I used this forum 6 years ago when I had a breast cancer scare and everyone was so helpful and supportive.
My back story briefly!
I have had numerous complicated cysts benign masses in my right breast for the past 6 years. I have been on 6 month watch during this time having mammograms ultrasounds and mri due to family history and life time risk.
Up until now always the same for me extremely cystic with new ones popping up all the time some complicated some regular.
Last weekend I found a lump in my left breast that was very tender( made me think cyst) but felt “off” for me and normally don’t have tender breasts/cysts at this point in my cycle. So I messaged my breast surgeon and she had me come in the next morning( yesterday).
She did a clinical exam then had a technician show it on ultrasound for her, she immediately said oh this doesn’t look cystic, fully solid, don’t like the shape and it’s slightly taller than wide so she did an in office biopsy. I get my results on Friday so I’m in that horrible anxious waiting phase and mind in overdrive. It felt so different to anything else I had ever felt before and my surgeon is usually very conservative with me and rather a watch and wait than an unnecessary biopsy.
Anyway think this is such a lovely safe space and wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience and how it went.
I found a lump back in November 2024 that was huge and I’d never had anything like it before. When I went to the breast clinic, it turned out to be a cyst. I also found another lump in July 2025, which also turned out to be a cyst. As someone who’d never had any breast problems up until then, I found it odd that I’d found two lumps almost within six months of each other, but was obviously relieved they were just cysts and easily removed.
In October 2025, I found yet another lump, which I immediately assumed was going to be another cyst. It felt like one, only the location seemed odd as my other cysts had been more in the end of the breast whereas this was high up on the upper outer quadrant, close to the armpit. I still didn’t think too much of it and was almost 100% positive it was going to be another cyst, but when it was scanned, the radiologist said it looked more solid than a cyst and wanted to biopsy it. I burst into tears because I felt like I kind of knew it was going to be bad. And long story short, I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer two weeks later. I have actually had two other cysts drained since then and another solid benign mass found incidentally via MRI so my breasts have definitely been misbehaving this last couple of years!
Most people agree that waiting for results is the absolute worst part of this whole thing and I’ve been in a spiral many times during those periods. Unfortunately there’s nothing you can do for now except try to find your own way to live alongside the uncertainty, which admittedly is not easy. Sharing with others as you’re doing now helps massively.
Hats off to your surgeon as you’ve had some amazing service there and I hope you receive a positive outcome on Friday. x
