12 months today I was diagnosed with BC and today was scanxiety! If they find something do they ring you before appointment...During the ultrasound I’m thinking why is she taking pictures...did she find something...then looking at my boobie on the screen from mammogram I’m thinking is that DCIS...they shouldn’t let us wait :(

Hi there @Hendrix it’s a shitty feeling. I still get anxious seeing my oncol every 3 months and he says I dont need to have 3 monthly blood tests anymore either then I worry if I don’t will they miss something and remember I’ve had both boobs off! Or when I see the surgeon and he starts pokjng around I look at his face and think did you just feel something? But in between visits I don’t really think about it now. So you’re not alone love. We all feel that way sometimes. Just when I think I feel the best I ever have the next week I feel even better physically and I thought the fatigue and just feeling blah before I was diagnosed for so long was just an age or stress thing. When my osteo plays up I think shit is that something ?? Then it settles down and the discomfort goes away so I’m reassured again. Biggest hug. Margie. X

You may or may not have seen this saying before but I hope it gives you a better understanding of it all

I called BC nurse and they had mammogram results back...all clear!! One to go...I don’t think I felt this emotional at diagnosis...numb yes!! I just past an exam I had for work and when I got results and they congratulated me I burst into tears...I feel like I’ve held my breath for 12 months and I can now breath...feeling very emotional today xx

Completely agree - the waiting needs to be reduced. I used to get really anxious about my yearly tests but at least I got the results before I left my surgeon!

I had my surgery in Sydney, live in Canberra. Whan I have my annual check up with my surgeon, I go up tne day before for my mammogram & ultrasound. Both years so far they gave come back and taken extra mammogram pictures. I've nearly had heart failure. The first year the radiologist came in at the end of the ultrasound and explained why, and reassured me. Last she she was caught up doing a procedure, but the sonographer was able to come back and tell me she thought it was all ok. I have a feeling that if I needed a biopsy,it would be done tgere and then. And best of all, I only have to wait for the results until the next morning. Of course,both appointments are made 1w months ahead, to be able to get the appointments that suit me. Thinking of you as you wait for results, x

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Afraser
Member
8 years ago
Congratulations on your good news. I got really nervous for four years and then, for no reason I can work out, was quite relaxed for my fifth one. As I had always worried about getting a recurrence just as you were thinking you had got through five years, I have no idea what was going on. Except it was good not imagining the usual two or three weeks worth of odd feelings, twinges and so on!
Eastmum
Member
8 years ago
Hi @Hendrix - so great you had good news. I'm so way behind you with treatment - haven't even had my mastectomy yet (7 April) but I SO understand scanxiety! I have not shed one tear about my diagnosis (in January) as I'm very pragmatic and have just let life go on while I'm waiting for my op BUT I will never forget waiting for those staging scan results - I reached for those Kalma tablets straight away - to help me sleep, to help me in the waiting room - my whole being was totally overtaken with 'what ifs' - thankfully it was all OK - in fact the only time I've burst into tears is when I opened the results in the car and saw that it was all OK - but I know there are many scans coming up in my future. The waiting is the absolute pits.
Hendrix
Member
8 years ago
Good luck with your mastectomy @Eastmum xx
Hopes_and_Dream
Member
8 years ago
Congratulations @Hendrix, such wonderful news! x

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