Hello,
I had a biopsy taken from high in breast and from a lymph node in my armpit on Thursday. The dr said he couldn't tell for definite that it was cancer, or that it definitely wasn't either. I have the results on Tuesday and I am very afraid. My sister passed away from breast cancer just iver 2 years ago, and my paternal grandmother and aunt have also had breast cancer. My dad has had kidney and liver cancer and my mam has stagge 4 lung cancer. I know im at a greater risk if a positive result but I am trying so hard to stay positive. How do people cope with the waiting and not knowing? No matter how busy I am during thr day, my brain doesn't switch off at night.
Hi WelshDan 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 had biopsies taken from my breast a few years ago.
I totally understand how horrible waiting for results is and I found that trying to continue with my normal routine, as well as making time to do things that I enjoyed, helped keep my mind off the 'what ifs'.
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the breast cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have had the same type of biopsies 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'.
Wishing you all the best for Tuesday
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
