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Cancer Support

eShirl

(19,354 posts) Wed Nov 19, 2014, 05:23 PM Nov 2014

found out I have cancer, now getting tests to find out what kind/what stage [View all]

5 days until my consult with the doctor and I find out what's what, and what to do about it.

gahh... I hate waiting

Already know it's a golf-ball size "malignant neoplasm" of the breast, just from the mammogram and sonogram. Now just waiting results from yesterday's CT scans and the needle biopsy which will be in a couple days.

Did I mention, gahh?

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found out I have cancer, now getting tests to find out what kind/what stage [View all] eShirl Nov 2014 OP

Warm thoughts to you! CurtEastPoint Nov 2014 #1

aw, thanks :) eShirl Nov 2014 #2

Just the word cancer sends chills up a spine angstlessk Nov 2014 #3

glad you're still with us eShirl Nov 2014 #6

I will absolutely keep you in my thoughts and prayers Siwsan Nov 2014 #4

Thank you, Siwsan eShirl Nov 2014 #7

The waiting can be ... YvonneCa Nov 2014 #5

thanks YvonneCa eShirl Nov 2014 #8

... YvonneCa Nov 2014 #9

Hoping the results are the best they can be ... slipslidingaway Nov 2014 #10

best to you, in all ways onethatcares Nov 2014 #11

Best thoughts to you Tab Nov 2014 #12

I've been there with BC. I'm still here after 2.5 years, but my cancer wasn't Nay Nov 2014 #13

diagnosis: inflammatory breast cancer. 3 1/2 months chemo starting after next week, then surgery eShirl Nov 2014 #14

Wishing you the best during chemo ... slipslidingaway Nov 2014 #17

thank you eShirl Nov 2014 #18

Keep that spirit ... slipslidingaway Dec 2014 #19

:) eShirl Dec 2014 #20

also, just want to say thanks to everyone who replied in this thread, I read them all eShirl Nov 2014 #15

find a support group olddots Nov 2014 #16

I'll give it a try. eShirl Dec 2014 #21

I'm a 17 year survivor of breast cancer (I refuse to dignify it with caps) Contrary1 Dec 2014 #22

"YOU are your own best advocator. Do not be afraid to ask questions..." slipslidingaway Dec 2014 #23

at chemo teaching today, the paperwork said stage IIIB eShirl Dec 2014 #24

my wife didn't remove onethatcares Dec 2014 #25

Wishing you well for the results of your PET scan ... slipslidingaway Dec 2014 #26