Waiting on Pathology from Lumpectomy

karentwriter

It was last wednesday and now it's MOnday and they said they did extra stains, which they said doesn't necessarily mean something bad. And they might just wait til my appointment tomorrow to discuss the results. I'm in the middle of a panic attack thinking they are making me wait til I"m there because it's bad news. Like really bad. Is it normal for them to do more stains without it being a bad result? I don't deal well with this kind of thing. I feel like i"m going to puke right now. They had told my family that no news was good news, but that was not the case on the initial diagnosis. They waited another day or two to call me and it was bad news...obviously.

bew66

karentwriter, they did extra stains on my biopsy tissue, which extended my waiting from 5-7 days to a full 14 days!  They told me it didn't necessarily mean it was anything "bad", but the extra waiting was hell!  Turned out it was all b9, but there were several findings of various stuff....who knew so much could be going on inside breast tissue?  Hoping for best possible outcome for you!

karentwriter

Thank you! Besides my one side hurting a lot. More than I think they acknowledge. Like oh a couple days out of the office. I don't know, I feel like I could use a couple more, especially if I"m avoiding continuous use of pain meds. I've seen too many people get hooked on those. Ugh! Long day.

karentwriter

Well I have good news and bad news. Good news is that they got all of the cancer. Bad news is that 8 millimeters of the 3 cm tumor was invasive and grown out of the milk ducts. So because of my age and the triple negative receptors they will still do chemo for 4 to 5 months and then 6 weeks of radiation. I'm happy overall, just nervous about my wedding in May.