Oral biopsy - results wait time?

Hi all,

I've got no idea if this varies significantly by area so don't know if it's a pointless question. I had biopsies from my tongue and inside cheek last Monday, I don't know why but I expected them to say results would take 1-2 weeks, but they said its normally 2-3 and right now it's actually 4-6 weeks. Does anyone know if it is actually taking this long?! They didn't book the follow up appointment there and then so I'm expecting to receive it in the post, hoped to have had it through by now. I don't know how I'll manage if it does actually take that long. As much as I try with distraction and keeping busy, it's just not working, my mind is constantly on it.

 

If anyone has any recent experience of results coming quicker than they say then it'll just give me a little bit of hope that the torture may end sooner! Pretty pointless post to be honest, guess I'm just struggling.

 

Thanks! 

  • Thank you Mrs CMC, i appreciate the response. It's very difficult to talk about it, we have my Husbands Mum that lives with us so we don't talk about it, as she only worries herself silly and makes herself ill. i have had my patches and problems with burning sensation on eating for over 6 months and kept ignoring it and didn't tell anyone until i got the appt with the maxillofacial team. I didn't want to worry anyone. 

  • Weirdly the consultant originally said i would get a telephone appt with the results and after she done the two biopsies she asked the nurse to change it to a face to face one. i have always preferred to look at worst situation and then when it is good, it's brilliant and if it is bad news that i am more prepared for it. 

  • Mine was a face to face apt, they found lichen planus (I convinced myself it was bad) which needs to be kept an eye on but not cancerous, so it may be something they need to discuss with you like that, there can be many things it could be & not necessary the worst, I’ve had face to face apts for other innocent things before but made to have a face to face.

    Also just to mention I had lots of issues in my mouth at one point and burning was one of them turned out to be geographic tongue, I know the waiting is horrible I’ve been through this so many times and got myself into complete states because I have had previous cancers  (sometimes the panic is all for nothing) so I know how you feel, but time will pass and you will sort this one way or another.

  • Thanks Mrs Cmc, had a weird day today, finally got to the see the nurse who has found a pea size lump in one my breast, another referral being made to the breast clinic. Another load of stress. It's comes in three so what's next..... 

    I have suffered oral thrush on and off for the past three years as i use inhalers for my breathing but never had a problem with burning on my tongue. it's burns on my bottom lip and inside cheek only on my side though. 

  • I’ve had lots of lumps checked out recently too in breasts, weirdly I had so many things happen last year regarding lumps, bumps and biopsies. there’s so many lumpy things in breasts anyway, each time I check I feel a new one! I was told lots of glands and lobules in there and they all feel like little hard peas to me, also other shapes and sizes. I had a salad potato,sized lump too (sorry for the food reference but can’t think of how else to describe it!) appear last year in breast, they told me it was a fatty lump. I still have enlarged lymph nodes which I’m being told are ok, it’s hard to trust sometimes when you’ve had cancers. Try and keep strong, I know it’s hard when everything seems to be a worry.