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helenakc
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13 years ago

Waiting for results

Hi, I am new to this site. I am a Perth girl (55) living in Switzerland. Just had a 1.8cm lump removed and 3 nodes. Initial biopsy during surgery showed them to be negative but I have to wait for the full pathology to find out if there are any micro cancer cells around. Am hoping and praying that there are not. Would love to connect with any ladies who are out there. It is hard to talk to anyone about this as no one really understands as I have discovered, and I get tired of the "you will be fine" words when I am scared silly. And the few who I have told I somehow end up also trying to cheer them up! All strange...

Helena

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  • Hi helena,

    well you have had a pretty rough time lately. I too was recently diagnosed and am 55 also, still waiting on my results from pathology so at this point I am unsure of the road ahead.

    I was given loads of information when 1st diagnosed and it took me a while to read through it all, and then check out websites etc. This sites seems to be very supportive with loads of information.

    Good luck with your journey, I'll watch for your posts.

     

    cheers

    Donna

  • Brrrrr cold there i'm thinking..... Sorry to hear your news and yep "you'll be fine" the most commong annoying statemnt eh.... when people said that to me i would think how do you know i'll be fine when the doctors cant tell me i will be, BUT unfortunately until you've been on the journey you really have no clues, then you get the ones who ask how you are, and proceed to tell you what a bad day they are having.  you have come to the right place here, we have so many women (and men) who are going through or have been through the journey, At first its all a blur, but once you get on thr wheel of treatment, it does settle down for a while, the main thing is to take care of yourself, and make time for you, unfortunately this is a time when you will find your real friends, so come on here any time and rant, rave or smile and chat, no question is stupid, so although we cant give you medical advice we can give you moral support. Take Care, please let us know how you are doing... Regards Moira

  • Hey Helena

    I am also an X Perth girl who moved for the tree and sea change but not as far away as you.  I have moved to Dongara which is 65klms south of Geraldton on the coast.  A pretty lil spot.

    We are here for you to ask away if you have any questions or just want us to lend you an ear.  This whole journey is strange and people can be strange but just accept they don't know what is the right thing to say.

    Us pink sisters do understand and know exactly where you are coming from and that is why this site is so great.

    The waiting for results and the unknown is the hardest part of the journey.  Try and keep busy when you can to keep your mind off things and just keep those positive thoughts keep rolling through your head.  You have taken the biggest step to ridding yourself of this cancer by having your surgery and now you wait to find out the next thing you have to do to ensure you are doing all you can to rid yourself of this crappy BC.

    Good luck and stay in touch.  How is the weather in Switzerland right now.  We are in our Spring but we had a real winters day the other day where you just wanted to curl up in front of the fire with a good book and shut the horrible weather out.  I am glad we don't get too many of those days up here.  Switzerland must be a beautiful place.

    LOL, Mich xoxoxo