Urgent Appt tomorrow, does that mean bad news?

I have been waiting for results after Biopsy/scans etc from the breast clinic and I've just had a phone call asking me to go for an urgent appointment tomorrow.

In your experiences does this mean it's really bad news? 

 

 

  • Hi

    I completely understand the worry you will be feeling but I am sure not all such requests mean bad news. 

    Whilst I was awaiting my results appointment I was called by a Macmillan nurse and told over phone I have breast cancer as she had managed to get me an MRI before my results appointment. 

    I just wanted to reach out to let you I hope all is well for you tomorrow. 

    Take care x

  • Thank you for replying to me it's been a long night stuck in my head.

     

    The woman who booked my appointment just said I had to come in urgently, but she didn't tell me to bring anyone with me so my husband keeps saying it won't be terrible news as they would have made sure I was accompanied but I'm just not sure that is the case nowadays with covid rules.

    Roll on 4pm. 

  • It's so difficult to read into whether something is good news or bad news, so please don't let that eat away at you. There could be a number of things they want to discuss with you that aren't what you're worried about. Sometimes it's just easier to discuss in person. I really hope everything goes well for you today though - best of luck.

    Please let us know how you get on.

  • Thank you for your reply.

    I took my husband along to the appt with me and I'm glad I did.  I have been diagonised with Micropapillary Caranoma, it has already spread into the tissue so it looks like I will need months of chemo before they will perform a mastectomy.

    I was quite calm during the appt but I have so many questions running through my head down that I think I will make a list and then get in touch with the nurse.

     

    Shell shocked is how I feel now even though I was expecting bad news.

  • Hi Lena,

    I'm so sorry to hear that. I know you were expecting bad news from your earlier posts but it must still be a terrible shock. It's good that your husband was there and sounds like you have some good support in place.

    I've heard it's good to take it one day at a time when you get news like this, and yes, write down any questions you have now so you can go over them with your nurse when you next speak with them.

    as I'm not familiar with Micropapillary Caranoma, I don't want to offer any advice or reassurance out of fear for getting it wrong, but hopefully someone should be along soon who does have that knowledge.