Around 10 days ago I felt a small hard lump in the top outer part of my left breast. Its easiest felt if I push my chest out and sitting. I went to the GP expecting her (or hoping) she would say it was nothing. I have had a lymph node under the arm pit that comes up and goes down over the last year or two. It can be gone for months, then come back up for a few days or a week or two. The GP said as comes and goes not to be concerned.
Anyway I was referred on the 2 week referral and had my consultation today. The doctor could not really feel much and said she did not think anything to worry about - this may just be my new normal i.e lumpy breast. I am likely perimenopausal.
I do have small lumpy breasts. I am 47.
I was sent for a mammogram and then an ultrasound. The doctor doing the ultrasound did take time and searched all over breast and lymph nodes on that side. He said could not see anything but sent me for a 3d mammogram just to see properly more of breast.
He then just came to me in the waiting room (there was no one else there) and said I could go, nothing on scans. I asked what lump was, if it was a cyst? He said not cyst but could not really say, just that scans all clear and they did not think any cause for concern. He said to just monitor and if lump gets bigger or changes to go back to GP.
I know I should feel relieved but would have felt happier with knowing exactly what lump was and some explanation and also maybe if a biopsy had been done. And now feel I am still in a waiting game of checking lump.
I am trying to trust the experts but of course Google shows you so many stories where scans were clear and few months later…boom…stage 3, stage 4…
I am wondering about going private and having a second opinion.
I have quite bad health anxiety - my dad died of cancer 10 years ago. Fit and healthy, then got bad head aches, fobbed off by doctor…a year later was dead from cancer.
Anyone else been through similar?