8 week mark

Tomorrow (Monday 13th) will be exactly 8 weeks since I had my skin excision biopsy. 
I am keeping my fingers crossed that this will finally be week I receive my results. It’s been an awful wait since February for this to be over. 
I’m due to go on holiday very soon, so I’m hoping at this stage I’ll have a definite answer. All I have so far is suspected skin cancer. Friends have tried to reassure saying if it was bad it would have come back by now. But then like I say, I really hope it does come back ok. 
but if it’s benign, why are people being made to wait 3 months for that answer; it’s torture for their mental health 

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  • I'm feeling the anxiety at just under four weeks post skin excision biopsy. I'd be screaming by eight weeks.

    I can't see the "if it was bad" argument. If someone has looked enough to know it is bad, haven't they looked enough to know it is good? I suppose there might be some process of double-checking - and samples that are bad are reviewed immediately. But I have my doubts.

    That might feel negative - but for me, having hoped for good news (because it has taken longer) dashed would be so awful. 

    Hope your torture resolves soon - and is good.

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  • I'm feeling the anxiety at just under four weeks post skin excision biopsy. I'd be screaming by eight weeks.

    I can't see the "if it was bad" argument. If someone has looked enough to know it is bad, haven't they looked enough to know it is good? I suppose there might be some process of double-checking - and samples that are bad are reviewed immediately. But I have my doubts.

    That might feel negative - but for me, having hoped for good news (because it has taken longer) dashed would be so awful. 

    Hope your torture resolves soon - and is good.

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