Waiting over the holiday weekend!

I am sorry. Waiting is hard. Even though I for sure know it's cancer, that's all I know. Not what type. Not how severe. I just want to get through the appointments this week and get some answers. It's like "holiday...woo hoo...another day to wait."

I opted to tell people on Friday. I told the people at work that it would impact the most (one of the guys happens to lead a lot of projects that analyze different types of cancer including breast and I could just see the shock on his face as I told him) with my crazy schedule changes and appointments. My manager was great and wanted to let the group manager know plus a different team manager within our group know to get more prayers going. So at the end of the day, probably at least 10% of our work group knew that I had gone in for a biopsy and had an upcoming surgery consult.

I also went back and forth about what to put on Facebook, if anything. I eventually did opt to share and stated in my post that I hoped it would be a post that I ended up not needing to make. But I wanted the people I knew and who cared about me to know. The outpouring of comments, concern, and encouragement was fantastic. We've got another family from our girls' school bringing us dinner on Wednesday since the surgery consultation is late afternoon and I'm not sure that I will be up for cooking.

I did update everyone with the preliminary biopsy results Friday afternoon. I had been trying to keep it positive and looking like surgery may not be needed, so that kinda crashed down around me. But better than posting that the BI-RAD was 5 and it's likely cancer.

Do what you are comfortable with. I like having people rally around me and knowing that they are there willing to help with whatever I might need. I did not want to feel isolated and keeping it just within the family. But that's me and it's not the same approach everyone takes.

I feel your pain I had a Birad 5 mammo/ultra on Friday and I'm scheduled for a biopsy Wed. I have a 4 year old so I know how you must feel. The waiting is agony I just want to know what we are dealing with here! Best of luck and prayers to you!

I'm also waiting over the holiday weekend. I had my excisional biopsy on Tuesday last week. I was told The pathology would be back in 2 to 3 days, needless to say it's been a bit rough waiting through the weekend. My last ultrasound was birads 4b. I'm hoping the delay is good news and they surely would have called me by Friday with bad news. I'm 33 and have an 18 month old and a 4 year old little ginger. They keep me on my toes, but bedtime the mind wonders. Best wishes to everyone with B9 results this week!!