Waiting for what feels like an eternity for biopsy results

I had a lymph node biopsy 2 and a half weeks ago, and the tissue sample has since been sent to another lab to be examined by a lymphoma specialist. I've been advised that this could potentially take another 2-3 weeks. Everything I read online says that if the result is clear it's generally returned quite quickly, whereas that's not the case for samples that indicate cancer because they have to undergo a lot of further testing to determine stage etc. The more time that goes on, the more anxious I'm getting. I've tried to forget about it and just continue with life as normal but it's so hard :( 

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  • Hello,

    No unfortunately I haven't had any results yet :( I phoned my GP on monday and she said that the second lab my sample has been sent to are notoriously slow so it could be another few weeks again before I get any results. 

    Sort of feeling like I'll never get the results :laugh: 

    Hopefully you get your results back quicker than me :happy: 

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