Sar's advice is spot on. Sometimes your consultant can be pretty sure that there is cancer present, other times not. You will have another anxious wait for 1-2 weeks to get the results of your tests and this is when your surgeon can be sure whether or not you have cancer.
Of every 10 people referred to the breast clinic only 1 will be diagnosed with breast cancer, so here's hoping that you are one of the lucky ones.
I hope that all goes well for you tomorrow.
Please let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.
Yes I had my biopsy and they said they would ring me the following week with the result. They thought it would be benign. Guess I knew when they rang me and asked to go in that it wasn't good news.
However it's all good news now as it was caught very early and I'm now cured.
Yes I had my biopsy and they said they would ring me the following week with the result. They thought it would be benign. Guess I knew when they rang me and asked to go in that it wasn't good news.
However it's all good news now as it was caught very early and I'm now cured.
Hi Jolamine - I was recalled following my mammogram and had the biopsies done. It was ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). I was told it was totally treatable, contained in the milk duct, non invasive and not life threatening. I never lost sight of all these facts during treatment.
I had a wide local excision (lumpectomy) followed by 15 sessions of radiotherapy.
My surgeon said I would be cured after treatment and they don't say that easily with cancer.
I'm now on a patient led follow up programme. They don't send for me but they are only a phone call away if I have the slightest worry. I also have the reassurance of annual mammograms for the next 5 years.
I consider myself extremely lucky that it was caught so early, mainly I think with the advacements in technology that is detecting these things so much earlier.
I have so much empathy for those that post on here and hope and wish that their outcomes are as positive as mine
I am glad to hear that you have had your lumpectomy and radiotherapy. We sometimes don't appreciate the advances that have been made in cancer surgery, treatment and aftercare. I have lost my mum and dad and several relatives and close friends to cancer and can vouch for how much things have improved, thanks to our friends at Cancer Research and elsewhere.
I have had 2 bouts of breast cancer myself in the past 9 years and, the care that I have received bears absolutely no resemblance to what my mum received 22 years ago. We are really very lucky to catch our cancers early on. I have had a few occasions when I have had to ask for check ups in between my annual check-ups and they have always brought me in within days.
I am glad to hear that you are being monitored annually for the next 5 years. Having had a double mastectomy second time around, I can no longer have mammograms, but I do attend annually for check-up and ultrasounds.
I do so hope that you can keep clear of cancer for many more years to come.
