Hi this is my first post, I had biopsies last Tuesday 11th Oct after I was told to be positive as the area’s of concern two of them are only small and they have caught it at early stages, at no time was cancer mentioned and I was shocked and never asked if that was what they were telling me anyway I was told I would have results in a week or less, with no letter this morning I rang the hospital and they said that it will be more like two weeks as the results have to be discussed and reviewed and then I will be sent for, the waiting is very stressful and I can’t stop thinking about what’s going on, most of the post’s that I have read on biopsy have come back in a week,
What do you do about work? Because of the news I got on the 13th I was very stressed and my gp signed me off for the week, this week I am on holiday, do I take another week off after that because I am sure I should get a call back by then, feel silly in oneway as I am not ill but the slightest thing makes me cry.
Hi Chico, the waiting room really is a worrying and confusing time, give yourself a bit of tlc, if you feel like being off work then be off, if you don’t then go back. There is no right or wrong, but what is important is how you are feeling and coping with this and the quicker you get a network of support the better, be that family, friends, work colleagues or any of the ladies on this site, who are all fabulous and know exactly what you are going through. I waited just over a week for my results, but my work place was very understanding and said, work what you can and if you have to go early or come in late if you’ve had a rough night worrying then that’s what you have to do! I’m glad I told my manager from the offset what was happening and that way they could be understanding of my needs at the time.
Take time for yourself and as hard as it may seem, try not to overthink things and find a distraction if you can. Keep coming on here as this is where I have found my sanctuary, best wishes xxx
It is a stressful time this waiting, biopsy results can take several weeks as samples need to be cultured to see what type of cells are causing the problem and there are many different things,
Make most of time off work, saying that i felt better at work when i
felt low as there is some one there too talk to i am sure your boss will understand.
Being on this forum is a lot of help, all the info you may need as we are fighting this together, in all different stages of our journey.
my journey has just started you bet i am scared of the unknown fight we must.i have said on many threads new treatment is being discovered all the time. there is also a lot of good results on here to inspire us.
Thank you both for your prompt reply, Yes this forum or should I say club has some great Info for me, when I had the biopsies done the dr put in some markers, I thought she was marking my skin with pen! I had to google them to find out what they were, I think I must have been struck dumb because I never asked a question about anything I was in total shock, that’s how I found this site, with google, thank goodness I even rang the helpline on Friday and whoever I spoke to was lovely, made me feel much better and less stressed, I will keep you posted when I get further news, I will be following you both to see how you are getting on. Xxx
Letter finally arrived!! Appointment made for Tuesday 4.15 for biopsy results, feel better just having the appointment made I will let you know how I get on,
Just been out and bought myself a bottle of wine going to open it day before result, then the rest day after to ease nerves, oops then another bottle,i was told i am not to have alchohal as i have other medical problems, THEY were told i am not to have morphine but they gave it to me, now i know what the true meaning of patience means, hosp has tried mine in many ways as they can.
I wish you well for your results.let us all now how you get on,
time soon fly.
Just thought I would let you know results, 12mm mass only small, surgeon said,so they are going to do a lumpectomy the scan revealed armpit is clear but when in surgery they are going to put the dye into the nodes and remove a few,wait two weeks for results if all clear then start rads if not then more surgery then chemo,
I have had to come off my HRT as that feeds my tumour and can spread the cancer cells, so waiting for the HRT crash!!! Surgeon said that will be the worst, not looking forward to that,
I was a bit concerned as I had biopsies on two area’s in r breast but surgeon said he only had a report on one, I spoke to my BC Nurse today who is lovely and she just rang me back and read the report out to me it sad one of the area’s of concern was a benign breast mass, phew! So I am happy about that I was beginning to think maybe they had missed a page out of the report, amazing how paranoid you can become, so op on the 23thd Nov, apologised for the wait, just the way the surgeon does the op’s at the end of the month, reassured me that my tumour will not have grown and will not make any difference to my treatment during the wait, so that’s it now until my pre op day, so back to work for me until then, I will catch up with you all soon hugs to all xxxx Hilary
the waiting is the worse, i have not been told of any plan, been told another op on Tuesday as they want to remove more and some nodes.
With a bit of luck some sort of plan will come into effect. every hosp does it different.my ducts was benign But part of lump cancerous this is why i need another op.thinking of you