Hi @shell86
You’re in what I called the gathering information phase. You have an investigation and then those results determine what happens next. To me I felt like I was a snowball rolling down a hill and as they garnered more information the snowball got bigger and gathered pace. It felt full on. I had a lot of appointments for tests and with the Breast Care Team. It all felt quick and fast but also time dragged waiting. I too worked through this phase as I found the distraction helpful.
With a potential cancer diagnosis there are target times for information to be relayed and treatment to start. As such we are allocated those ‘urgent’ appointments rather than ‘routine’ slots. There’s no cause for alarm, it’s how the pathway should work.
Somehow we navigate our way through it all. It was 9 months yesterday that I told my adult children that I had breast cancer. The time since then has felt like a hazy dream. It was another 8 weeks after that of more tests before starting treatment. For me, that period of time was the hardest. The unknown, the waiting and the need for more investigations as more information about the cancer revealed itself was exhausting. As was updating people. Once the plan was in place it felt like the snowball had stopped. It was a relief and I felt more in control. I started treatment, whilst tough at times it did feel easier to bear.
I’ll be thinking of you next week. X