Waiting for biospy results?!
Question: Waiting for biospy results.?
Hi, I am being investigated for Lymphoma. I have many symptoms and just keep getting sicker and in more pain every day. I had a surgical biopsy and removal of many large lymph nodes from my right underarm as they were the biggest ones. I have to wait at least a week for the test results and know that it is gonna be a very long slow week for me just waiting. How did anyone who has gone through this feel and do at this time. Any advice and incite would be greatly appreciated . Thank you.Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Just stay busy. Stay focused on work if you work ... or stay busy with other activities if you don't. Don't give yourself any more than 15 minutes per day to worry about it. You can schedule 15 minutes to worry though. Before or after the scheduled time, though, you should force your mind off the subject.Health Question & Answer
I haven't personally gone through this but i have gone down this road with a loved one. Advice to you is to relax. Easier said then done i know but you need to keep your focus and you need to keep you spirits high to conquer any illness. Don't be presumptuous because the mind controls the body and can heal the body.Health Question & Answer
My advice is that worrying will not do any good whatsoever and this is your life and you choose what you think about in your life. Choose happy thoughts and even if it is lymphoma, decide to enjoy whatever life you have and live it to the fullest every day. Worry only takes away from enjoying yourself.and it will not change the outcome and may harm your health.Health Question & Answer
I have had a number of biopsies over the years and have had the same concerns and fears that you are experiencing. The only advice I can offer is try to keep a positive attitude by remembering that most biopsies are negative and even in those cases where it is positive it is in most cases treatable.Health Question & Answer