I went to the doctors with a lump last week, I have had it for a while and have been to the doctors before about it, and was basically told to come back next month. When she saw that I was not happy with this she agreed to send off a referal, and informed me that I have two lumps, not one (one on each breast). I have managed to read just about every horror story on the internet concerning breast cancer that there is. Somebody please reassure me that I am not going mad, just a little more concerned than I should be (considering the doctor thinks that there is nothing to worry about). Ten days seems a hell of a long time to wait. Isobel.
Hi
I don’t think your going mad, and I do hope that it isn’t anything to worry about.
I went to my docs with a smallish lump in my left breast and he referred me straight away.
He tried to reassure me that many, many people that are referred turned out to be something else.
I waited 10 days for my appointment and tried to put it to the back of my mind (easier said than done!)
When I went the understudy to the surgeon felt it and thought it felt like muscle, and because of my age (35)
they said I wouldn’t need a mammogram.
When I had an ultrasound on it they then sent me straight for a mammogram and then a biopsy.
I went home still thinking it was nothing, to return 2 days later to find I was diagnosed with the dreaded BC.
I never thought it would happen to me!!! But it did and if (god forbid) it is that… you will get through it.
I have just finished my chemo (3 weeks ago) and feel really buzzing that I want to get back to normal.
Thinking of you
Take care
Angie
xx
My GP thought that my lump was a breast infection and gave me a course of antibiotics. After 1 week, I telephoned him to say that the lump was still there and got referred to the breast clinic. The lump turned out to be a fibroadenoma (benign) but they did find DCIS and I have since had surgery. I am 39 and even the breast nurse practitioner said that he (yes, I have a wonderful male nurse as my key worker )would have put money on me not having cancer.
Go with your instincts and I wish you well.
Hello Isobel
Of course you’re not going mad - this is all very frightening. Thank goodness your doctor agreed to refer you to the clinic. I had benign breast lumps for many many years before I got BC and I would have been saved a lot of worry over the years if my GP had referred me immediately.
You are bound to be worried. But remember that 9 out of every 10 breast lumps are benign. If yours should turn out to be BC then at least you are being seen by experts next week and they will know what to do.
Good luck for next week. Let us know what happens.
Love Anthi
hi isobelle,
i went to breast clinic with lump in lft breast, the surgeon came in and said oh that is a cyst, i went to have ultra sound and it showed up hollow fluid filled they did a fna and drained the lump she put me on antibiotics saying there was infection and sent a sample to microbiology it came back no ifection
i still have the lump and it seems to be attaching to the meat of the breast where as before it was mobile
i go bk in 2 weeks for another ultra sound
i still cant get bc out of myt head as the lump is there and seems to be in the duct from the nipple
i understand your concerns and would say better get it checked hon and the waiting is hell i,m still waiting to hear bad news but i pray it is still benign
love
ceegra
Went for my appointment today, all was ok until they found calcifications in one breast. I now have to go back in 2 weeks to have a biopsy. They have told me not to worry about this, apparently these calcifications are usually harmless, and I have a 95 per cent chance of it being ok. The waiting is the worst thing about all this. After I have had the biopsy I have to wait another week for the results. I had really convinced myself that I would be ok today and that this appointment would be the end of this hell. Sadly not.
Isobel.
oh isobel i pray all will go ok, i,m glad it went well at the hosp babe, try and stay positive
not easy i know
take care
cee
Thanks for all your support, I have been told by the hospital not to worry. This is easier said than done. They are doing a biopsy so that they have a bench mark for further mamograms. I have been told that there is far more chance of there being nothing wrong, but until they actually say for sure then (worry being my middle name) I will continue to worry. None of this is helping my depressed husband, who is also waiting to go to hospital for investigations (he has bowel trouble). And better still, I have builders coming next week to do some pretty major work on my house. I just want my life to get back to normal, and still have to wait nearly three weeks to know for sure what is wrong with me, if anything. And I have three children on holiday from school. This will go down in family history as the school holiday from hell!
There are some pretty good christian web-sites around, and today I think I might ring one that prays with you. You would not think from my demented ramblings that I am a christian, which just goes to prove that whatever your beliefs, we are all still human.
Thanks again to all of you, Isobel (now off to remove 18 years of junk from the loft - life goes on!)
Hi Isobel,
I’m a Christian too and usually pretty strong and able to cope with everything life throws at me. I have an appointment at the clinic on Monday. I’ve had swelling in my left breast and armpit for a long time now but didn’t do anything about it till last week. I’m in constant pain and the worry is driving me nuts. This is so new to me because my faith has carried me through some pretty big trials. My Dad died last year and there were several other major things I had to deal with; my brother being diagnosed with cancer being one of them. I think that’s why I didn’t get my own problem sorted out then, as I was already dealing with a lot. As Christians, it seems so much easier to show compassion and give time to others than it does to ourselves. How about if we support each other in prayer? Incidentally, I don’t know if it’s the same for you but I feel almost as though it would be easier to cope with a diagnosis of BC than not knowing which way it will go.
At least, thanks to this forum, we are in touch with people who have a good idea of what we are all going through.
Good luck with your 18 years worth of junk! I know that one so well!!
Take care, beano
Beano, yes it would be lovely if we could support each other in prayer, you are so right about us supporting others and not getting help for ourselves. I have spent a while today on the internet, looking up calcifications. This is not good, and I really must try not to. I have also just spilled cous cous into the computer keyboard, which is also not good, but things get better, as my loft is now empty and the local tip has seen me there three times.
I am off to the bath now, I am a filthy woman, and yes the worse thing is not knowing. Three weeks is a very long time.
Get in touch, love Isobel.
i,m a christian too and i will pray for you both,
blessings to you
cee
Thanks to everyone for your support, last week I got the all clear and emerged from the breast clinic relatively unscathed (actually with smaller boobs - they drained some cysts). I did not post before this because I also got the builders, and not only do I not have breast cancer but I also did not have electricity which was good - well the last bit wasn’t but such is life!
Am going to post on another bit of this site, as I have been through hell and would like to stop other poor souls from suffering similar, ie leave the internet alone until you are diagnosed.
Anyway am off to my usual haunts, and will be leaving this site alone - hopefully for good - once again, thank you to all the brave ladies on this site, you will be in my prayers for a long time.
Isobel.
wonderful to hear you have the all clear!
all the very best for your future
ruth
Isobel, I’m so pleased for you!
That is brilliant news Isobel. Good luck and Goodbye
xx Vanessa