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Sister
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8 years ago

Bad night

I'm just on to get things off my chest (ha! made a funny).  I had the partial mastectomy the Thursday before Christmas.  The surgeon said that the results probably wouldn't come in until the end of last week.  I hadn't heard by Friday afternoon so I rang him and he said they still hadn't come.  So, I've been putting it down to Christmas holidays and things getting held up at the Path Lab.  Still no call as of yesterday.  Last night, I came to the realisation that there's a very strong likelihood that the surgeon is waiting to tell me face-to-face at my followup appointment on Friday which would suggest not so good news - fully mastectomy and possible lymph node involvement.  I guess at least I'll have him cornered then.  I'm trying not to jump at shadows but I only managed a couple of broken hours of sleep last night, even after sleeping tablet.  I'm the sort of person who needs a plan and at the moment, I'm in the dark.  I've hated the recovery from surgery even though I've bounced back better than I thought I would.  I'm not so anxious about losing the breast, after all, it hasn't played nicely - more about losing more lymph nodes, cancer on the move and more surgery.
I gave up lying in bed about 6am and went for a 4km walk to relieve the anxiety which is the longest distance I've managed since the surgery.  
Sorry about the raving but I need the release of telling someone, don't want to make family and friends more anxious as they can't do anything, and the cat isn't always a good listener.

28 Replies

  • Awwwwww @sister thats crap!!!!! Sending you a big hug lovely. Good luck with your appointment tomorrow. Let us know how you get on. Xx
  • Okay - results back - not good. Tumour bigger than expected and node involvement. Seeing surgeon tomorrow to find out more but do know that I'll be back in surgery early next week. Bugger...shit...bum...fuck!
  • Thanks.  I've seen breast care nurses when I was in hospital but I don't really feel that I have one as it was just whoever was on duty.  I know my GP will let me know when she has the results but she doesn't work full time.  I really just needed to work the anxiety out with walking and offloading.  Thanks, @kezmusc and @Brenda5
  • HI @Sister.

    Waiting for results is awful and it's hard not to always think the worst.  You don't need to be sorry.  Nobody on hear minds listening.  We have all been lying awake thinking awful things at some stage.
    It probably is just taking longer with all the public holidays.  Do you have a breast care nurse?  If so ask her to chase it up.  I have done this when my next appointment was agonisingly far away from some follow up scans I had done.  Guess what?  She said that no one should have to wait that long, got me the results within 15 mins.  Rang me to say everything was fine and emailed me a copy of the report. 
    XOXO
  • If its not good news they would have made a theater booking for you probably in the next week or two. Hospital would have it. The GP would have a copy of any pathology or be able to look it up at least. Even your breast care nurse can probably look up your file and see if there is anything to be worried about. 
    Waiting is the worst but at least its only one more night till Friday. <3