This wait didn't feel at all like the last one. I was surprisingly productive at work and was bouyed by my fiance reminding me that the biopsy results were benign. Not 'inconclusive', but 'benign' which was a good thing. So, I began to think I'd be fine and it was all a lot of stress for nothing.
I don't know whether to be glad that the stress wasn't for nothing or not ;)
The day I had been waiting for came and this time my fiance came with me. I went for my scans first and there was some confusion over having both a mammogram and ultrasound again as I'd only been booked in for the ultrasound. The poor nurses ran back and forth and in the end the consultant radiologist made the call that he'd do the ultrasound but I shouldn't have another mammogram so soon.
Once I had…
What then followed were without question some of the worst weeks of life. I couldn't concentrate at work and took some time off sick with 'anxiety'. I just wanted to find out as much as I can to try and make contingency plans for work (can you tell I'm a project manager?). This need to find out details is one of my coping mechanisms and I personally find it very helpful (there are those who say I shouldn…
I had hoped to be seen within the week but my appointment date came in for the end of the 2 week NICE guidline which was a shame.
I drove by myself to the local hospital where a specialist breast cancer clinic is run each week. The consultant reviewed my history, did the physicial breast exam to confirm the lump existed. I can't remember the order... I think he then did a sonagram because the radiologist for the…
The first day that the GP was open once I was back from Norway I rang up and was given an emergency appointment and able to see my GP personally straight away.
After a bit of a telling off for not having let her know that I had been refused for the MRI scan and UKFOSS trial so she could have tried pushing it further on my behalf, she confirmed the lump and put me on a 2 week referral which she told me is consistent…
