Waiting for biopsy results

Hello Sudge

Sorry it is on here that we are meeting, which means that you possibly have BC. The stage you are at is absolutely the worst, as you have had the prospect raised that it might be BC, but you don't actually know anything for sure yet. I think everyone of us who has been through the process felt the same.

The biopsy results will tell the care team what type of cells you have. Hopefully they will be nothing sinister, but do not panic if they turn out to be BC. Nowadays, treatments are specifically tailored to the cell type of each of us has and have become ever more successful. There are many ladies on here who are long-term survivors of this worrisome disease. Actually, now not treated as one disease, but many, each with different treatment.

I have been in exactly the same position as you are. My biopsy result showed that I did have BC in my lump and a lymph node. I went through chemo before surgery and got complete clearance of all cancer even before the surgery, which to me was miraculous.

Have faith in your care team to do the absolute best for you.

Try not to worry and note down all the questions which run through your mind at home, to take with you to your results appointment. Do you know when to expect your results?

Let us know how you get on and do ask any questions you have on here. There is usually someone who will have asked or experienced exactly them same. You will find a great generosity of spirit and will get a lot of help and support and hints and tips to get by.

Wishing you all the best

Wallydug

Hi Sudge I’m in exactly the same situation as you at the moment and go for my official diagnosis on Thursday.  It comes as such a shock and the waiting is agonising.

Thank you WallyDug you have helped me too with your informative post.  The consultant,  as she was leaving the room did say ‘don’t worry it’s very treatable’ and I’m trying to hang onto that.

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   I’m a few days further along than you and learning to cope. I can recommend the Macmillan help line nurses who were extremely helpful and reassuring regarding outcomes these days. I’m sure you will find it helpful to call them.  I also spoke to my doctor who was great answering all those questions I’d been too shocked to ask at the time.  I also asked for something for anxiety as I thought my blood pressure would go through the roof.  They are non addictive and just want them to give me some help before I start treatment.  I think they’re helping.  I managed to get a good nights sleep last night and don’t think about it constantly during the day. 

Lots of luck xx

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Thank you for taking the time out to reply, i get my results Friday.

Totally agree the wait is agonising. I havnt slept much just an hour here and there waaking up with terrible sweats too even with fan on. I have not managed to think of much else. I find myself thinking all sorts and cry at the littlest things. I spoke to a nurse on here yesterday as i hadnt told anyone at all. Managed to tell my husband yesterday which wasnt easy. Havnt told my mum yet it will break her and she wont be pleased i am keeping it from her.

The nurse suggested speaking to my GP but i dont even know where to begin.

I just keep thinking of my grandchildren who are 1 and 5 .

Fed up of crying to the point i feel sick, hardly eating and just dnt knw how i will get through to  Friday and even if i will be prepared for what I will be told as that will make it very real then.

Thank you for taking time out to reply.

My results are due Friday and that seems ages away but at the same time I dont want it to come around as I am no where near prepared for it.

Constantly upset, feeling sick and havnt even got dressed since I went to hospital on Tuesday. 

Going to try and do some knitting today see if that helps but i doubt it as i am constantly thinking about it all and am convinced consultant and nurse know i have cancer from the watly they were talking.

I have so many things i want to do and now feel like i wont be able to.

I had a holiday booked with hubby for next month which i have now cancelled.

Why do they make you wait so bloody long when all the stages of checks were one after the other within 2 hrs lol

I almost wish they’d told me nothing at all at the appointment and then I got the results and started to discuss a treatment plan all at the same time, think I’d have still been prepared for the worst but not quite as anxious if something had been planned already to treat it. I felt shocked and then left to walk out and get on with it when my whole world has just come crashing down! 

My partner and daughter both know and have been very supportive and I certainly couldn’t have coped without them,  sounds like you could do with a bit more support too.  I have also spoken to another nurse on a different site and again it really helped me with her positive attitude. 

I really was pinning my hopes on a cyst but they have ruled that out.  Starting to feel stronger now but I’m sure come Thursday I’ll be a wreck all over again.

I have spent many hours lying on the bed, eye mask on, calming music etc when it all got too much and I’m so glad I spoke to the doctor and got the prescription. I hope your results are good when you get them and you get some relief from all this awful anxiety.  Sending love xx

Hi Sudge

Welcome to the forum and sorry to,hear that you may have breast cancer. Waiting for results is hard. Chances are it could be breast cancer but breast cancer is very treatable these days particularly whebn it’s caught early on. If it turns out to be cancer your medical team will do everything in their power to make sure you get better.

I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer last year and after having chemo, surgery and radiotherapy I am now in remission.

Wishing you the best of luck with your results on Friday.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Hi Daisy,

Well done on ur treatment and remision !

Thats comforting to know.

Thanks I just feel like I am moaning at the minute.

Thank you for your kind words and hopefully after Friday I will have a bigger picture and things will become clearer for me and I will know if there is a hill to climb and how high 

Thanks Sudge.

Hi again , thats exactly how i feel that my world has come crashing down around me and its all so hard to process at the moment i am reliving Turlesdays events in my head in case i have missed something.

Support , well I thought by telling my husband would help but it hasnt my husband is refusing to talk about it at the moment probably because he is as world shook as me,although he did offer to come with me on Friday but not sure that will be helpful as he isnt good at coping with situations to do with hospitals.

Thanks good luck to you too, hopefully we will both get the answers we need .