Awaiting formal confirmation - terrified
Hi, I was called back last week for a biopsy of my right breast. The Drs said it was highly suspicious of cancer. At the time I was totally flawed and didn’t take anything in after that. Now I have so...
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So sorry to see you joining us here @mystic_marzipan .... it is all so confronting & so very scary. We've all been at the stage that you are at now and it really mucks with your brain, even more than your body! xx
I would suggest that you ring our help line today on 1800 500 258 ... they'll be able to talk you thru some of your issues and hopefully smooth things down a bit by answering some of your questions above. xx.
Take plenty of deep breaths & try & slow down ..... It is very important that you not get 'ahead of yourself' right now (difficult tho it is) with all the 'what ifs' ....
As, until you get your biopsy results - it may not even 'happen'. Re surgery/wages - Many members just had a week or 2 off work (some even less) depending on their surgery - so all going well you will not be off work for long, if you DO end up with surgery. Do you have any sick leave up your sleeve? You shouldn't even lose wages! Or use holiday time or even long service, to get thru this early stage, with a wage.
I've never heard the terms floaters & sinkers relating to BC before ... do not assume 'anything' ..... try & keep yourself busy doing things you love doing, until you get the call for the results xx It is tough, I know & having a disabled daughter adds another level of complexity xx. I didn't have clips done at Biopsy ... tho some tiny things were left in during the surgery, so it makes it easier to identify 'the spot' in subsequent Mammograms ....
Record your meetings with the Drs, so you can go over them again at home, if you've forgotten what they said. I did.
PLEASE Stay away from Dr Google ... as a lot of info there is totally not relevant to your own situation & it is easy to scare yourself with reading the wrong stuff & assuming it relates to you.
Please Don't even 'think' about metastatic at this point in time .... you'll just scare the crap out of yourself. It also doesn't relate to the number of lumps or even a specific 'type' of BC ... it is a specific 'condition' ... and all going well - you don't have that condition! There are SO many rabbit holes you can go down, whilst checking things on the internet and making incorrect assumptions ... just put trust in your Drs/Radiographers just now .... they are the ones trained to read the scans & biopsies ....
Dense breast tissue just complicates things a bit (mine was dense) as it just makes it more difficult to 'see' lumps on the scans.
A Sentinel Node test is often done prior to surgery, to identify which nodes any tumours (if you have them) are likely to 'drain to' and if you have surgery, those nodes are usually removed & tested for the presence of cancer.
Try & take one day at a time, one hour at a time, if needs be ..... chances are, your daughter would probably already know that 'something is up' from the change in your normal behaviour ....
take care & wishing you all the best - the waiting for results always really sucks :(
I would suggest that you ring our help line today on 1800 500 258 ... they'll be able to talk you thru some of your issues and hopefully smooth things down a bit by answering some of your questions above. xx.
Take plenty of deep breaths & try & slow down ..... It is very important that you not get 'ahead of yourself' right now (difficult tho it is) with all the 'what ifs' ....
As, until you get your biopsy results - it may not even 'happen'. Re surgery/wages - Many members just had a week or 2 off work (some even less) depending on their surgery - so all going well you will not be off work for long, if you DO end up with surgery. Do you have any sick leave up your sleeve? You shouldn't even lose wages! Or use holiday time or even long service, to get thru this early stage, with a wage.
I've never heard the terms floaters & sinkers relating to BC before ... do not assume 'anything' ..... try & keep yourself busy doing things you love doing, until you get the call for the results xx It is tough, I know & having a disabled daughter adds another level of complexity xx. I didn't have clips done at Biopsy ... tho some tiny things were left in during the surgery, so it makes it easier to identify 'the spot' in subsequent Mammograms ....
Record your meetings with the Drs, so you can go over them again at home, if you've forgotten what they said. I did.
PLEASE Stay away from Dr Google ... as a lot of info there is totally not relevant to your own situation & it is easy to scare yourself with reading the wrong stuff & assuming it relates to you.
Please Don't even 'think' about metastatic at this point in time .... you'll just scare the crap out of yourself. It also doesn't relate to the number of lumps or even a specific 'type' of BC ... it is a specific 'condition' ... and all going well - you don't have that condition! There are SO many rabbit holes you can go down, whilst checking things on the internet and making incorrect assumptions ... just put trust in your Drs/Radiographers just now .... they are the ones trained to read the scans & biopsies ....
Dense breast tissue just complicates things a bit (mine was dense) as it just makes it more difficult to 'see' lumps on the scans.
A Sentinel Node test is often done prior to surgery, to identify which nodes any tumours (if you have them) are likely to 'drain to' and if you have surgery, those nodes are usually removed & tested for the presence of cancer.
Try & take one day at a time, one hour at a time, if needs be ..... chances are, your daughter would probably already know that 'something is up' from the change in your normal behaviour ....
take care & wishing you all the best - the waiting for results always really sucks :(