Awaiting Biopsy results

Hi Emm12 

I am sorry you are awaiting biopsy results and the delay is worrying you. It might help to know that the biopsy samples are tested for 3 different receptors - oestrogen, progesterone and human growth hormone (HER2). The HER2 results often take longer to come back than the others, I assume it’s a more specialised test. As treatment plans are different depending on receptor status, they need all the results back before they can finalise their plan for you. It’s not likely to be anything more sinister than that. 

Thank you so much for getting back to me. Its just such an awful waiting game. 

Thank you for explaining this to me. X

I promise you , of all the things you might go through, waiting is the hardest. 

Keep busy, clean out cupboards, batch cook, clean all the tiles in the house, go out for lunch, clean paintwork. Do all those things we normally avoid. It makes you tired enough to sleep and it’s nice to have a clean house when you can’t clean because of treatment. 

Thank you. Im trying to think and write down questions for my results appointment tomorrow. I just dont know what to ask. The realisation my diagnosis will be confirmed tomorrow is just making me so anxious, worried, scared. 

The diagnosis is given to you by the doctor. They go through treatment too. They’ve usually had the team meeting together to plan your treatment. Are you taking someone with you? It’s best if you can cos you miss stuff. Straight after that you will see the BC nurse who sat in with you and the doc and she more or less says it all again because you probably missed most of what the doc said. 
That’s a great time to ask the questions you didn’t ask the doc but there is no such thing as a stupid question. 
youll probably get leaflets that go through it too. 
I had a book it went in my handbag and went everywhere with me. I’d write down questions and answers. Also lists of stuff I might need or had to remember, such as the names of doctors etc I saw with descriptions, not always flattering. I used same book to record temperatures and drain amounts. To me everything was in one place and dated to I could look back. A diary was no good as it restricted what I wrote. OH knew everything was in it too just in case. 
I will think about you tomorrow. It is one of the hard days. It gets easier after tomorrow in my opinion because you know what you have to do. 

Thank you so much, my husband is coming wirh me.  Ok thank you a book is a good idea and all those questions or things that pop into my head i can write down too. 

Its just so scary, but i am hoping once I know the plan its a way forward. Thank you so much for replying to me. X

Hope it all goes well today Emm12 

Thank you so much xx

Hi Emm12 

I experienced the same anxiety in the run up to my results appointment. They initially expected it to come back as benign and I had a telephone appointment booked to receive those results, however just a few days before, they contacted me to change it to a face to face appointment, which, as you can imagine, I could only reason they would do if it was cancer.

It was, but I felt oddly relieved even though it wasn't the news I'd hoped for and I subsequently found out that a lot of other women report the same thing. Because at least now you know and there is something you can do.

It sounds like you're thinking this will be a cancer diagnosis from your posts and I really hope it's not, but it's very important to know that if that does turn out to be the case, you're far from on your own in this. 

Best of luck for your appointment today. x

Thank you so much. I think because the mammogram and ultra sound were both graded 5 and its face to face appointment i know what is coming this just confirms it all. 

Just so scared and anxious, but hoping to get the plan in place for what is too come. 

Thank you again xx