Biopsy results tomorrow

Hi Missk,

Sorry to hear you also have breast cancer. It's a scary time waiting fir results and treatment plan

I was diagnosed last May have since had lumpectomy and removal of sentinels, chemo and radiotherapy. Now on Letrozole and bone infusions. I was grade 3.

My anxiety was through the roof. However once I knew what I was dealing with and had a treatment plan I felt more in control again. 

It's amazing the treatments available. Please take care of yourself. Write down questions to ask as your head will be all over the place. However the nursing and medical teams are very good and have lots of time for you. They know uou are scared and anxious.

Make use of the macmillan nurses and cancer care.

I wish you well. Please keep us updated and ask any questions you feel may help you xx

Thankyou so much. Although I already know the result, I am so scared of it actually being confirmed and becoming real. I appreciate your reply. Nothing will take away the fear, but knowing I'm not alone will help me, I'm sure.

Hopefully learning type and treatment plan will help. The fear does not go away you just learn to live with it.

I wish you well xx

Hi MissK and another warm welcome to the forum. Great advice already, I’d just add that if possible take someone with you to your appointment. You know that it’s cancer (as I did too, at your stage in the process), but it still felt like a shock to hear it confirmed and to start to understand the possible treatments. Having someone there as a second pair of ears could be really helpful as it can be difficult to focus on the details. But if that’s not possible, especially as it’s short notice, definitely take a pen and paper to make notes. When I got my results (over 6 years ago now!), one of the breast nurses spent some time afterwards going through what had been said and gave me a folder with information to take home. But different areas will have their own procedures. 
Do take heart at the size of this breast cancer group - there are lots of us and many of us, like me, are many years beyond our diagnoses, still rattling around the site! We will be with you in spirit, holding your hand. Keep posting and let us know how your appointment goes. Sending love and a big virtual hug, HFxx

Hi MissK,

I’m sure you never wanted to be in this position, but be assured that you are being looked after by a team of people who want to help you get to the best outcome and who have lots of experience of helping people with breast cancer.

A lot of the words tomorrow might be confusing. The radiographer who took my biopsy pretty much told me I had cancer - she told me she was giving me an urgent referral to a surgeon! - but a lot of the jargon was unfamiliar to me when I got my formal diagnosis a few weeks later.

It turns out there are quite a few different types of breast cancer - and the type you have - and the degree to which it has developed will determine the course of treatment they recommend. There is lots of info here on the Macmillan website which will help you understand the context of what you’re told tomorrow. Write down as much as you can. It seems to become easier once you have a treatment plan and you can focus on getting through it.

Very best wishes

Hi MissK,  just wanted to wish you luck today.  Let us know how you get on.

Lee x

Hi all,

So results were not what I hoped, but expected. I have grade 3, triple negative cancer, invasive ductal carcinoma, not hormone responsive and although I need chemo and surgery, they have said its caught early and treatable. I see the oncologist tomorrow to talk about treatment plan. The nurse said that I have to have chemo first and then surgery but tbh my head is a bit foggy after the day I've had! 

The meetings always left me a bit foggy too, it is a lot to take in and process. Good news it is curable with surgery and treatment, in 12 months time it will be a distant memory and you will be enjoying life again. Tomorrow will be another brain fog day but you will have the treatment plan so will be able to move forward. Stay positive and it will be over before you know it. We are all here for you throughout your journey so if you have any further questions do not hesitate to get in touch.xx

Thankyou so much! I'm already finding so much comfort using this forum. I told my family today (nobody knew except me and my partner) and am exhausted now, so takeaway Indian and early night for me! Thankyou again xx

Hi MissK , good that today is over and you know what you’re dealing with. Also good to tell people (when it’s right for you, of course). I found breaking the news to people was hard, but felt better afterwards. I think for me it was part of the acceptance process too. 
Takeaway meal and early night sound just right. Love and hugs, HFxx