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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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    Dear Paroca, I'm so sorry to hear of what you are going through. The waiting for news is definitely the worst part of this whole process. Try to distract yourself and do normal things. This definitely helped me. But I know it's hard.  I will keep everything crossed for you that you get good news. I know it's even more difficult with family history, as my mum had breast cancer too though there was no history in either side of thr family. But my genetic test came back as clear (meaning no known gene fault) despite my own diagnosis. X

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    Dear Paroca, I'm so sorry to hear of what you are going through. The waiting for news is definitely the worst part of this whole process. Try to distract yourself and do normal things. This definitely helped me. But I know it's hard.  I will keep everything crossed for you that you get good news. I know it's even more difficult with family history, as my mum had breast cancer too though there was no history in either side of thr family. But my genetic test came back as clear (meaning no known gene fault) despite my own diagnosis. X

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