Hello,
I was first referred to the breast clinic in October 2023 after feeling a small lump in my right breast. After an ultrasound, this was diagnosed as normal active breast tissue.
Within about four months, this lump had grown significantly, but I put off doing anything about it, as I assumed it was the same normal tissue. However, I mentioned it to my GP two weeks ago (nearly a year after it had grown) and was referred to the breast clinic again.
I went to the breast clinic on Tuesday. The doctor felt my breast and said it didn’t feel suspicious and may be a cyst, but they would do an ultrasound to check. I then had to have a mammogram, a second ultrasound and then a biopsy. After reviewing the scans, the doctor who, two hours previously, had said it didn’t feel suspicious, said it looked like a breast cancer. I burst into tears.
I now have an appointment for the biopsy results this coming Friday and I’m terrified. How can it be written off as normal breast tissue, then have a doctor feel it a year later and say it doesn’t feel suspicious, but then be told it’s probably cancer?
My mental health was already low before knowing the diagnosis and now I’m worried I’m not going to survive this and that I’ve wasted my life.