I found a lump on the upper outer quadrant of my breast back in January. Finally had my appointment on the 14th February, found the consultant very dismissive. I have previously had a major ductal excision on the right breast and always had a thorough check when attending the breast clinic, this consultant felt the lump and that was it, no checking lymph nodes/armpits, no checking the other breast. He said fairly sharply “fibroadenoma but you can go for an ultrasound” so I went for the ultrasound where the sonographer said they believe it could be a fibroadenoma but would like to do a biopsy to be sure, they took 2 samples. The lump is 18mm palpable lump. I went back in to see the consultant and I said they believe it could be a fibroadenoma and his response was “no it is one, you’ll get your results in the post” now here we are 3 weeks+2 days later and still no results, I called breast clinic last Wednesday to be told they’re still in the lab and MDT meetings are on a Friday so it could rather be this week I get the results or could be longer depending when the results come back. Previously having a biopsy the results came back within the two weeks (which is also what I was told this time) and I’m concerned that these results are taking so long, as well as the dismissive approach from the consultant. I also received a letter that was sent to my GP explaining what they did, and it states “examination of both armpits was normal” which is more concerning that he did not do this!! Is there a general link to breast cancer and longer wait time for extra testing of biopsys? I’m going out of my mind and it doesn’t help that I’m an oncology nurse. Thank you for anyone that takes the time to read and respond.
Hi @rosie19 it is absolute hell waiting for test results I know, so you have all my sympathy. I think biopsy result times are more likely to be work load/staffing issues (holidays, sickness etc) than complexity of the sample.
That’s awful for a consultant to be so dismissive, especially if he knew you were a medical professional yourself. Reassurance is fine but to be so dismissive as not to check for nodes is ridiculous.
When I returned to the breast clinic with a lump in my remaining breast (5 months after a mammogram and my 10 year discharge from a cancer) the surgeon said he could feel nothing. When I tried to show him the area I was concerned about, he virtually yelled at me “you have nothing to worry about” and wouldn’t re-examine me. Sadly he was completely wrong as discovered by the mammogram and u/s he fortunately agreed to. That consultation causes me more angst in retrospect, than all the surgery/chemo/radiotherapy etc that followed. I remember feeling about an inch tall as I left the clinic. A nurse actually ran after me and whispered “you were right to come if you were worried”
For you though, if the sonographer also thought it was a fibroadenoma it most surely will be, but at least you will have absolute certainty with the biopsy. I think for you it must be harder when you see people every day who haven’t had a good diagnosis
I do hope your wait isn’t too much longer. Wishing you all the best with love and hugs in the meantime
Eily 
Hey @rosie19
Sorry you’re waiting for results and I’m even more sorry to hear about the treatment you’ve received.
I’ve had my fair share of medical professionals exhibit this type of behaviour but fortunately I’ve not been on the receiving end of this regarding my breast cancer.
However years ago, when I sought help about a mole on my leg, I was told quite shirtily by the medical professional who’d looked at it twice that it was “nothing special”, but I pushed back because I knew it was weird so he did eventually ask me if I wanted it removing for testing. I carefully said “yes, is that ok” because I knew he didn’t really want to do it and he replied, “it’s all very well asking me what I think. Do you want to know what I think? I think it’s clinically unnecessary and a waste of NHS money, however I’ll do it because you’ll just keep coming back to get it looked again and again, wasting more NHS money.”
I’ll never forget how I felt in that moment, like I was, as @Eily put it, about an inch tall. It was like I was a bothersome, naughty little child, who was being given what they wanted so they would just behave and I honestly just took the way he treated me because he was a doctor. He phoned me a month after the mole was taken for biopsy to tell me it was melanoma.
With regards to your wait time, it’s really hard to say as I’ve seen such a variety of lengths posted on here, but I really hope you hear something soon and have my fingers crossed for something benign. x
Hi Rosy I hope you’re okay today
I had a bone biopsy last year to check if Lobular Breast Cancer had spread to my bones (it had) but my point is, I waited 5 long weeks for the bone biopsy results 
That was an awful time, the waiting. Eventually I was told that the sample was crushed & that is why it took so long for several Drs to decide if it was indeed bone cancer.
I now take Letrozole & Ribociclib for stage 4
I hope you have your results back now & it’s good news for you
I’m sorry you’ve had this experience, I’ve not had them be dismissive about the cancer but sometimes when I’ve questions about if I can take certain meds, like paracetamol and ibuprofen- I was almost laughed at. This was early on and I needed to know if I got a headache or any pain, I was safe to take them. We always get told to ask questions and then when I do, I feel I’m wasting their time. As for the doctors letter saying the armpits had been examined, when they hadn’t is very bad and you could possibly complain- maybe let you gp know that it didn’t happen? I did have similar but I thought maybe I had missed it. I saw the surgeon after my first mammogram post surgery and active treatment. She took some photos and asked how I’d been and how I was coping and well that was it, when I got my GP letter it read “It was good to see Sally today and tell her the mammogram was clear” honestly that was the first I knew of it! I hope you get good results and don’t have to put up with any more unsympathetic consultants 
Thank you all for your lovely replies. I was told last week that the results are back, MDT should have taken place on Friday so anxiously waiting for a call or a letter to see what is happening. It was 4 weeks on Saturday since the biopsy and whilst I am somewhat reassured they think it’s a fibroadenoma I just have this niggling feeling that it isn’t. But fingers crossed for results soon. I also have started with pain in the lump which I’ve noticed today, there’s been no pain previously