Well, I am back! I had my scan and they did find the lump (phew, was still worried it was all in my mind at that stage!). The doctor is sure it’s a fibroadenoma but did a core biopsy anyway. That wasn’t so fun but I really didn’t feel a thing after they put the local anaesthetic in, just a lot of pressure from the spring load needle thing. They weren’t too concerned about the areola issue. So that’s good!
So I am steri-stripped to the hilt and not allowed heavy lifting and should expect bruising and soreness. I get the results on Friday morning…I just have to call. GREAT I don’t have to wait long at-all!
Soooo, I feel hugely relieved to have been checked and that the doc was confident. Not long to wait for the results but it’s more for confirmation than anything!
Thank you all for your encouraging messages! Will let you know when I get my results.
Hope you get really good news on Friday - will keep everything crossed for you and let us know how you get on. Can’t believe you have to ring them though, thought would see you face to face.
Thank you all! I slept so well last night and actually am not in too much pain, just uncomfortable. Got a busy day ahead of me so tomorrow morning will be here before I know it and then this whole saga will be totally over!
Not long to wait, that’s great. Doesn’t it make you feel so good inside when you get good news. That core biopsy is awful, I think out of the whole of my treatment that was the worst. I had 13 needles punctured into my breast, almost passed out half way through and as I was locked into the mammogram machine and hooked up to the computer nurses were holding me while the doctor was “undoing” me. Once I recovered it all started again to complete the test. Not pleasant - had to go through something very similar when I had two wires put in before my op. Had to go to one hospital for the wires to be put in at 6.30 in the morning and then travel to the next hospital to have the actual op.
Goodness I am waffling on here all about me when I intended to say how pleased I am for you, but please don’t forget us all here after Friday, we would still love to know how you are after all this business is over.
thanks for your message! The core biopsy wasn’t fun for me but sounds like YOU had a terrible time of it! Poor you. My doctor just took 4 samples… so far I am feeling ok physically so maybe I got off lightly!!! But emotionally I am feeling a tad fragile! Weird! It’s almost all over and I am pretty much 100% sure the results tomorrow will be negative but I guess I just don’t feel totally free from it all til I hear it! Been on my mind for the last 5 wks so it will be nice not to have to think about it at-all anymore!
I am going to call around 9 tomorrow morning. Hope the results will be ready. All the doc told me was to call before 12 and to ask for a certain nurse. I did ask that IF the news was bad would they still tell me on the phone but they wouldn’t commit either way and just waffled on about this and that and didn’t answer, much to my & hubby’s amusement! Red tape!
Anyway talk about waffling on… that’s me!!! I certainly will hang around here after tomorrow and hope i can encourage others who are playing the ‘waiting game’.
