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

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  • Hi everyone I get my biopsy results on Weds and am absolutely terrified reading your messages has helped some tho. My radiologist said she was pretty sure it was bc but that my lymph nodes appeared clear on ultrasound xxx

  • Hello  

    Im so sorry your going through this lovely, it sucks, your in one of the tougher parts right now and Im sending you a massive digital hug. 

    Hopefully its not BC but if it is know that as terrifying as this is right now you have absolutely done the right thing in getting it checked!!

    Have they given you a idea when to expect your biopsy results? Xxxx

  • I get the results on Weds. the radiologist seemed certain it was bc so that’s what I’m expecting to hear. I feel like my whole world has stopped while everyone else’s is carrying on xxx

  • Oh lovely :(.  
    It may feel like that for a while but it doest get better. 
    The place your mentally in many will tell you is one of the hardest as you have been told just enough to be scared but not enough to know. It will get better as time goes on. 
    I felt like I was free falling and have no shame in saying I took diazepam to help me get through that time. Obviously if you decide something like that may help be careful and speak to your GP. 
    Do you have a support system?
    Its really scary but I promise on here and on Breast Cancer Nows forum you will meet just the kindest people who can relate.

    I dont know how Id have got through the last few weeks without the advice, support and kindness of the people on here. 

    xxx

  • Hi again, everything your experiencing right now is exactly the same as I was and the other ladies on here...its the waiting that is the worst part. Speak to a BC nurse at the hospital, they are fabulous at listening. Don't Google unnecessary it will make you feel worse....I'm waiting on radiotherapy now and feel anxious but I'll be ok. Xxx

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  • Hi again, everything your experiencing right now is exactly the same as I was and the other ladies on here...its the waiting that is the worst part. Speak to a BC nurse at the hospital, they are fabulous at listening. Don't Google unnecessary it will make you feel worse....I'm waiting on radiotherapy now and feel anxious but I'll be ok. Xxx

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