I'm so very sorry, it's so tough. Look after yourself. 

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Cazy 

diagnosis is hard I wnt through it June 22 it's a bumpy road but it's doable you got this you can do it get your Lippy on  brave stand tall my love I finished radiotherapy last nov 22 I'm now living as of it never happened I promise you your life will get back to normal before you no it 

big hugs love Lara ️

Thank you for these supportive words Lara it's what I need to hear right now feel like I'm in a very dark tunnel ️

Cazy 

the first few weeks are crazy ok some days upset others it's like facing a storm I was there my love but it soon goes away you won't feel like you do now ever again once the shock is over and things start moving you will start to lift 

Stay here for support we are all here for you 

love Lara ️

I was due to get my results last Thursday but appointment was cancelled as results not back. Due  to see consultant on Thursday. I will have been waiting by then 5 weeks in total:(

You are very supportive to those that post on here and I could only find a reply to yours or others posts and not just to add my story, so I hope you don't mind that I've just replied to you.

Early April I found a largish lump at least 2cm, saw GP (actually an associate physician) who agreed there was a lump and referred to breast clinic (Wales). She said lump was smooth and normally its irregular if it's bad. Due to pandemic my screening was a year over due and had been to breast clinic the year before with clear discharge, itching and scaly skin (duct ectasia was diagnosed with ultrasound, no mammogram as surgeon misheard me say I was 'due' screening but hadn't had an appointment, he thought I had).
Had mammogram within 10 days of GP referral, then a 3 week wait for clinic and triple assessment. Welsh NHS trying to diagnose mammogram and the place you in red, amber, green for breast clinic, with a maximum wait time of 6 weeks.
At clinic consultant agreed with lump and sent for ultrasound guided biopsy. The biopsy was hard to do, they said it was tough to get the needle in. A titanium clip was inserted as it was hard to see. Size was hard to confirm but lymph nodes appeared clear. Introduced to breast care nurse with 24/7 call line (answerphone).  Given an appointment to return for results. A long 10 day wait. Consultant didn't hold any punches, she was sorry it was cancer and estrogen receptor. HER2 results were not in, were tested at another hospital lab, told they'd check daily and contact me. For now the plan was surgery (breast conserving/lumpectomy) followed by radiotherapy for 5 days. No mention of Tamoxifen but I have read I'd have this as well. 
Breast care nurse rang me 4 days later, to see how I was coping with diagnosis.   HER2 still not back but would chase lab. It's now another 4 days on, still no news. Obviously treatment plan will change if this is positive.

I had stopped my oestrogn HRT 6 weeks before but now needed my Mirena coil out. Recommended even though not progesterone receptors. Within a week my hot surges started again from 7pm to 7am, rarely in the daytime. So woke up 3/4 times nightly then couldn't get back to sleep with worry. Work have been great and told me to not go in and take time to get to terms with diagnosis. My job doesn't allow for WFH and you're responsible for 30 other little beings!

I have read through the whole discussion and noticed people have shared their worries about biopsy but not followed up with results or treatment, maybe now on another thread. I initially had searched for hard lump and biopsy was difficult, to find out if it was common or not.

I hope my sharing my story so far will help someone else. I will post again once I have my HER2. Worried sick about it, I know getting the right diagnosis means the right treatment but it's hard and with hardly any sleep. To make things worse my lower back is really painful, I have a knee pillow to sleep as I've suffered on the past, I think I sleep twisted but now my mind is thinking it's in my bones. I'm probably overthinking it's as the lymph nodes were clear on ultrasound but the sentinel node biopsy in surgery will confirm. 
 

also provional date for surgery is 7 June.

Hello naughty boob 

bless you , you have had a time of it lovely , I see wales in in trouble with appointments ect I'm also wales too .

thsnk you for replying and sharing your story I'm always happy to chat and help here I owe it to this forum for the lovely help I had x 

im here to help chat anytime at all 

good luck love Lara ️

Hi Lara

Thanks for the quick response. It's nice to know there is somebody out there to talk to outside of family. Most just seem to say it'll be alright and don't like me talking about anything negative. But you can't help it, they don't know what is going on in my head. It's also times like these you know who your friends are. Some that I thought were close have barely spoken to me for months due to having two family bereavements in 18 months and I was dealing with the estate all alone. Maybe they couldn't cope with supporting me with that, I've go not hope now! Others I have only known for the last year are bending over backwards to help and give support.

Tomorrow will be 9 days since I got the diagnosis and 20 days since biopsy, should I chase for the HER2 results with the breast card nurse?