Hi there
the waiting is the absolute worst part , I felt like my cancer was like a piece of radioactive waste inside me and I wanted it out ASAP!
Mine was 5.5cm ( the biopsy said 4.5 but the MRI said 5.5) which is a large tumour any day of the week.
My breast cancer surgeon told me that it was very slow growing and had been there for a while and a few extra weeks getting the appropriate staging tests done and waiting for surgery would not make any difference to my outcome.
But I still felt it ticking away inside me!
I had a mastectomy and the sentinel lymph node was clear ( whew!) so I didn’t have to have chemo although I did have radiotherapy due to the size of my tumour.I am also now on hormone therapy.
I agree with the others you need to advocate for yourself if you feel you are being mucked around - your breast care nurse and GP would be the first port of call.
