Hi all
So I had breast cancer three years ago, two operations, chemo and then radiotherapy. I've been having annual check ups since then, at my check up a week last Tuesday I happened to mention that I'd been to the doctor's with pains in my side so the consultant requests an urgent CT scan which I had the following Thursday. I received a phone call last Thursday to say they'd made an appointment for me this coming Tuesday. As they didn't just tell her over the phone that the scan was clear I'm convinced that I'm going to be getting bad news on Tuesday and I'm getting myself into a real state about it.
I know pains in hips can be a sign of cancer coming back in the bones and that if that's what the pain is they won't be able to cure it but just try and manage it.
I'm so scared of what they're going to say, does anyone have any experience of this and if so how they handled it please?
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