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Scanxiety: Waiting for Test Results, Biopsies, & Pathology
Scanxiety is something almost everyone in the cancer and hereditary cancer community knows all too well but it's not talked about nearly enough.
In this episode of BRCA & Beyond, I'm opening up about one of the hardest parts of living with BRCA, hereditary cancer risk, and life after a cancer diagnosis: the waiting.
Waiting for test results.
Waiting for pathology results.
Waiting for biopsy results.
Waiting for an MRI, CT scan, mammogram, colonoscopy, endoscopy, or genetic testing report to appear in your patient portal.
That space between the test and the answer can feel overwhelming. The…
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