Biopsy done 'n dusted!

What a lovely post...thank you xx

I know it is easier said than done  but you will be alright regardless of the results so stay strong. You do have to wonder if the medicines  they give us do any thing at all. I think Tonya was on tamoxifen when she got her second bout of cancer.

Good luck with the results and when things get tough and you don't think you can see that light at the end of the tunnel then don't give up and keep walking because you will reach it .  (heard that on Home and away last night and it made me cry)

Seriously,  all the best on Tuesday, cheers Joxx

Your life's direction hangs on a pathology result- don't you just hate that! Whenever I have to wait now,I just keep really busy,like clean out cupboards. All the best for Tuesday-let us know how you go.

                               love Tonya

Thought I'd better mention that I wasn't on Tamoxifen when I got the recurrence.I was supposed to take it the first time around but it soooo didn't agree with me so I stopped.I am being a good girl this time and taking it- seems to be ok,probably cos I'm through menopause.Just getting the nasty hot flush here and there.But I did have a friend who suffered terribly on Tamoxifen for 2yrs only to get a recurrence in her other breast and lung.You just never know.

                                       Tonya xx

Thanks Jo, I had a tear in my eye when I read your post. I have been feeling down since the biopsy...all this waiting around gives me too much time to think, analyse and become anxious. Sometimes I just want to curl up in a ball and hide from this nightmare....I guess I just want it all to go away :-(. I know you are right though...I will be alright regardless of the results...I think I'm just going through a rough patch at the moment! Thanks again, Celeste xx

Thanks Ann-Marie, yes the waiting is dreadful but I just keep telling myself that they are taking the time needed to get a 100% correct diagnosis and therefore 100% correct treatment plan. All the best for your surgery and with tamoxifen. i didnt do too badly on tamoxifen I must admit. I had quite bad hot flushes for about 12 months but then they settled down to virtually nothing (they say hot flushes are a good sign that tamoxifen is working, so perhaps when mine stopped that was a sign that things were going wrong...?) Take care, Celeste xx

Hi Kathy, no I'm in Adelaide...but still you never know...maybe one day we will catch up! xx

Hi Tonya, yes you are right...everything in my life has stopped pending the pathology results! I am trying hard to keep busy though and think of other things. Yes will let you know how I get on on Tuesday, Take care, Celeste xx

You "think" your just going through a rough patch at the moment, oh Celeste, i dont " think", i know you are and it's cruel and so unfair. I know i would be feeling the same way. It is so normal to have those thoughts you are having. It is a scary and uncertain time for you and being on your own (no partner) definitely does not help.

I often still have a cry reading peoples posts or journeys. That feeling of fear , hopelessness and loss of control never really goes away, does it?  I always just want to reach out and stop the pain because it's just not right and people will never understand that feeling unless they have had  breast cancer or secondary themselves, no matter how hard they try.

Celeste, the beauty of being on this site is that we all know that your pain is so very real and we can feel it.  Everybody on here understand what you are going through and if we could take some of that pain away then we would.   Celeste good luck with the results and i'm sure everyone will  be here to help you through this.

Cheers Jo xx      PS: Big cuddles for your daughter, it's not easy.