Trying to stay positive

Hi 

I am new to this  forum my name is Debra and i am a 59 years old lady.  I had a ct scan for gallstones a few days later i get a call from the hospital asking me to come in for a biopsy?  i was very confused and was told i should have received a letter but i didnt.  In this letter it stated "right side pelvic infiltrative mass with local and paracaval adenopathy, prominent spleen".  We this was news to me as i thought i was being treated for gallstones.  Anyway like most people i was straight on the internet and nearly frightened myself to death.  2 days later i was in the hospital have the biopsys done which apparently wasnt easy and had to be done through the top of my Bum, i cannot tell you how many times i was in and out of that CT scanner.  Now like everyone else its a waiting game, now 8 days later and still no results.  I am calling the hospital daily as they asked me to keep on chasing (I only started yesterday).  I am now thinking this has to be good news as i am sure that if it was bad i would have heard my now.  Most of the time i feel positive at a good outcome but every now and then i have a panic attach.  Two weeks ago i didnt know that there was anything wrong with me apart from gallstones.   Thank you for reading :-). 

  • Hi Debra, welcome to the forum and I am sorry you haven't had a reply yet. 

    I don't know very much about gallstones and I'm not qualified to understand your scan results but I do know how it feels to be told something is wrong which you didn't expect. I know how frightening it can be, and that feeling of sometimes being OK and quite calm and then dissolving into a state of panic at other moments. 

    I suppose the good thing is that it always passes in the end. I get the feeling that a great many people who have had a diagnosis of cancer start to feel a bit more calm about it after the initial shock or upset, especially once there is a plan in place to treat it. 

    I hope you get some answers soon and that they are hopeful, and even if they indicate that something needs to be done, I hope it gives you something to focus on so that you can feel a bit more in control. 

    There are so many good people here in the same boat. 

    Very best wishes and please let us know how you get on, we're usually around and happy to listen, good news or not. 

    Take care, 

    AK 

     

  • Thank you so much for your reply its really appreciated i know i am not the only one.  Well as at day 12 now of waiting ............

    once again thank you x