Hi, Newby here. Feeling a bit silly I don’t even know if I have cancer yet, but I’m a basket case already. My biopsy is due on 5th Nov so over a week to go. Then another wait for the results. What the heck will I be like in 4 weeks time? I can’t concentrate on anything my mind simply goes straight back to my boobs. Rationally I know everyone has to go through this waiting time, from posts on here it’s sometimes lots of times throughout a cancer journey but it doesn’t make it any easier. My mammagram showed a 31mm area of linear calcifications in a grouped formation, which have appeared since my last mammagram in 2023. From my googling, I know we shouldn’t do it but I can’t help my self, in all probability the worst I have is pre cancerous DCIS. I just wish I could turn my head off. Sorry for the self pitying message. In a small way it helps to just put it down in words. I need to get a grip and pull my big girl knickers up and get on with it. Xx
Hi @overthinking Welcome to the forum.
Waiting for tests and then waiting for results is always one of the hardest times. Having a biopsy is one of the only ways to say if you have cancer. So until you have those results, try not to worry. I know it’s hard. Make the most of this time to plan some nice things to distract you. Even if it’s a walk in the park, meeting a friend for lunch or simply watching the birds in your garden.
For some people Googling is their way of dealing with the situation. I’m one of those people. I like to know the facts or possibilities, so I can think of questions to ask. I found being informed made my journey easier.
Please don’t apologise for getting this off your chest, the forum is a safe place to do this.
I would suggest a call to the BCN nurses may be helpful. They are available m-f. 9-4 sat 9-1 0808 800 6000. No question is too small.
I will be keeping my fingers crossed it’s not something to worry about. But if it is, your treatment will be individualised to you.
Take care
Thank you Naughty, it was lovely to get your reply and advice. I’ve got myself through another day. So now less than a week to the biopsy. I’ve tried lots of things to get through a few hours and I can’t believe the most successful has been to watch re runs of the great British bake off would you believe 
. I tried reading, walking, watching the birds and saw some kind of bird of prey land on the fence near the bird feeder. Which was lovely for me not so much for my little feathered friends. I tried watching tv, films, series you name it. My mind just kept wandering until I hit on the bake off. I am no baker but it’s kept me occupied today. So I’m so pleased about that. I’ll be digging out another few re runs tomorrow. Thank you for your kind words of support. Xx
@overthinking
Hi and welcome
It is worrying and the wait is as bad as the diagnosis in my opinion.
I did see your other posting about time scale, it does seem a particularly long time to wait for a biopsy and I would have suggested contacting the hospital, but seems unnecessary if you are going next week. I would certainly ask the question when you get there, if there was a reason for the delay.
The 62 day timescale or target, I believe is the Welsh process but I’m not sure if that relates to an appointment/initial assessment, as I have read different information. Putting aside the technicalities, they are unfortunately targets or aims, and I think it very much depends on the health board how well they deal with these. I was told I would have an urgent appointment within 2 weeks, but what I got was a letter within 2 weeks for an appointment 4 weeks later. When I contacted the hospital, I was simply told, that was the first urgent appointment available! Which doesn’t help when you are in the “waiting” phase. I do feel for you.
Unfortunately you can’t speed up the results process after the biopsy either because it takes two weeks to do the tests. I found out two weeks later I had cancer, but they had to retest to confirm the type, so had to wait a further two weeks before I knew the “plan”
On a more positive note, getting the ball rolling is most important, and in my case the surgeon told me a few weeks wouldn’t make a significant difference. Whether that was to cover their backs or not - who knows. But when I had surgery another 6 weeks later, the 2 cm tumor (on scan) was actually 1.7cm, and had not grown in that time scale.
Hang in there and if you are diagnosed with cancer, try to focus on the better points and how it will be treated.
Thinking of you x
Thank you for letting me know, it is incredibly hard waiting. I’m sorry to hear you have had repeated waiting times and then to have cancer confirmed. I hope your treatment is working well. I wouldn’t have rocked the boat so close to my appointment it really wouldn’t help to upset the people who would be potentially treating me. It just came as a shock when I read the post which said there were those short timescales. In a way I hope it means that what they saw on my mammagram wasn’t too worrying so could go on the back burner for a while. That might be naive. The believe the NHS are so brilliant for the most part but sadly overwhelmed and under funded unfortunately. Hopefully should I need treatment it will get done asap. Wishing you luck through your treatment and many thanks for your response. X
It’s a horrible journey and one that nobody wants to be on. I’m a bit ahead of you, but not much.
Do things that take your mind off it as much as you can and Google as little as you can is my advice, but you must do what is best for you. Hazel…
Hi there, an new to this site and a couple of weeks behind you with same waiting anxiety. (although my appointment is on Monday and got my letter last Tues so not such a long wait) They have found some calcification. I think they will do a stereotatic biopsy. Am very anxious about that. Anyway I just wondered how you got on? How long for results? I hope everything went well for you x
Hi, it is an awful time waiting. I checked on my Gp record on line yesterday and there is a letter on there telling me that I was all clear, no cancer found. So it’s a huge relief. I hope your results are also good. I had a vacuum mammogram biopsy and I was quite nervous but it was fine. Everyone was really lovely and they give you plenty of the pain killers before they do the biopsy. It really wasn’t bad at all. So try not to worry about the procedure it is nothing at all like I’d built up in my head. It is over in minutes. The wait for the results is very hard and they were in my Gp records 7-8 days after the biopsy. I’m not sure if I will get a paper letter but there is no sign of one so far so check your Gp records just in case they are there. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, take care.
Thank you for replying. And what a relief for you. You have reassured me a bit over the biopsy procedure as the idea of it seems awful! Glad you got your results so quickly too. I think whateve happens Monday, I will feel better after it even though I will probably be waiting for results. Unless by a miracle the calcification is from my old scar tissue (as this is my first mammogram in a long time) 
Thanks again x
I asked the radiologist if he thought my calcifications looked dubious and he said he thought they didn’t look like cancer from his experience. That helped so much, the weeks wait was still hard as obviously only the biopsy would tell us 100%, but he must have seen thousands of them so I figured he’d know and he was right. You could ask on Monday, your radiologist may not tell you but it’s worth an ask. I still knew he could be wrong and at the back of my mind I was prepared for the worst but it just made the wait easier given his opinion. As people on here advise try and keep busy, it’s not easy. I couldn’t keep my mind on anything I tried to read and watch tv. I ended up watching the great British bake off Christmas specials. I found they were enough to keep me interested and stopped my head wandering for the most part. One thing to think about is that calcifications are usually very early stage DCIS if anything and caught early are easily dealt with. I’ll be thinking of you next week, my finger are crossed for a good outcome. Take care xx
Thank you so much. I will ask the Radiologist and also having done a little research will also be studying the exray images myself if I can. Been busy out today and will be tomorrow. Sunday I left free but yes TV helps! xx