Hi Pickles, 

I just wanted to welcome you to the forum and thank you for sharing your experience with us.

I'm really glad you had a good outcome and I have no doubt that our members who are in a similar situation will really appreciate what you've written and will benefit from reading your post.

Feel free to join in on other discussions Pickles as it's always nice having members share their positive stories on the forum.

Kind regards, 

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi pickles,

Yes your post has just helped me thank you.

I had bloody discharge and had total breast duct removal on July 7th. I get my results on the 4th july but presume no news is good news. 

I was very surprised how bruised I was and I am still a little sore and tingly around the nipple area plus still bruised under my breast. Keeping a soft bra on 24 hours a day definitely helps.

Will post again when I know any results. Good luck to anyone waiting with me x

Hello please can someone help me I am going nuts at this waiting game. I have had a bleeding discharge from nipple for 10 weeks now I saw breast specialist who took a sample and week later 2nd aug was told sample contained bad cells and in order to tell if benign or cancerous I needed a total duct excision which will remove all ducts and then they will test this. It's now the 18th Aug and still have not received a surgery date and when rang appt line told me consultant was on leave which has slowed appt down they advised to expect appt mid Sept but the waiting and worry is really driving me nuts I am off work coz it's all I can think about. I feel like if I knew a date I can start planning in my head. Has anyone been through this is so what was your wait time do you have a pre op if so how long before op do you have this. Also how long do you wait for results after surgery. Thanks 

Hi Francis .. everyone’s case is unique and different areas have varying practise but it seems waiting is common and usual .. but of course difficult .  There are some time scale guidelines .. I undersarnd they are  62 days from point of concern to a first treatment or 31 days form point of diagnoses to first treatment .. so they should honour these within the situation .. if  someone is on leave there are usually other members of staff doing equivalent roles so could be worth phoning to speak to someone else .. I recently had to switch consultant to keep within a time frame .. I would certainly make enquires .

Hi Sam,

Welcome to the forum,

You are at one of the worst stages of your cancer journey. Knowing that something might be amiss, but unable to confirm that this is so until you can confirm it with surgery, is really frustrating. Most of us wait 2-3 weeks for this type of surgery, but, as AMP257 said, protocols vary throughout the country and doctors have to have holidays too.

It is up to you whether you wait until mid September and get the consultant who usually does these operations, or whether you opt for a locum, who may not have the same experience. Are you best being off work at the moment? Perhaps time might go by a little quicker if you were occupied by work. We usually advise people waiting for results to keep themselves as busy as possible.

You will find that your emotions are all over the place at present and, may find yourself crying a lot. This is not at all unusual. I have had 2 bouts of breast cancer in the past 10 years and, on both occasions only had to wait a week for my pathology results, but this can be up to 3 weeks in some hospitals. I had a pre-med on both occasions, but there is nothing untoward with this. This just ensures that your surgeon knows of any problems which might arise during surgery.

I do hope that you get an appointment soon. Please let us know when it comes through. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Francesca,

Welcome to the forum.

I hope that by now you have had your results and, that they bore good news.

If you can, please update us on where you're at. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Just heard from the hospital and my surgery date is next Tuesday 27th Aug OMG 

Hi Sam,

Fantastic - not long to wait now. You'll find all of this so much easier once you know what you are dealing with.

Here's hoping that it all goes well and that you don't have too long to wait before you get your results.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Thank you yes least I can prepare myself for the surgery then just wait for results like you say fingers crossed the wait for results isn't too long x