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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / October 2005mels update
I went back to the docs this morning for the results of the ultra sound. She couldnt shed much more light on my lump but is concerned. It's quite dense & diffuse as the guy had said and appears a bit spidery. She has reffered me to a surgeon on Friday at the Hospital who will discuss when i can have the whole lump taken out. In the mean time I am booked in for a mammogram on Monday afternoon but that may end up being cancelled. I'm also booked in for a fine needle biopsy on Friday of next week BUT they are trying to bring it forward to this friday, if they do bring it forward my mammo will be cancelled as it will be a moot point! in the mean time I feel like I want to sit in a corner and cry but it's not going to get me anyway so I will just keep on moving. -- Melissa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/werribeefreecycle www.freecycle.org 125.5/108.8/71 Total lost 16.7 kgs 276.6/239/156 Total lost 36 lbs Wife to 1 Mum to Einstein 93, Madam Moo 95 & Boofa 97 Australia somewhere Dear Mel, I'm sorry you still don't know much about the lump, and I fully realize how very difficult it is to wait for tests and results. Wish that a cyber hug could take away the anxiety. Sounds like your Dr. is doing all the right things. A nurse said to me, during the waiting for diagnosis, that even if it is cancer I mustn't consider it the end of the world. I really had to hang on to that thought as the diagnosis, surgery and treatment followed. Cancer is never a word we want to hear about ourselves or loved ones, but treating it (as early as possible) gives hope for life after the diagnosis. I'm hoping that you will still be given good news. If you're not, please know that you will do what it takes to be healthy. Please keep coming back here. There is lots of good advice here and we care. Barb (Will be a 22 year survivor the first of Nov.) > Dear Mel, > I'm sorry you still don't know much about the lump, and I fully realize how [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Barb (Will be a 22 year survivor the first of Nov.) Hi Barb, I so like seeing that sig at the bottom of your message. I'm much brighter this morning, I think yesterday making all those appointments just jumped up and bit me. Melissa >> Barb (Will be a 22 year survivor the first of Nov.) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Melissa Melissa, most natural thing in the world to feel like you've been "bitten". I'm glad you are feeling brighter, and hope that you can hang onto hope. You are in my thoughts. > I went back to the docs this morning for the results of the ultra sound. She > couldnt shed much more light on my lump but is concerned. It's quite dense & [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > if they do bring it forward my mammo will be cancelled as it will be a moot > point! Why on earth do you need to wait for a mammo? Too few radiologists in Oz? It should be done BEFORE they start biopsing, phone around to find a practice or hospital that can squeeze you in (pardon the pun). > in the mean time I feel like I want to sit in a corner and cry but it's not > going to get me anyway so I will just keep on moving. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 125.5/108.8/71 Total lost 16.7 kgs > 276.6/239/156 Total lost 36 lbs I hope this bit has to do with dieting and not to do with your present problem.. Get a chest x-ray while you're waiting, or do you have to wait for that too? I'll be holding thumbs that its not what it sounds like.  Signaturemadiba > Why on earth do you need to wait for a mammo? Too few radiologists in > Oz? It should be done BEFORE they start biopsing, phone around to find > a practice or hospital that can squeeze you in (pardon the pun). Ah I actually thought getting in Monday was pretty good. monday is good for me to ;-) > > 125.5/108.8/71 Total lost 16.7 kgs > > 276.6/239/156 Total lost 36 lbs > I hope this bit has to do with dieting and not to do with your present > problem.. Get a chest x-ray while you're waiting, or do you have to > wait for that too? I'll be holding thumbs that its not what it sounds > like. Sure does have to do with weightloss. I intend on returning to WW once all this is over too. Melissa > -- > madiba > I went back to the docs this morning for the results of the ultra sound. She > couldnt shed much more light on my lump but is concerned. It's quite dense & [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > in the mean time I feel like I want to sit in a corner and cry but it's not > going to get me anyway so I will just keep on moving. Hi, Mel, I'm so sorry to hear that the anxiety is continuing. It sound like you're taking all the right steps, and that things are proceeding pretty speedily. "Keep on moving" seems like a good short-term strategy, and you might even consider doing some "nice to yourself" things as a distraction & to feel better, such as getting together with friends, doing a fun activity, indulging yourself in a massage or bubblebath or some other thing you like. We'll still be hoping, and so I'm sure are you, that this will prove to be a benign condition that simply looks suspicious. Thanks for the update. Thinking of you, Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' from address to reply by email |
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