Hello Jupiter125, 

What an anxious time this must be for you. According to our website, as you can see on our page about the MRI scan, MRI results normally take 1-2 weeks to come through so hopefully it won't be too long now until you get some answers. It sounds like you have really struggled in the last few days and sleep is probably also leaving you rather exhausted and emotional. Perhaps it would be worth talking to a GP about how you are feeling and the fact you are struggling to sleep at the moment. 

Distracting yourself is the right strategy even though it only works for so long, but try and keep busy and focused on other things if you can and resist the unavoidable temptation to look things up on Google as this will only make you worry even more and will only give unreliable information. It's wonderful news that your partner and you are planning to get married, buy a house, have children - those are great things to look forward to and try not to anticipate the worst at the moment even if it's easier said than done. It won't be long now until you find out more and get clarity on all this. Waiting for results can be so stressful as so many members of our forum will know only too well and there are helpful tips on this page to help you cope while waiting for important news. 

I hope that you will hear from other members of our forum who have had a similar experience and I keep everything crossed for you that it all turns out to be fine!

Best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator 

I just wanted to post an update for anyone who comes across this post in the future with the same or similar worries and issues. I had the MRI last Monday, 16/01/23. I already had an appointment scheduled for 02/02 to discuss the results. I called on the Friday same week as scan was done and the report had been done and I was able to get my appt pushed forward to today. 
 

Anyway, I got the results and my scan was completely clear, no problems at all. My tonsils are just inflamed and 'possibly a few tonsil stones'. This all started after an upper respiratory tract infection last October. I'll add that I do smoke and am now giving up; having such a health scare has made me realise how terrible it is. It just isn't worth your health, life is so precious. 
 

The point of this post is to reassure others that most of the time it isn't anything terrible, and I've spent the past couple weeks beside myself with fear for no reason. I've learnt that worrying really doesn't change the outcome. But please, if you do have any symptoms, do get it checked out with your doctor. The NHS has been incredible and treated me with such care during this time, I'm very grateful for this and the speedy process that this has been. 

This is what i was looking for - i suppose my preamble about IBS put people off reading my whole post.

Thank you

So pleased that you go the amasser you had hoped for. Really happy for you!

As an aside, I have a health scare; a black lesion in my mouth back in 2016. After a sleepless night of worrying my children would grow up with their mum, i binned off all my tobacco and haven't looked back!

bless you xx

So sorry to hear about your lesion, how are you now? I too have a child and planning to have more, it's a terrifying thought worrying about all this and your children and the future isn't it.  
 

That's so good that you binned all your tobacco and haven't looked back. Despite everything I'm not strong enough to go cold turkey as I have other heavy stresses going on so I'm gradually cutting down, but this time absolutely determined to quit. 
 

Xx

Oh, that's not good it's put people off, you'd think in this modern day and especially on a site like this people would be more understanding and open to things like that! Send me a link to your post if you like so I can read it? 
 

I have IBS too, it's not been too bad recently but flares up every now and again. The bloating and pain is awful isn't it. 
 

hope everything goes okay for you xx