AJMC

Hi AJMC waiting for results is enough to drive anybody crazy with stress.  My tumour was just ductal with DCIS and the worst part of the whole process was the stress of waiting for results and assuming the worst.

Other than keeping busy and taking it one day at a time there isn't much you can do about the stress of waiting for your treatment plan but once you get the rest of your treatment plan you should start to feel better again.

I'm sure you'll get lots more replies tomorrow when everyone is awake.  I wanted to reply to you in case you needed someone to chat to tonight. 

GodWilling, thank you for your response, Im doing a bit of over thinking tonight which isn't a good thing, but things always seem worse at night when you can't sleep, hopefully when I get a sleep il be feeling postive again, 

Hi AJMC.
I haven't had the mixed type tumour diagnosed but I'm at a very similar stage with a ductal grade 3 tumour. I was dealing with it fine until I started really looking at the treatments - I've been recommended chemo, radio and hormone therapies and will be meeting with my oncologist for the first time next week to determine a treatment plan. Suddenly, like you are finding, anxiety has taken hold - which led me to this forum. I've gone from being able to live successfully in the present to being stuck in a black hole. I know it's no consolation to you, but it does help to know that I'm not the only one to have swung like this.
I really hope you have a positive meeting on the 27th and that getting some certainty helps deal with the anxiety - hope you can see a flicker of the torchlight I'm shining down my tunnel towards you to let you know you're not alone.

Thank you Sidmum for your response, you have explained my feelings perfectly when you say, it's like looking down a black hole, I'm so glad I joined this forum it helps to discuss my feelings with other people in the same position as me,  I hope your meeting with your oncologist goes well and you get a starting date for your treatment. 

Thank you AJMC - it really does help to know others are in a similar position (not that we would wish that position on anyone!).