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New here, waiting for diagnosis and overwhelmed

Paroca
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Hi, I'm a 30 year old and I just had a biopsy of a lump in my breast this weekend. My partner and I are going down the rabbit hole of the worst case scenario (I have family history on my paternal side of breast cancer so I know I have some genetic inclination to it). It feels weird as it always was in the back of my mind, but just when I was starting to build my life, it still took me by surprise. I still am not ready for the possibility and I am trying to put on a brave face for my partner and parents. This will be a very tough two weeks of waiting for the biopsy results.

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    Hi Paroca, sorry to hear you are going through this awful time of waiting for results One piece of advice would be, not to go on Google. I did this and it just caused me more anxiety. It's better to get information on sites like this. I joined this forum and also the cancer research one and they have been really helpful. Hopefully your results may come back sooner. I got told two weeks, but they came back within a week. I wish you well moving forward and hope your results turn out to be good  xx

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    Thank you, Pippin. Reading through the forum posts and responses have also really helped me. It's also a good reminder that treatment has gone a long way and helping appease my fears. :)

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    It is really helpful being on forums like this. Made an error in my previous post. Meant to say that I was also on the macmillan site as well as this one. Always here for a chat if you need to. Xx

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