Trying to keep calm, waiting is hard

Not sure when the surgery is. Still playing the waiting game with the surgeons. Have had a consultation with both the general surgeon and the plastic surgeon and now we are waiting for information about the surgery.

Yes, still waiting. Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. But this waiting sucks! Sounds like you have a long road ahead of you. Doesn't sound like much fun either. Yes, we all want clear information. Well, I wish you the best of luck.

reflect - i read your post that you are a teacher - so am I. I was just diagnosed with breast cancer. I get the whole finding a sub ! I took three days off this week to go to appointments and just to make phone calls to get medical info. My surgeon says surgery and radiation therapy will most likely be the plan but we're still waiting for MRI results, blood work and genetic testing. And he wants to check the lymph nodes. It's hard waiting for it to all come together. I'm working on staying positive and sending good thoughts your way

I teach kindergarten and I completely understand it's hard to trust a sub with them! Lol - I'm just trying to plan ahead for the days I will need a sub - I looked around my classroom and know where everything is but a poor sub would be lost in my piles of stuff. I've told a few of my close teacher friends and they have been great. I'm going to tell the rest of staff when I know more.

It is hard waiting - I'm glad they have the tests lined up but I'm eager to start my treatment . It still seems so foreign knowing I have breast cancer - it just kept playing in the back of my mind today at work. I just want to scream take it out! But I'm working on being gentle with myself . Your right it is a process!

I myself am playing the waiting game. I have been waiting for 2 weeks now for my biopsy. I live in a rural area everything is slower up here. Good luck with yours and I will be praying for a b9 result for you.

Hello reflect,

I went in for a routine mammogram which turned into an ultrasound, then another mammogram. Yes, they found something and set me up for a biopsy all in one day,except the biopsy was scheduled out for a different day. The Steriotacic core biopsy was done and the report came back that I needed to talk to a surgeon. She wanted to remove this suspicious mass and we set up a date. In the meantime, out of nowhere I started to get a bloody discharge from the nipple of my other breast! What?! So here we go again with an ultrasound. And yes, they did find 2 small masses. We did another steriotacic core biopsy. Yep, my doctor said these 2 also should be removed. I was so extremely thankful that this was caught and we were able to do it all at the same surgery appointment. The surgery went wonderful. My doctor was amazing and my scars are going to be minimal, not that I even care about that part. Now I wait with a BIRADS 4a. Now finally tomorrow I have my appointment to see my doctor and find out my final pathology results/report. I sure hoping for good news. I'll let you all know.

So yes reflect, I guess you should be thankful they caught something else BEFORE you went into your surgery appointment. Wishing you the best, let me know how it goes.

~Sunnysherri

I am new here, but it eases my mind a bit to see that this process seems to take an eternity. I found my first lumps under my arm pit x2 and one directly under my nipple. My doctor ordered a mamo and US same day. The NP read the results and said that it was a B9 cyst. I didn't feel comfortable so I set up an appointment with my OBGYN to find out the results from the US say 2 undetermined masses in the armpit and a dark mass that could be a fibroadenoma or a complex cyst. I have been post menopausal for 10 years and all of this has developed in 6 months. Why is this such a roller coaster ride? Anyone else have fibroadenoma after menopause without HRT? My GYN says 85% post menopausal development is cancerous. Currently waiting for the surgeon to call.