**TAMOXIFEN** 26 !

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Here we go !

gig I am slightly by how I feel at the moment, as I started on tamoxifen at the same time as rads started, so I am not sure what is rads tiredness, what is tamoxifen aches and pains, and what is "I'm fricking bored of driving to Poole every day" feelings. . . I get tired by the end of the day, but generally feel OK in th morning. Skin not sore yet - am slapping on aqueous and aloe Vera like its going out of fashion. Glad you managed to get some sleep - that's really positive

Still waiting ... snore ...

Surely not still waiting Topsy?

Yup !
Have checked that they realise I am here , and they do .
But no reason given for delay ...

Finally in chair and plugged into drip !

Yay. yay

ned can't comment on joints aching as that is tamoxifen (i got a bit but only in hip near rads site).

Good to use cream- my rash appeared in last week and tbh the worst of it was in a delicate area which along with thrush (sorry of tmi) was my issue but that isn't going to apply to you. Have you thought about drinking aloe Vera juice as I think that helped me.

phew topsy
ned probably a combination of the travelling and tamoxifen I think. I'd've found driving to Southampton every day and then finding a parking space a nightmare and am glad I had hospital transport -that made it a whole lot less taxing. Still a long journey but nice to look out at countryside.
I asked to delay tamoxifen until after rads and the deadline of the book I was illustrating so that I could have less anxiety !

Quickly popping in to say hello, and appreciate the Peter Andre article - he is such a role model for Dads everywhere Nice to see David H can still lift both his hands in the air at the same time.

Have a lovely lunch with parents ned, - do they live far away? Rads does get a bit tedious, - I got sore towards the very end, -apart from the cream, I was told to wear t-shirts inside out, so the seams don't rub. I also found tamox. gave me a lot of aches and pains initially.
To cheer you up, I can reveal that I remember when the Arndale Centre in Poole opened - it was a very big thing - before that it was just the high street for shopping, if you wanted proper shops you had to go to Bournemouth.- - shows how old I am!

topsy - glad you are in now and hooked up, Gig - good that you slept well - hope everything goes well today - when do you get released?

waving to Sparkle and MAS

I am seriously panicking about this test. I am Ok on the highway code questions - its the hazard perception - you have to watch a clip and click when you spot a developing hazard, - too many click you are disqualified for "cheating" too few and you won't get into the very small scoring zone - its a total bugger and I'm crap at it. I know I should step away, but I can't.

Hi all - am just gatecrashing thread as it was linked by MaryAnn on another thread. Am feeling a bit wibbly myself so would love to hear some of those statistics

Am waiting on the results of a cone biopsy I had last week. I was referred to breast clinic by my doctor after I noticed an indent on one breast. The resulting Mammogram was clear but the ultrasound scan (given as well as mammogram because of my age) found a small lump (1 cm). Consultants exact words were:

"Before I continue I want to make it clear that I am not at all concerned, but I have found a small area on your breast. I am 99% sure it's a fibroadenoma, but will have to take a biopsy to make 100% sure." He showed me it and it was a darker area with a clear round edge - which is why he said he could be so certain.

I am a total hypocondriac - and there have been cases of breast cancer in my family before (at a young-ish age) so a small part of me has always been 'waiting' for it to come and get me .

Everybody keeps telling me I have nothing to worry about, but every morning I feel sick waiting for the post, thinking I could be the one percent....

Please slap me and tell me I'm being stupid.

Hello worriedworried, I won't give you a slap, but I will give you a , plump up the sofa cushions for you, and settle you down. It is completely understandable why you are so panicky and frightened, everyone on here can completely related to that. Some people on here are really good statistians, I am sure they will be along soon. I do remember that 9/10 breast clinic referral and lumps are not cancerous. I had a lumpectomy because it was precancerous, so even if it is something they want to take out it doesn't mean your worst fears will be realised.

Thank you sparkle

Hello Worried I'm sorry you are feeling so anxious at the moment - it's very natural given your family history, and waiting for results of biopsies is always stressful.

I can tell you from my own experience, that what your consultant said looks pretty hopeful for a good result. When I was diagnosed - from the GP, to everyone I saw in the hospital, - they all told me they were very sure it was cancer. If they think it is, they tell you, and if they are not sure they say they are not sure, but if they are confidently saying they are pretty sure it's benign - then that is a very good sign.

Did they give you any indication as to when you might get your results? I think it helps if you have some sort of time frame for your waiting.

Meanwhile stick around here and chat, - we'll hold your hand through the waiting business, and offer lots of and cake. xx

Thank you Kurri

I feel a bit bad gatecrashing on here at all when I've not even had a bad diagnosis - thanks for being so kind.

I should be getting my results any day as it should only take a week - I'm in such a stew I keep nipping home lunchtimes to check the post And I suppose the one positive (for me) of having relatives close by who have had BC, is that they have all told me the same thing you said - that they were told from the start that cancer was very much suspected; never that it was 99% probably not. And I suppose that it's made me very pro-active paranoid about checking any little change out rather than leaving it and assuming it would never happen to me....

I shall stay for t and cake thanks

Gosh - you're not gatecrashing at all - this thread is for people going through exactly what you are -as well as people who have had a DX - you're in just the right place

Big hugs to those who need them today.

worried Hi there :) I'm not diagnosed either and these ladies make me feel like one of the fam :)

Although... I managed to wangle it so that I can get my biopsy results TOMORROW afternoon instead of Augut. Thank God I inherited my Gran's persistence.

It feels like the night before war.

August is ages away

I thought waiting a week was bad enough....

Good luck for your results tomorrow - have you been given any indication of what it's likely to be?

Just flying in to wish Gracie, Topsy and Gig all the best for today. Apologies, as I really can't keep up atm, so much going on and no time to read and post much. Thinking of you all though xx

They've been quite non commital until now. There are signs that point both ways. I'm really trying to be positive because there's no point to the other but it is hard. I'll just put on some sad TV and have a wee cry later. That always helps :)

welcome worried -this is the right place to be - you certainly aren't gatecrashing. Agree with kurri's words but obviously you'll be worried until you know what's what.
autumn lots of good thoughts for tomorrow xxx

Afternoon MAS and thanks!

Oh Autumn, not knowing's the worst. Crying does help I think. Keep talking here too xx

Waving to Worried. The others are right, this is definitely the right place!

Hi Smee - I feel better for all the offers of thanks.

Am waiting for o'clock though

Hi worriedworried - i agree with the others, it's pretty hopeful.

The doctors and technicians don't say anything just to be reassuring -they tell it as they see it. So if they are pretty confident - that's fab. But stay here anyway, it's comforting and fun as well.

Waving to all - HUGE sympathies on the driving test KK - one of the most stressful things I have EVER done.

I'm like smee - huge amounts to do so I can't keep up, but I am trying to read and keep up with some of it, at least. Thinking of you all.

Not long until o'clock worried....I will join you!

Ha ha - I'm ready with the corkscrew