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Waiting game, therapy required

kay42
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Hi all,

I am waiting for results, to find out if I have Endrometial Cancer.  I have now been waiting for 4 weeks and I think I am going mad.  I was doing ok up until 3 weeks, which is when they told me I should hear by and then each hour, each day has been painfull.  I did phone up to be told that my results were not available.  Even going to work does not take my mind off things cos the industry I work in is about to hit its busy period and my boss is constantly asking if the results are ready and telling me to ring up.  This is such a lonely time of my life, I  just wish this could be a quicker process.  You see when I went to my Doctor, it was a case of rush rush, then when I went to the hospital it was a case of rush rush and now it is a case of wait wait.  It took 3 weeks from seeing my Doctor to haveing the biopsy and then wait.  I know I am very lucky to have had the tests so quick but it has just made me feel like there is an urgency about things and now 4 weeks later still nothing.  I am not sleeping well and my mind is gong mad.,  So now I feel like I need therapy no matter what the results. Not sure what I am trying to say, just rambling, sorry

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    Hello,

    The waiting game is the worst, it’s when all the worst possible scenarios go through your head I absolutely feel you but 99% of the time those scenarios you think of are never the result. It’s so easy to say don’t worry but it’s just human nature I do the same thing i’m a massive worrier I even posted a forum myself about how not to go mad with worry so you are not alone but what I found has helped is talking it out with people or even if it’s just on one of these forums letting things out in the open & not keeping them locked in your head can make you feel so much better please don’t feel lonely there is always someone available to chat & plenty help lines to call & chat to if you want to chat over the phone. Good luck with your results I hope there is nothing untoward xx

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    Thank you for your reply nh123.  What you say is so true.  I keep saying to myself worrying will not change the results but what do I do, I just keep on worrying.  Last night in bed I was worrying in case they had lost the samples or the results and why well when I was in hospital they had my notes and then they could not find them. so there you are a silly memory sets off a whole new lot of worries.  I really think I need a slap.  I wonder how long is the longest wait people have had for results, my husbands came back really quick in two weeks and he got the all clear.  It is strange how they are so varied.

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    Hi Kay,

    That’s why everyone describes it as an emotional roller coaster. It is a case of rushing, then waiting, then rushing, then waiting etc. From initial worries, first appointment, tests, scans, results, (maybe) treatment, test, scans then either repeat tests, scans, results and treatment or get discharged.

    Hopefully your results will be good and you can step off the rollercoaster.

     

    Good luck

    Dave

     

  • Offline in reply to davek

    Hi Dave

    thank you for your reply, and good luck to you too.

  • Offline in reply to kay42

    I know one irrational thought just leads to another it’s a nightmare! Have you had your results yet? They do say no news is good news  x

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