending hugs and thinking of you xx

It's frustrating more than anything, just when I'm starting to heal. I've had a few tears but now pulling up my big girl pants. At the end of the day we just want to see the end of this don't we? My last post should've sent you a flower and a hug but it didn't show the emojis! X

Sorry to hear that but I'm in good company with you.  Are you having another lumpectomy and did they find anything else?

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Ah, you in the 20% club? Yes another lumpectomy and at some point the radiotherapy. Thankfully still non invasive xx

Aaaah bless you! I have also found that emojis don't seem to work on here.

Totally fine to have a cry!! I'm a great believer in a good old cry!!! But like you say, we just want rid so will do whatever is needed and beat this thing!

I was having a real wobble yesterday, all over the place with my emotions but today was totally calm. It was weird lol.

Sending hugs (and flowers) xx

Yes I am - diagnosed last week. Didn't realise it was only 20% - grrrr! Good news that it's non invasive - remember that when you're feeling fed up :happy:

My surgery is on 30 March so let's keep in touch and keep each other positive.

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Yes I am - diagnosed last week. Didn't realise it was only 20% - grrrr! Good news that it's non invasive - remember that when you're feeling fed up :happy:

My surgery is on 30 March so let's keep in touch and keep each other positive.

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How are you feeling now it's close again to your surgery? I must admit the thought of being laid up again isn't a thrilling prospect after starting to feel a bit more normal! Let's hope they get it all this time for both of us.

I had a mini emotional meltdown last weekend but I think that's because I was getting back on my feet and starting to do more and got sideswiped by Covid!!!

Hi GT63

Thanks for remembering. Yes, my SMX, implant surgery and node biopsy is on Wednesday. I am absolutely dreading it. You are so right - it's been so lovely being able to do things again; I feel I am going back to square one. Dreading the drain, dreading them finding cancerous cells in my nodes, dreading having some weird alien foob. I've been trying to keep busy by decorating my daughter's room but it's never far away. 

PCR tomorrow then weird dye injection on Tuesday. On the plus side I've lost 1/2 a stone as feel vaguely sick most of the time :laugh:

When is your surgery? Will it be affected by having Covid? Hope you are feeling ok?

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Do let me know how you get on. Mine's on 4th April. I'll have PCR on Friday coming so hopefully will be clear - 

Good to keep busy where we can, I'm still not fully operational physically though after my last surgeries and the itching is driving me insane! Also get a sensation in my nipple like someone is trying to tweak it off every so often :cry xx

I've done so many lfts that my nose is really sore now! I will definitely let you know how I get on - I'm sure it won't be as bad as I think. The 4 week wait has felt like 4 years!

Sorry to hear you're not fully operational yet - hopefully you'll be better after the next one.

x

Really sorry to hear you had covid. Hope you are feeling better now 

Are you waiting for another surgery? And have they said that having had covid will delay this? My husband has tested positive today. He's now banished to the bedroom to try (probably in vain) to stop me from getting it. Am due surgery on 7th April which has already been delayed cos surgeon had covid!

It's tough enough isn't it without throwing covid into the mix!

Hope you have a good rest of the weekend! Sending best wishes xx

Just had a call from the hospital to cancel my surgery for tomorrow as surgeon has Covid. I am so upset and angry - have been waiting 3 months and put my life on hold for the past 2 weeks - missing out on so many things with my kids and farming them out to other people. Had a melt down yesterday as I'm on the edge and now feel like I'm not going to have the surgery at all. I just can't take any more of this stress.

Hi Bubblesmum. 

I am so sorry this has happened to you. The waiting and expectation then being let down so late in the day must be horrific.

We're they are to give you a new date?

Sending hugs and best wishes xx

Oh Bubblesmum I'm so sorry to read this.

I totally get how you are feeling, you must be devastated. I had my surgery last Friday and that was all I thought about - not getting Covid, or the surgeon.  I'm sure it was only by luck that I managed to get it done.  I'm just so sorry.

I know I'd be on that phone daily to the appointments clerk or secretary demanding to know when they can give you a date.  In my mind this shouldn't be happening - Covid happens but they should have a back up surely.

Try to stay calm in the knowledge that there will be no harm in another week or so and you can get this done.  Thinking of you.  M x

So sorry to hear this. As said, they should have some back up. I've got my PCR on Friday ready for Monday and waiting to hear something or not is so difficult. Then also the worry of the surgeon getting it :confused:

I do hope you get your date soon and you can start to move forward. Thinking of you x

Hi Bubblesmum,

I am just checking to see if you got your surgery and how you are!

I have read this whole thread form when Mary started it, for the last hour or so. I feel like i have got to the end of a good book.... only to realise that it's not actually the end! I want to know how everyone is doing!!

I googled about wait times for biopsies of microcalcifications and this was the first thing I clicked on. I'm fed up of playing the waiting game now  

I went to see my GP on 7th Nov 2021 as I was concerned about my right boob - it was achy, tender and had changed shape a little - my nipple had changed direction, He said he would refer me for a mammogram. I had the Mammogram on 14th November 2021  The radiologist sowed me the image of the right breast and pounded out an area which looked pretty much like a pea, she explained it was a cluster of microcalcifications deep into my breast. As I'm 53 she asked when and if I'd had a routine screening mammo, which I had  She told me they would request the image from the Breast Screening service and if it was a new thing I would be having a biopsy but if it was present on my last one then I wouldn't require a biopsy, I saw the consultant who echoed her explanation. I left the hospital somewhat bemused but at the same time relieved that the hospital was being thorough. 
With Xmas looming, I tried as best I could to push it to the back of my mind and on the whole managed to achieve just that as I was busy with the fledgling business my middle Daughter and I started in October. Xmas came and went..... then New Year  I'll admit that when my Daughters were all asking if I'd heard anything from the hospital every day, I was saying 'No news is good news, if it was anything of concern they would have contacted me by now'. That said, by mid January I was starting to think I should have heard something either way. I found the number for the breast screening service for my area and called them  I asked how long it would take if a hospital requested a copy of a mammogram I'd had with them - the answer - Immediately! The lady I spoke to explained that if it was requested via email it would be sent straight over in a couple of clicks, it it was via a phone call, they'd receive it within a minute of the call ending! She gave me the the information i needed to check with the hospital if they had requested the mammo in the correct way - email, telephone number & extension, she was so lovely bless her. Next call was the Consultants Secretary, she took the information and said she would call me back - she didn't  Anyway, this frustrating game of tennis with my right boob lasted 3 weeks. I eventually received a letter from another hospital with a biopsy appointment for 7th March! Long story short (kind of as it is already a long post!) it is now the 3rd of April and despite being told the results could take 2-3 weeks as the lab is backed up - I'm still waiting!

Reading through this inspirational thread, everyone has said the waiting is the worst part, in my case it most certainly is. On the 7th April, it will be exactly 5 months since my GP made the referral and I am still non the wiser. Im glad I found this thread containing the intricacies, twists and turns, ups and downs of each individual journey.

I so hope you and the other ladies on this thread are doing well

Hugd

Dee