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So happy your biopsy turned out ok! It was good to hear the procedure isn't too bad. I am on for the 24th of this month for consult and the needle biopsy. I dread the flat down part as I have had 2 back surgeries and can't lay on my stomach. The waiting is HELL, being alone and dealing with other stuff makes it very hard. Hopefully its just calcium and not the big C, Dr sd small amts of white calcium are showing up, not there previously, I am 50 next month.
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Just remember to simply take this one step at a time - the odds are in your favor that this is nothing to worry about.... and even if it does end up being something you need more treatment for, just remember how TREATABLE breast cancer is now!!!!! We will be pulling for you as you have your biopsy. Will you be lying flat? If that's a hard thing for you to do physically, ask about taking a valium before the procedure. It will help keep you relaxed.
You will be in our prayers!!!!
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Hi i have been where you are now and just wanted to give you some comfort. Seven years ago i was in your position only 33yrs old with no history of breast cancer in my family and when lump was found was even told it was nothing to worry about only to go back after several tests to be given devastating news it was cancer and within 5 days i had a radical mastectomy i and my family were in total shock, those days were very hard to get through and i felt numb. I scared myself silly by reading loads of stuff and felt my world had stopped BUT here i am seven years with no sign of any problems, i ended up having both breasts removed mainly for my own peace of mind because the second breast had early stages too and then i was reconstructed but i would say hand on heart i really live life and i make all my friends laugh and would say i am happier now than i have ever been in my life without asking, people i had never ever met before came to my aid and helped me through it, you realise you are not alone. You will get an inner peace after your struggling and this will help you rise above your worries and make you realise whatever comes your way you can be stronger. I now feel that since being touched by cancer i have something more special than those who haven't, you have a real sense of knowing what life really is all about (living! your own happiness!).
Take care and above all keep positive and smile your way through it. x
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Hi Debbie,
What an awesome testimony to the fact that there IS life after a breast cancer diagnosis!!! Thanks so much for sharing your story, and be sure to check in here often, Debbie - there are SO many that need to hear your experience, to be reassured that there is life after receiving the worst news we could imagine - in fact, a better life than we might have ever imagined!!!!
XOXOX ~ Robin
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Robin,
You've got the question I think were all wondering about. At my new cancer support group most of the women were well into their treatment and they said the waiting is the hardest part.
I'm telling you I couldn't read, even watch tv. But I made it, just talk to people, talk to us, who wouldn't go crazy. This is your life!
I had to spend a day in bed looking at the celing I was so off. Everyone told me do anything I needed to. That helped a lot. Don't pressure yourself into doing all the normal things...this isn't normal.
And just keep writing....Hugs, Liz