I had biopsy last thurs - no lump felt but just had burning sensation for couple of months which i ignored. put down to age (43). consultant felt small lump 4 mm and i had biopsy - results and mammo this thursday and it has been longest week of my life so far. range from despair/fear/positivity and back again. what a nightmare! any tips for coping?
Hi Ewlija
It’s a horrible time waiting for results and not knowing as many of us on this website know as we’ve all been there. I found it hard to function during the wait for results but something inside me knew it was breast cancer so when i finally got the results I wasn’t completely shocked. I suppose what helped a little was just having people around me as and when I needed them - this was a comfort to me. I remember being petrified to leave the house even for a walk but when I did get out - friends/family had to coax me out it did really help. I also ended up getting my doctor to prescribe something to calm me down and help me sleep and that was a good move as the lack of sleep in itself was awful.
Wishing you the best of luck for Thursday and thinking of you. Please do let me know how you get on.
Ruby
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Hi Ewlija
What you are feeling is perfectly normal - as you will see from other posts on here - the waiting is the hardest part. I was fortunate in that I had biopsy/mammo/ultrasound all on same day and got the results within 30 minutes - not the results i wanted - but at least I didn’t have the dreadful wait
I do wish you all the very best for Thursday - please let us know how you get on - and try not to get yourself in too much of state (easier said than done I know)
take care
margaret x
thanks for the support - nearly thurs so the wait almost over. what will be… i suppose.
Good luck for tomorrow - will be thinking of you - fingers crossed
Margaret xx
Hi Ewlija,
Best of luck for today.
I’m 36 year old female and found a lump on sun, when to GP on Monday and waiting for an refer to the breast clinic.
worried sick also and will need something from the doctor to calm me down.
I too am waiting for results of my Stereo Core biospsy 04/01/08 . I return to the BC tomorrow 18th. All I keep thinking about is someone knows my fate already. Since my recall on 5th Dec after routine screening I have been in limbo. I can’t concentrate and am going thru the motions of life. I know its small, I know its early detected but I want it gone. Can I ask for a double masectomy even if the diagnosis says otherwise.
Hi Margaret
Sorry about the reults that you got. I have just had a biposy (yesterday) and have to wait till Monday for the resultsd. My mind is on acute overtime at the moment. How di you get your results so quickly …did you have private insurance? Ami being too nosey???
shammy
i have private insurance but still had to wait a week - not sure it makes much difference after initial quick referral. its been the longest 7 days of my life but tonight i get results - feel quite positive but sick at the same time.
good luck to you on monday
jane
Hi jane
Thanks for that…ye i saw that you were getting your reslults today…hope they are ‘good’…the waiting is awful isnt it…I just want to know…let me know how you go on…
Demi 2003 good luck for tomorrow!!!
Jackie
hi Shammy
Sorry only just seen your post. No I don’t have private insurance - all tests were done at NHS one stop breast clinic. Had mammogram, followed immediately by fna and ultrasound. Was advised by doc & nurse doing fna & ultrasound that lab would have results within 30 minutes and advised to ‘get a cup of tea’ and report back to clinic. I had had no idea that this was going to happen, so had gone for tests alone.
Went back 30 minutes later and consultant advised me that lump was cancerous and that I had the option of lumpectomy to shrink it or mastectomy - with mastectomy being her preferred option.
As far as I am aware, all referrals to the breast clinic here (Dumfries & Galloway) are handled in the same manner and with the same speed. Couldn’t fault them - was diagnosed 1st Nov, had liver/lung/bone scans on 8th, Mastectomy on 13th and started chemo on 28th - all less then a month from original diagnosis !
Margaret x
Hi Margaret
Thanks for telling me. I didnt want to pry into your persoanl life too much…I just thought (selfishly) that becuase I have private insurance that I could get the results quicker. Iv rung the hosiptal and theyve said that they have to do tests on the biopsy samples …and thats how long it will take. It was only a littel tiny dot (they had a magnifying glass to see it)…still terrifed though. Hope all goes well for you …
Jackie X
Hi
Just returned from Consultant. No cancerous cells present, I will carry on with the 3 year screening. Feel an absolute fraud for being in a state the last month. Very impressed that they detected such a small abnormality and put me thru the biopsy etc even thou my life has been on hld for nearly 6 weeks.
