Waiting for surgery results
Hiya all,
I was diagnosed with a large Her2+ tumour and 2 lymph nodes involved last October. I have had 6 months of chemo and had my surgery (lumpectomy and sentinel node removal) on Monday and I'm waiting to hear the results from that. During my journey my sister was diagnosed with a different type of breast cancer (no genetic markers, just shitty luck) and she had her surgery prior to chemo. She had to have 2 surgeries and will have a mastectomy post chemo so I know that 1 surgery isn't always enough. The hospital aren't giving me any results until my appointment next Monday and I'm really struggling because it feels like I'm back at my first diagnosis and waiting to get a prognosis on my survival chances. I was doing ok up until last night and I know it's only a few days to go but I just want to curl up in bed on my own and avoid everyone (not so easy with 2 young kids). How did other people cope with this wait? My sister went privately so got her results 2 days after surgery. Oh, and to top it off, it's my husband's 50th birthday tomorrow and I really want to be able to be upbeat and happy for him on his birthday. Is it best to think the best possible outcome? Or better to try and prepare for the worst? Or even a middling outcome?
I was diagnosed with a large Her2+ tumour and 2 lymph nodes involved last October. I have had 6 months of chemo and had my surgery (lumpectomy and sentinel node removal) on Monday and I'm waiting to hear the results from that. During my journey my sister was diagnosed with a different type of breast cancer (no genetic markers, just shitty luck) and she had her surgery prior to chemo. She had to have 2 surgeries and will have a mastectomy post chemo so I know that 1 surgery isn't always enough. The hospital aren't giving me any results until my appointment next Monday and I'm really struggling because it feels like I'm back at my first diagnosis and waiting to get a prognosis on my survival chances. I was doing ok up until last night and I know it's only a few days to go but I just want to curl up in bed on my own and avoid everyone (not so easy with 2 young kids). How did other people cope with this wait? My sister went privately so got her results 2 days after surgery. Oh, and to top it off, it's my husband's 50th birthday tomorrow and I really want to be able to be upbeat and happy for him on his birthday. Is it best to think the best possible outcome? Or better to try and prepare for the worst? Or even a middling outcome?
