I’m sitting in my hospital bed feeling sorry for myself. I’m 49 and I live in France. I went for a routine mammography just over 2 weeks ago, I have dense breast tissue so I always have to have an ultrasound at the same time. After the ultrasound, the doctor told me that I needed a biopsy because there was something on the scan. I had the biopsy the next day and then an appointment with the consultant the following week. He confirmed with the lab that I have an 8mm, grade 1 “lesion”. Yesterday I had a lumpectomy and he also took some lymph nodes for analysis. I have to stay in hospital for a few days and have some more tests on Monday. I’ve gone throught the last 2 weeks in a daze - I’ve worked as normal, told no-one (I’m an English teacher in a business school) and had planned to go back to work on Monday (I was originally supposed to leave hospital on Sunday but it’s been put back). It’s suddenly occured to me that I can’t just carry on as normal and that this is quite serious and I’m actually really quite scared. Have been very positive with friends and family who do know but right now I just want to cry.
Hello - so sorry to hear that you are having to go through this alone. I hope that you are feeling a bit better and that the tests you had have given you a treatment plan. How did you get on?