Endoscopy biopsy results

Hi

The waiting is awful!  I had an endoscopy and was initially told there was nothing to worry about but it was the biopsy results about three weeks later that showed it was cancer!  It does take time to get the pathology results!  Often they will do a CT while waiting for the results and blood tests too.

The medical team are gathering all the information then there is a meeting to agree a treatment plan.

The waiting is the worst and it’s just agony!  The only advice I can give is to keep busy. I tried to get as fit as possible and walked miles and tried to distract myself to try to pass the time. The only way I coped was to focus on what I could control as I was not able to control the outcome! 

You could contact the doctor and ask when they will get results and if they are doing other tests?

Happy to answer any questions! Take care

Hi Jac 

Thank you so much for answering, I’m really sorry that the biopsy results showed cancer that must have been quite a shock if they’d told you it all looked ok too. I hope you are managing ok. 

The nurse said it’d be two weeks, I was hoping it might be quicker but having looked at some posts on here that seems unlikely. 

I love the idea of trying to keep fit as a distraction. I’ve been building up sessions on the rowing machine, I like the sense of achieving something. I need something that’ll take a bit longer though, the days feel really long. I haven’t talked about my concerns with my  friends, they know about the biopsy but we haven’t talked any more about it. I’m so grateful for this space to be honest about how I’m feeling

Thanks again for replying 

Hi

 Yes it was a real shock especially as I had colon cancer eleven years earlier!   I was very lucky as it was very early and I had chemo and surgery!  I now lead a normal life so it’s important to remember that cancer is treatable!

I wrote a Blog which you can read if you click on my name.   I walked a lot as you can walk as far and as fast as you want!  I also used the app Headspace to help manage the anxiety and get me through the dark days and nights!  It uses Mindfulness techniques which I found helped me.  

Take care and do use this group to help you!

How are you doing? 
I’ve mostly been able to put it out of mind and get on with the business of being distracted but tonight feels rough for some reason. 
I walked today, and stopped at various quays and beaches to make sketches, I’ve got a condition that can make it difficult to stand up so I’m recovering from a period of using my wheelchair. It felt so good to be actually walking  in the sunshine and to be quietly busy today. 
I really hope you’ve had a positive few days

solb 

Hi

Great to read your post and loved the photo!  I am really good and enjoying the little things in life.  I am back in Portugal with my family. Four years ago, I felt really sick when I was here and then went for tests when I got home and stomach cancer was found! I used to go for a walk then because I was so scared and worried that I had cancer again! ( I first had cancer eleven years earlier!) 

I went for a walk this evening and remembered how I felt during that holiday!

You will get through this and it does help you refocus on what is important in life!

I found the Headspace app helped me through the really tough times! I still use it.

Do you have a date to get the results?

Love the photo- what a beautiful place!

Take care

Hey Jac 

I am really lucky I live in cornwall so I’m surrounded by beautiful places. I love the sea. My sister is in Cornwall on holiday so I have spent the afternoon on the beach with her and her family. I tend to avoid the beach during the summer holidays because it can be so busy but it was lovely and I really enjoyed swimming in the sea being attacked by a nephew shaped shark. 

Portugal sounds fantastic, and spending time with your family more so. 

I don’t have a date yet, the nurse said it’d be 2 weeks which would technically be up this Thursday but I guess I’d need to wait a bit longer before I could start chasing  if I don’t hear anything. 

I’m sorry you’ve had cancer twice, must have been difficult to get your head around. I’m trying to assume I don’t have it since I know it’s statistically unlikely, it’s just at night and at quiet times the worry overtakes me.

I will download the app now, I could do with the distraction and hopefully it will help me as much as it has you. 

take care 

Hello its interesting to see this as a new member to this having been only diagnosed last week with localised stomach cancer so i consider my self reasonably lucky. I see Portugal mentioned and that is where im posting from this morning and where ill be starting my chemotherapy next week and i have to say have been looked after by first class health professionals. Any advice or general tips are of course very welcome from all