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Telephone results vs face to face

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Hi, anxiety is through the roof. Referred to breast clinic in February for discolouration and some dimpling and pain. After using cream for 2 weeks for possible dermatitis, consultant decided on punch biopsy to rule out IBC but was optimistic and said if benign, results would be given over the phone and this is also stated on my letter.

That was 3 weeks ago, team met yesterday and I got a phone call asking me to come in Friday morning for face to face. I'm now so worried and anxious.

Has anyone been called back in for face to face and everything been OK even though was expecting telephone results? 

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    Sorry to hear you've been having these worries. I guess you are getting the resutls today so this might be too late, but yes, I was called in for face-to-face when I was expecting a telephone appointment. In my case, it was a year after I was treated for thyroid cancer and it was sort of the final scan to be sure all the treatment had worked. I was told they'd call me with the results, then I got a letter for a face to face appointment. I freaked, thinking they MUST surely have found something.

    I called them up myself and...they said it was 100% clear.

    My mother, on the other hand, was supposed to get a face to face appointment, but the consultant called her. She missed the original call. My brother answered and he said he'd call back. We thought it couldn't be that serious if he was phoning, but it turned out he wanted to tell her she had cancer.

    So you can't really tell from how the information is given.

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    Sorry to hear you've been having these worries. I guess you are getting the resutls today so this might be too late, but yes, I was called in for face-to-face when I was expecting a telephone appointment. In my case, it was a year after I was treated for thyroid cancer and it was sort of the final scan to be sure all the treatment had worked. I was told they'd call me with the results, then I got a letter for a face to face appointment. I freaked, thinking they MUST surely have found something.

    I called them up myself and...they said it was 100% clear.

    My mother, on the other hand, was supposed to get a face to face appointment, but the consultant called her. She missed the original call. My brother answered and he said he'd call back. We thought it couldn't be that serious if he was phoning, but it turned out he wanted to tell her she had cancer.

    So you can't really tell from how the information is given.

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