New here and new to breast cancer

Hi.  I just want to say that you aren't alone.  I have also just been diagnosed and am awaiting MRI too.  The wait is horrible....Multiple people tell me this is the worst bit....It's the knowing, not knowing!  I totally agree with you, I just want to know what I'm dealing with.....I hope you get the answers you need really soon and I hope getting support from forums such as these will be a support to us both. I think it does help to be able to talk to others who have been there or who are currently going through something similar....   

Hi, thanks so much for your response.  Yip, it is the "knowing, not knowing" that plays havoc with one!!  Wonderful to have this forum to be able to talk to others going through the same.  Take heart, we not alone!!

All the waiting is to me, one of the hardest parts! My MacMillan team told me they don’t really stage the tumour just the grade. 
I was diagnosed in May, then further biopsies, MRI , mastectomy and now on chemo.

I live alone so find a lot of support on this site. Sometimes just reading that someone is, or has gone through a similar experience can be enough to settle my mind a little.

 The MRI was only a little uncomfortable for me as I have a stiff shoulder and trying to keep my arms raised was bit painful!

Hi, yes wonderful to know we not alone.  Even though we all different in so many ways, we are still not alone.  Take care of yourself.

Hi Peanut and Trish, and anyone else in this situation, I’m also in this exact same position - I though the wait from Biopsy to Diagnosis was hard, but this wait from knowing it’s cancer and in the lymph, to getting a CT scan and then the results is harder - didn’t expect this! My head is all over the place…

Mine too KateKate.  I know it's normal to be feeling like this but it is also quite unbearable....It's like your whole world has been shaken up and suddenly nothing feels normal...I am trying to keep busy so I'm not in my head (that's a scary place) and I'm having a mixed results with this....The thoughts inevitably creep back in..and I have to refocus myself all over again...It's just exhausting.   I am trying to focus on work, trying to keep things as normal as possible at home for everyone else, I'm reaching out on forums such as these and I'm meeting up with lots of supportive friends...It's all a bit alien to me because I normally enjoy my own company and, right now, I really don't.  I take comfort in hearing so many tell us that this waiting part is the worst part, that it won't always feel as raw and as shocking as it does right now...

Hi im new here too. The waiting is the worst time. Im 49 and had a single mastectomy last Thursday with lymph mode clearance. Got to wait 4 weeks to find out out which treatment is advised so i feel your pain. I have tried to stop thinking the worst and googling as it doesnt help. Good luck x

I am new here, I'm in the same position. I know I have a lump in my breast as well as a secondary lesion in my breast and an abnormal lymph node. Im also awaiting an MRI and CT scan and possible additional biopsy and, I must admit, the wait for care is stressful and upsetting and anxiety inducing and all consuming. I think the lymph part of this is the scariest bit.. just to say, you're not alone, although I feel like I am, hence coming here to chat x

Hi Jac so sorry. It is tough. But it is great to have this platform. Take care

We not alone. Xx