Devastated

@Mazbeth Thanks for reaching out. Since 21 Apr my first ultrasound scan follow by biopsy n PET scan n surgery till now, the amount of anxiety n fear has built up. I'm so scared that from initially staging stage 3 to become 4. 😭. Can't help feeling that it's a death sentence.😭It's hard to see my 14 year old girl so scare that I will leave her although I have a supporting husband.

Thinking of you @Siewli - it is overwhelming in the initial stages. Never apologise as you are not whinging. Come on here anytime - we all get it and there is so much good advice. You will do this. @Afraser told me when I first posted here that I would get through it, well, 2 and a half years later, I now know she was right! Ask any questions, nothing is off limits. 

Don’t be sorry - this is where you can say anything at all that helps! 

@jennyss @Afraser @June1952 @Julez1958 @Cath62 Thanks for your support and response. I really pray hard that it's contained to my right breast and rignt axcillary nodes only. Just so hard to take it in that I have gone through test after test to receive bad news after 1 another. Sorry for whinging or upset here. Just got to pick up courage and face it.

Sending you best wishes 💐

Hi there
i can relate !
I had a petscan due to the size of my tumour (5.5cm) and it showed something suspicious in my thyroid.
I then had a thyroid biopsy and it showed cancer - not a spread of the breast cancer but a completely independent cancer.
I convinced myself while waiting the results of the Petscan it was stage 4 breast cancer and I was going to die soon.
In the end there was no cancer in my lymph nodes and I was stage 2 breast cancer - I had the thyroid removed when I finished my breast radiotherapy.
My surgeon told me I was “ lucky” the  Petscan  showed up the thyroid issue as otherwise it might have showed up in 5 years time as a lump and might be harder to treat.
I sure did not feel lucky!
Not everything that is suspicious on a Petscan is cancer so try not to over think it.
 Thats easy  for me to say - I was in a state of high anxiety waiting for my various results.

@Siewli - this news is a set-back but you will fight it and you will win !
Have confidence that your specialists are doing the right thing in ordering the investigations and they will have a plan for you going forward.
We all know the waiting is hard, probably harder than tests and treatment at times.
As @Afraser says, look after yourself and be ready with boxing gloves on.
Thinking of you.  💖

@Siewli
Unfortunately you can do little until you get the results of your tests and know what is what. All those investigations are sensible and practical, everyone needs to know but that doesn’t make it any easier to endure. What you can do sounds counterintuitive but it’s also practical - look after yourself. If the tests turn up nothing, that’s good news. If they turn up something, then your team can work on it as soon as possible. You need to be as strong and fit as you can be, so you can face these changes and get through treatment. Reach out to anyone who can provide some company and distraction while you wait. Best wishes. 

Dear @Siewli,
I'm sure other network members will have some good words of support and advice. I will just say

and best wishes from jennyss in Western NSW