Screening recall - head in a spin

Have I got breast cancer? Appointments and waiting for test results
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Hello, very anxious had my routine 3 year screening on Friday last week. Got letter today asking me back on Tuesday next week. Saying need to do more tests before they can give me a result. Worried, worried sick! Any advice would be very much welcomed :two_hearts:  

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Hi Rubytodd,

Thought I would stop by and just seen your post.  I think we are all in this same boat with worries about recalls and appointments

I’m no expert on here as I am going through similar circumstances my self so I do completely understand. 

The only thing I guess I can advise you is to do something to take your mind off the recall and distract yourself from it.  Ive recently learned myself that fears are not facts, I myself did not want to waste time worrying about something that I do not know about.  So ive managed those emotions and they are parked in a box at the hospital at the moment! So its just trying to find a way of managing those fears and emotions until your appointment.  Ive been on walks, i work, plus a 10 year old to deal with and at night I treat myself to a nice glass of wine and watch bubble gum TV to take the edge off.  Its not everyone’s cup of tea, but i hope it helps Xx

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Hi Ruby

I’ve got my 2nd year mammogram on Thursday so my stomach lurched when I read your post. However, my horror is the actual mammogram (the brutality horrifies me). There may be other explanations for your recall - they may have just missed an essential area, there might have been some movement that blurred an area, there may be something that turns out to be nothing (as happened to my mother, areas of calcification). They also don’t seem to be in a rush.

Your week can be ruined by speculating and assuming it must be cancer or, like Bluecat, you can think logically and then pack away those fears in a neat little hospital box filed somewhere safe in your mind and wait and see. There are some excellent videos to plug into on YouTube to help you relax, even visualisations to help with unwanted thoughts. They might be worth exploring?

I do hope you get a positive outcome xx