Attended a one stop breast clinic today it has knocked me for six I really did not expect the outcome. I found what I thought was a cyst, even the breast surgeon who examined me was convinced it was benign he sent me for imaging just to be on the safe side. An hour later i’m sitting back in his office to be told they had found something and are taking it seriously. What does that mean? he said if it comes back as cancer it is treatable, i’m hardly taking this in as I feel i’ve been blindsided. The nurse was brilliant she asked me how I felt? who knows what they feel when just been told you could have the C word (I asked him not to say cancer, it felt to real). I am one of these people who need to know if it is cancer? what are the odds? I was told that if the surgeon is taking the results seriously it is lightly to come back as needing treatment. So what now? I have to wait two weeks. Do I tell my grown children? I’ve known for six hours i’m sitting here stunned and in pain from the biopsy (4 times that clicking thing dug into me). My head is all over the place, i’ve been for a long walk with the dogs which helped but gosh how do I do this for the next two weeks?
Hi mum of many6d81fa and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly 4 years ago now. It's natural to find the wait for results and the possibility that you have cancer a scary time so can I recommend that you join the breast cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have been in, or are in, the same position as you.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
If the results do show that you have cancer then please remember that breast cancer is very treatable. If you want to read about my treatment path then click on my username or avatar.
((hugs))
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