One point to watch, My husband tripped me up as we left the hospital and I nearly went under a car!! Nothing damaged except my Jimmy Choos (purple suede heels) but after the brilliant news I was floating anyway.
Good luck to everyone else waiting for their results.
Hi Demi
Fantastic news…theres nothing fraudulant about being terrified …its very real. Go and buy yourself some new footwear and a full outfit to go with it…you have my permission …he he .
Jackie x
Thanks Shammy,
Re your mail It was only a littel tiny dot (they had a magnifying glass to see it)…
Mine was only 2x5mm very deep but no lump could be felt, only the mammo picked it up. Hopefully you will get the same prognosis. I am 58 and this was my 3rd screening so it really does work.
Re the outfits I retired 2 years ago and I now live a countrified home existance I am trying to work thru the mountains of clothes I had for 'business ’ It was a great reason to shop. Shoes are my passion but even these I have managed to cut back on. Not quite the thing to run the household daily in a suit and high heels. I now cultivate the jeans and waxed riding coat look, even have the hat, definately more suitable for walking the dog.
I will keep checking back to see how you get on, I now have a lot of faith in NHS. Try and relax and have a good weekend .
Thanks Demi, thats made me feel a lot better .
I have no lump and had my first mammo 2 weeks ago and then got the recall. I was 51 last week. They showed me the xray (didnt mean anything to me) just a mass of blobs and dots. Its just below my left nipple to the front…so I think that I would have been able to feel a lump…but I cant. That makes me hope that it is a pre cancer (or whatever its referred to). Then I had an ultrasound and then the biopsy…I thought I would be in and out (arranged to go for tea witha friend) abd ended up being there for 3 hours. I do have faith in the NHS and hopefully wont need to go private. I intend to have a good weekend…shopping …my weakness is shoes (and bags).I will update on Monday…keep everything crossed for me.
Jackie x
great news last night - lump benign - fibrodenoma - unlikely to become harmful but i am having it taken out just to be sure! also it is giving me pain so no point hanging on to it! I would only worry about it anyway.
so so relieved and grateful and feel like huge cloud has gone.
good luck to all the others waiting in the same position. I must admit to having been a bit complacent about checking my breasts regularly but no more.
thanks for all the good comments and support. this website is invaluable and got me me through the last week.
Jane
Great News ewlija, same as me though mine is too small to remove. If mine was able to be felt I too would want it out.
Come now Shammy make it 3 out 3, enjoy your shopping, I take a size 3 1/2 so if you see anything extraordinary in my size let me know. I am reading a rubbish book called Queen of Shoes. Story set in 1920’s Paris absolute c*** but shoe descriptions fantastic and it was about all I could manage over the last few weeks.
My birthday was 3 days before my recall and my 40th Wedding anniversary 3 days after the stereo core biopsy so I have a lot of celebrating to catch up on.
Greta news Jane!!! Have a fantastic weekend …now you can breather out…
I intend to make it a hat trick Demi, I will look out for some shoes for you. I have tried to read but can only get past half a pharagraph then my mind wonders …to you know where.
Talkng to you people has kept me sane and reasuured though …thanks a million for sharing everything with me.
The hospitla rang about an hour ago and I though my heart was going to stop. Its amazing how many thoughts fly through your head in those few seconds when they say ’ its the Burney cancer unit here’…as me heart was pounding she then said ‘sorry’ she had made a mistake with the time of my appointment’…Im in at 10…phew.
Ill keep you posted.
Jackie
Just returened and have scored the hat trick Demi!!!
The ‘lumps’ found (littel dots just visible to the eye) are calcium deposits. I know what you mean about feeling a fraud…but it feels like Ive been to hell and back over the last 5 days. You cant help what youre feeling can you?. I had a breast reduction about 6 yeasr ago (they were great big heavy things that have exacerbated spondylosis in my spine, so had them drasticaly reduced)…The operation causes scarring and the scar tissues is where the calcium ‘spots’ were. …I have to go back in twelve months to have them checked out. Anyway I am absolutely relived. Thanks Jane …Margaret and everybody for being so supportive.
Good luck to everybody who is playing the waiting game.Hope your news is a good as mine.
Jackie xxxxxx