Tomorrow I get my results-very stressed

tanyam

Hi, all. I wish I would have found this site earlier. I discovered my lump in my right breast about three weeks ago. It took two weeks to get my core biopsy and I get my results tomorrow. I am being nervous and very stressed. I am a 39 year old single parent to an 8 year old daughter and for the past two years watched my mom be diagnosed with a rare cancer called pseudomyxoma peritonei(appendix cancer) and she just passed away in April which has been really hard on myself and my daughter. During my mom's journey my brother was diagnosed with oral cancer and my sister had thyroid cancer about 15 years ago. My family has been riddled with this disease so it's hard to be positive. Im scared to say the least and tomorrow I find out. What I have read on the internet has really elevated my stress.

ml143333

Tanyam - I am sorry that you are going through this and mourning the death of your mom at the same time. No matter what happens with the results, you will find a way through it. I know it is easier said than done, but when those scary thoughts come into your mind today, make them go away - even if briefly. Get up and go do something. Many of us had really clean houses while waiting for results. Remember to breathe.

ElaineTherese

Hi tanyam!

I'm sorry to hear that your family has been so seriously affected by cancer; it undoubtedly contributes to your anxiety right now. A good percentage of biopsies reveal benign conditions; hopefully, yours will fall into that category. If not, remember that breast cancer is one of the most treatable cancers out there. Because it is more common than other cancers, researchers have devoted more resources to its treatment. Either way, ml143333 is right. Remember to breathe.

dtad

Sorry you have to be here but welcome. I know you will find this site both comforting and informative. It doesn't seem fair that some families are so affected by this damn disease. We all know the anxiety that comes with waiting for results. Try to remember that most breast lumps are benign. Stay busy and surround yourself with people that make you happy. Good luck and keep us posted.

edwards750

tanyam - bless your heart you are having a tough time. Sorry about the loss of your mom. You do have a cancer history in your family. So do I. My mom had BC and so do my sister and I. My brother had melanoma almost 20 years ago and my dad had lymphoma. I think almost everyone has a relative with the dreaded C word.

Keep the faith though. I am 5 years out in August and my sister is a year behind me. It's not the automatic death sentence anymore. If it is cancer there are lots of treatments to combat the disease. It's not easy but certainly manageable.

Lean on your friends and family. You need support. This website was my lifeline. It will be yours too. I think we all surfed the Internet for answers when we were DX and it scared a lot of us. It's not aone size, fits all DX no matter what the stats claim.

Keep us posted. You will be okay.

Diane

tanyam

Thank you all for your replies. I look at all of your stats and it gives me hope that if I do have cancer, that is not a death sentence. I just want to watch my little girl grow up.

When my mom was diagnosed, I fully took over and emailed one of only two surgeons in Ontario and begged him to get her into the hospital he works out of because the hospital she was at had no knowledge of her rare cancer (her cancer produced mucin and she was growing larger daily)and wanted to just give her chemo without a confirmed diagnosis of which cancer she had. The surgeon emailed me back within fifteen minutes even though he was still on vacation and my mom was moved the next day to his hospital. Four days later she had emergency surgery. My daughter and I spent many nights there along with my brother and sister and each contributed in helping my mom. We as her children all worked together.

We watched her get icu delirium, multiple surgeries, colostomy, learn how walk again and then be told after all her hard work that it had spread and the large surgery(the only way to prolong life) was no longer an option, she passed away few months later. Seeing all that scared me thinking I would go through the same. But hearing your replies gives me hope.

Thank you so very much.