Follow up letter

Hi Larry20 , sorry you’re in this horrible limbo land, with such a long wait to get your biopsy results. It’s impossible to generalise about these things as each hospital seems to have its own way of operating in this regard. I can only offer my 2 experiences of biopsies and results.

My most recent experience was 6 years ago and did result in a cancer diagnosis. At my first breast clinic appointment I had mammogram, ultrasound and biopsies, then saw a doctor. She told me straight away that it looked like cancer. I went back for the results 2 weeks later and it was confirmed, plus my op was booked and happened a few weeks later. 

But before that I’d had a different lump investigated. The process was a lot more drawn out - mammogram and ultrasound were inconclusive, a needle biopsy showed ‘atypical cells’ and a core biopsy also came back as atypical but inconclusive. So eventually I was booked in for a lumpectomy, fully expecting that it was cancer. But the results from the actual lump removal showed that it was a fibroadenoma (benign). After all that! 
So without wanting to comment on your particular case as I’m not a medic, I just thought I’d share my 2 very different outcomes. I don’t know why you’re having to wait so long and I know it’s hideously tortuous, but maybe that’s just how things are in your area. My only concrete suggestion is that you could maybe ask to be on a cancellation list if the clinic has one? Love and hugs, HFxx