Waiting on breast biopsy results - heads a mess

Hello everyone.

Ive never really posted on anything like this before but I just feel so lost and scared right now I thought Id see if there is anyone else out there feeling the same. 
Im 36, beautiful son and hubby. Couple of weeks ago was doing my fake tan, noticed just the slightest of dips in my left breast (bottom outer corner). I was due on my cycle so left it a few days encase it was something related and when it didnt go I made an appointment with my GP. They couldn't feel anything but made a referral to the breast clinic based on asymmetrical breasts. 
So I head to the clinic, consultant has a feel and agrees on the dip and can feel a lump underneath it. This then leads them to book me in as urgent for the following day but for a biopsy, mammograms and so on. So I have the mammograms done, they take multiple images. Wait again to head into the consultation room with 2 student nurses, the consultant, a Ultrasound tech and a nurse. They start talking about the lump and identify another one but at this point Im a bit numb and not really taking it all in. I have the biopsies done and then the consultant speaks to me, here is where Im upset at myself as I cant remember the exact wording (my head was and is a mess) but something along the lines of “Concerned” or “Suspecting” malignancy. It was all so fast though. I had titanium chips popped in over the two lumps tested then sent back out for another mammogram to confirm their placement and booking me in for an MRI. During the last mammogram I felt so stupid, I was almost literally frozen as every muscle was so tense and I just couldn't stop trembling. The poor technician was trying to get me to relax but I just couldn’t 
I feel so lost, so scared and to be honest completely blindsided and I don't know if Im just being a big baby or if this is a normal reaction to it all. Has anyone experienced something similar and its come back as benign? Im praying it comes back benign but their reaction and way they are speaking has made me feel like they already know it’s cancer. Then I spiral thinking oh god what if its spread already? And the littlest pain anywhere is making me so paranoid.
Im so grateful to my GP and hospital for moving so quickly, the other half just feels terrified. 
Sorry for the long rambly post and thank you for reading, I just feel like Im free falling right now x

  • Its a really difficult time lovely. One second we are all just going through like “whats for tea?” “what shall we do this weekend?” The next we are diagnosed and life for now has really changed. Is there any way you could do altered duties in your work maybe? Just so you have work there as a distraction but not a stressor if that makes sense. Sending massive hugs xx

  • You're exactly right hun, like you say, what's for tea etc etc, normal life, now it's upside down. As for lighter duties, she's so unapproachable hun, Devil Wears Prada, only 10 times worse....!!! Not joking either. Got fab news yesterday as my daughter got offered a job, omg so proud of her.. we needed some good news...I've decided I'm not going to get stressed and what doesn't get done well tough...I'm usually organised and on top of stuff but hey life's too short and we have enough to deal with don't we...be in control of the diazapam hun, they are good, but like you say don't rely on them...hugs right back at you...xx

  • Lol devil wears prada! Its such a shame, before all of this I managed a small team in work and would never dream of being anything other than there for a team member who needed space and support. Thats amazing news with your daughter sending my congratulations!! 
    Definitely with the diazapam, its incredibly effective but I dont want to rely on it and god forbid end up with troubles with that on top! Xx

  • I managed a team of 27 for nearly 27 years, got made redundant back in 2014, never treated my staff badly especially when everything was stacked against them...world of work...ffs lol. I will tell my daughter for you...thank you. 

    What time is your scan tomorrow? Be thinking about you. Xx

  • Sounds like you were a lovely manager, work is work but we are all only human and sometimes the chips are up sometimes they are down and we should all be there for eachother. Thats how I managed my team. 

    my CT is at 9:40. My husband cant make it so dropping my son down my sisters so he can play with his cousins with my brother in law keeping an eye and my sister can come with me. No idea when Il get the results from it as the MDT meeting is every Friday and I have a feeling it will miss tomorrows so really hoping Im not left wondering till the 19th.

    The littles ache and pain is just playing with my mind lately. Im finding it really difficult to live in the moment xxx

  • I hope everything goes well today. The waiting is horrid. I had chest and sternum pain and I was convinced it was I  my lungs already. But honestly it's the stress and anxiety. It does horrible things to our body. Hopefully you will get a quick result and go to MDT. 

    I'm still waiting on the oncotype DX result and it's driving me mad. Literally everything is on hold waiting for that. We are hoping to book a holiday in a couple of weeks but we don't know when the next appt will be so we are waiting for the results before booking it. Apparently chemo planning appts are quicker than radiotherapy ones.  Its dtiving me slightly nuts that one sent from the trust on the sane day as mine was back on Monday but im still waiting :(Xx

  • Thank you so much lovely, my CT is tomorrow but omg Im exactly the same. My throat feels tight and my shoulders and chest/ribs feel tight and uncomfortable and its playing tricks on me :-(. Oh bless you I hope it all goes well for you and you can book your holiday soon! Where are you thinking of going? How are you finding surgery recovery? Ive got a little night away booked in December for the Harry Potter studio experience and really hoping for my son that I can still go. I have no idea what to expect or what anything is going to look like, feel like Im running with my eyes closed at the moment. Xxx

  • We are thinking of going to Crete. We love it there. Just need a get away and chill.  Hopefully you'll be fine for December.  Hopefully your surgery will be only a couple of weeks after the final plan is agreed. 

    Surgery recovery hasn't been as bad as I expected. You do need to do the exercises though. They are a must!  I was back to doing the school walk within 5 days. You can't lift or carry anything heavy for a number of weeks. You can't drive for 4 or more weeks.  But I'm 6 weeks post surgery and mostly back to normal now. I'm still being a little careful carrying and lifting. Xx

  • Aww glad you have company tomorrow, stay strong....I know what you mean about aches and pains, I'm over thinking all the time now, it's awful...I've got to wait until a week tomorrow when I go for tge magseed to go in and then pre-op. Luckily its my partners day off, so he's taking me..xx

  • Woo Crete is supposed to be beautiful! Yes, get away and chill after everything certainly sounds in order. Im blown away by just how fast life can turn upside down, not that I was naive to it all but at 36 I just thought it would be a cyst!. 
    Im so glad your surgery recovery has been better than expected! Fingers crossed your oncgotype comes back fast and you wont require chemo so you can get away xxx