Anxiety-surgery next week
Dear all, Just needing some support after reading a lot of stories on here. I was diagnosed with BC back in June 2020- triple negative breast cancer with 3 lymph nodes involvement. I started ch...
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Dear @oreochiu
Most technicians are reluctant to
discuss what they see with the patient. There is an excellent reason for this. They are not qualified to do so. You are now worried and anxious and doubting your surgeon’s reassurance. You can do a number of things - you can go back to your surgeon, explain your anxiety and ask him/her to go over your scans with you. You can seek a second opinion from another surgeon or oncologist. Or you can trust in your team to know more than the technician. What you can’t trust is your own feelings, especially around the armpit. Practically everyone who has had cancer treatment experiences the weird feelings, lumpy bits and funny twinges that manifest before a scan or test, that definitely weren’t there before and amazingly vanish after the scan/test was completely clear. Most of all, remember that anxiety is not your friend and seek to allay it. Your surgeon and oncologist will
understand. Best wishes.
Most technicians are reluctant to
discuss what they see with the patient. There is an excellent reason for this. They are not qualified to do so. You are now worried and anxious and doubting your surgeon’s reassurance. You can do a number of things - you can go back to your surgeon, explain your anxiety and ask him/her to go over your scans with you. You can seek a second opinion from another surgeon or oncologist. Or you can trust in your team to know more than the technician. What you can’t trust is your own feelings, especially around the armpit. Practically everyone who has had cancer treatment experiences the weird feelings, lumpy bits and funny twinges that manifest before a scan or test, that definitely weren’t there before and amazingly vanish after the scan/test was completely clear. Most of all, remember that anxiety is not your friend and seek to allay it. Your surgeon and oncologist will
understand. Best wishes.