FA might stand for Fibro Adenoma which is a benign lump. But I believe it’s quite difficult from an ultrasound to tell the difference between a fibro adenoma and a cancerous lump - hence the need for a core biopsy. This happened to me - the radiologist didn’t know from the mammogram or ultrasound which it was and so I had a biopsy which in my case showed that it was cancer. Fingers crossed that your lump is only a fibro adenoma.
WLE means Wide Local Excision which is when they take out the lump plus a margin of clear tissue around it.
Good luck with the biopsy and with the wait for results. The waiting is always the worst part of all this. Try not to worry too much.
Hi Vicky I have had lumps removed before at stepping hil and they have been benign and then te cancer one found at the begining of july.
I would suggest that you don’t read tomuch on here before you get the results from the biopsy which i hasten to add is not painful,Though it does make a noise like a staple gun.Mr sharif and Mr Gallager are really very good and I have a lot of confidence in them both.There is no getting roud the waiting time,I can remeber keeping very busy during that time,my house has never been so clean,lol If you need to return we will all be there for you.
I, too, am under Stepping Hill and Christie. Yes, Mr Gallagher amd Mr Sharif are excellent and you’ll have no problems at all with them. The breast cancer nurses, Debbie and Sue, are excellent sources of info, and Sue is a lymphodema specialist, which I hope you won’t need but she’s there for you if necessary.
Good luck with Monday, snotty, and let us know what happens.
I am a little more relaxed about it all. I have had a busy weekend upto now and the wedding yesterday really took my mind off it -although my feet were killing - can’t wear heels!!!
Fingers crossed for a quick and painless biopsy. I didn’t have a mammogram as too young for that but had an utlrasound.
Don’t worry Walton - I have stuck to this part of the forum - rather than scare myself - expecially as I don’t know what it is.
Have plasterer doing my kitchen at the moment so more concerned about having to clean up the mess!!!
Oh I feel sorry for you, plastering jobs they are the worst jobs arn’t they the dam dust goes
everywhere.we have done most of the house including kitchen,the worst room to do.
Pleased you enjoyed your wedding,where was it held,my stepson got married on the 21st sept at least the sun was shining,it was at St Peters in Hazel Grove then at the Deanwater.
I am wishing the best for you on monday,and the results when they come are the ones we want to hear.xxxxx
I went through this in July, and had my lump removed at Chesterfield - I live in Buxton - but am being treated at Christies now, as Walton was. Good luck, fingers crossed for you.
Hi Vicky been checking throughout the day,i was a little tender the following day but not to bad.Gosh St Peters doing some weddings.I will also keep everything crossed for you.And the very best of results xxxxx
Well I can say that the biopsy was really good - sound daft I know but I was fine today taking the padding off -leaving the sticky stitches on and there is no bruise and didn’t even need pain killers!!! great.
The waiting is not too bad - I really feel very positive about it all and hope just to get it taken away and thats it. Hubby is not the same though - he it thinking the worst all the time, its driving me mad - I feel like I am supporting him not the other way around!!!
Anyway - thanks to all your support and advice. Any ideas how to pass the time.
Hi Vicky ,pleased you didn’t find the biopsy to bad,as I did,I did have two biopsys a week in between but also found that ok.Well to passing my time my house has never been so clean as like you was having work done in the home so I was in a bit of a mess.Husbands are a funny species arn’t they.Mind you we were the entire opposite to you both,Mine was thinking the worst,but with the idea it could only get better,I think there is so many different opinions on this and there is no right or wrong way,we are all individuals. Though on saying this I still remained positive,Positive in the fact that if I had got Bc that it is curable and the one thing was, that worrying was not going to make it disapear So remained confident that something could be done.I carried on working through out the wait and even went in work the day of dx,Think this was just to prove to myself that this was not going to take over my life.I pray for your results are good and that you can both get on living your lives,with the knowledge that when we have concerns medically we get them checked out.xxxxxx
hi im new to this forum, found a lump in my right breast about three months ago, started small and it hurt, so i mentioned it to a couple of friends and they said if it hurts its nothing to worry about, cancer doesnt hurt, so i didnt worry about it, and just kept putting off going to a doctor, called my doctor and they said make an appt but with my work schedule i just didnt worry about it, finally two days ago, the lump entered my mind again when i took a shower and bumped it, hurt like crazy again the “PAIN means NO CANCER” clicked in my brain and i talked to my friends again, they again said that if it didnt run in my family, then i couldnt have cancer, so again i didnt think about it, then my boss’s wife asked me about it and hounded me like crazy until i made a dr appt. so now monday morning i have an appt. and now im worrying like crazy, does it matter if it runs in the family or not, does it hurt, does it, does it, does it? so many questions running through my mind, im a mom of four kids i cant have cancer, so many ppl in my family have died from this its not funny, but not breast cancer, just other forms, does that make a difference, the nurse when i called said that the pain doesnt make a difference and that all lumps should be checked no matter what…so here i am…
I don’t know what to say as I am in the same boat as you. As I am young people seem to say its nothing to worry about as if its a trivial thing - but its not!!! my lump is sore too but so is all of my breast and in my mind that is not normal and even if its not cancer which I hope for us both that its not - it needs checking.
Fingers crossed and hope your appointment goes well - are you going to a one-stop system??
Dear schwabby you must keep that appointment.Yes you can get breast cancer if there is no family history and yes some types of breast cancer hurt pre dx.Three months is a long time to have a painful lump even a benign one and whatever it is it needs sorting sooner rather than later.There is no woman who 'cant have breast cancer’but even if you have it is no longer a death sentence.Please go to your doc.Good Luck.Vxx
i dont know what a one stop system is? I’m just going to my family doctor and their going to do whatever it is they do, hopefully they just say that im fat and its fat tissue thats swollen into a lump or something, anything but what keeps coming through my mind…i’d rather be called fat than have the other… sorry but i have to think of something to keep my mind off of it…
thanks for the info, monday is gonna be so long, about how long before i know anything, any idea?
Welcome to the BCC forums, I have added a link to a Breast Cancer Care publication on breast awareness that you may find helpful, it can either be downloaded or ordered via the helpline on freephone 0808 800 6000, (weekdays 9-5, Sat 9-2) you can talk to one of our specialist nurses on this number regarding your concerns if you feel this would be of help. .
I got a call from hospital today - they now want to do a Mamo - had biopsy already and ultra sound too- so why this - am only 29 so they don’t normally do a mamo- any ideas???
It was the reception staff I think who phoned to be honest was in shock and at work when I took the call so never though to ask!! my original appointment was this wednesday at 6pm but as the mamo is not open then had to cancel that and now I go in on friday this week for the mamo and hopefully finally the results.
why question really is - I thought that the biopsy would be the ultimate in giving the results - so why need a mamo - plus will my breast tissue be too dense? thats what the leaflet said that I got with the appointment - that they don’t do mamo’s on people under 35 and I am only 29!!
I was just ready for wednesday and now feel in limbo with even more questions!!!
I know I was told the same. Go figure, perhaps the radiologist thought that it would be worthwhile? My Consultant asked the radiologist to see if it would be beneficial for me, but he said that it wouldnt as it was too dense (plus they did the biopsy based on the US this time so felt it would be unneccessary anyway.