Hi All
Getting dressed this morning and I thought ‘oh my boob hurts’ had a feel and felt a lump, charged into bathroom and demanded hubby felt boob, he felt a lump. :o(
Rang doctor and have an appointment on Thursday at 15.50 hrs.
Agreed with hubby ‘not to worry’ until seen doc. Managed all day until I went to bed…
Am now panicing.
But I know thats normal.
Just felt i needed to find some lovely ladies who are ‘strugglying’ to? and type a few words ‘of panic’.
So hello :o)
tryingnot2panic
I am so sorry you have found yourself in this position, but it really could be anything, so try and hold it together until Thursday. We all know how difficult that is, though. I had some fluid-filled cysts a number of years ago, which they drained with a needle using ultrasound for guidance. Fingers crossed that yours is something similar. Good luck and let us know how you get on.
Ann x
hi tryingnotopanic,
i’m in much the same position as you, not fun is it?!
i am just trying to keep busy to keep my mind off things - my house is very clean :-)!!
i am glad i found these boards just to tell someone. only my hub and my boss in work know at the moment.
good luck with your appointment.
gill
Ladies
have been through where you are now although in my case my lump was found my routine mammogram appointment. Went through panic stations when I got a recall letter as hasn’t felt anything myself. Then went searching and found small lump buried right under my right breast which I just hadn’t noticed.
For your own peace of mind make sure you are referred to your local breast care centre for follow-up tests - don’t let any GP fob you off. I had an ultrasound and biopsy to test whether mine was cancerous or not.
I know everyone will tell you the same thing but it really is best to keep busy and positive and be as normal as possible. Nighttime was the worst for me as I felt very alone then. Once I had confirmation I told everyone arounbd me straight away as the support of family and friends is invaluable.
There are also lots of ladies who use this site who have been through the same thing and the site is filled with lots of good advice. Just remember everyone is different and someone elses experiences may not be yours.
Best wishes to all of you
Maggie
Hi Ladies
Thanks for your comments. Am being positive. have put 20 masterplans (!!!) into place should it be breast cancer. Looks like my house will be tidy 2! Great for the diet as well, didn’t fancy much food today (am normally a pig). I am really pleased I found this site.
Ummm… how do you say to the doc, you want to be referred on if he says ‘nowt to worry about’ I’m not very good at tact. Is his word sort of final? I told my sis today, she works for the nhs screening poo for cbowel cancer and she says to make sure the doc doesn’t fob me off, and one of you put that also.
Thanks
Delorez (not my proper name, but one I always fancied being called if I ever wrote a book - lol)
Hi Delorez - good name :-),
I didn’t have a problem with my g.p. as far as referral was concerned - but a friend with a lump was being fobbed off by her g.p.
She just said to him that she appreciated his opinion but that at the end of the day, it was her health and she wasn’t prepared to take any chances with it, so she would like to be referred anyway, just in case.
He did harrummph a bit - but he did refer her!..she had a good outcome.
gill x
Hi
I find if I need to say something to the GP that I think might cause a problem I take OH with me.He is much more tactful than I am and always seems to get his own way-which is a benefit to me.
Good Luck. Its your body and health and you have a right to a second opinion.
Andie
Hi everyone…I’m a newbee and just back from my docs an hour ago. He’s referred me to the hospital and I have to ring them for an appointment on Friday morning. He said the apt would be made within two weeks…is this a normal waiting time? I don’t know how I’m gonna get thru xmas worrying about this…
Hi fifegirls
I think you will find that the NHS guidelines are that cancer referals must be done within 2 weeks. With the holidays almost upon us that should still hold.
Silly to say try not to worry but you should have plenty to do over the next week or so, things may not be as bad as you are imagining at the moment.
Stay in touch, we are here for support if you need it
Andie
Hi Andie
Thank you for your support, glad I found this site. My doctor did tell me it looked suspicous, but as you say it may not be as bad as I think…Just sitting here tho wanting someone to tell me right now that it will be ok. I was thinking I was the only one going thru this but obviously not…till it happens to you, you don’t realise the full extent of the problem. Nice knowing there’s people on this forum I can talk to…thank you all…speak soon
fifegirl
Hiya,
Like the others have said just try and keep to normal routine and keep busy…before you know it the appt will have come round fast! It has been just over a week since I was diagnosed but I have been keeping so busy that it has flown past!!
Fingers crossed everything is fine for you.
Paulaxxxxx
Hi All
Must have kept busy today as my sis rang and said ‘how you feeling’ I said ‘fine’ she said ‘you sure?’ Then i twigged what she was on about! So I said ‘fine’ for everything else other than boob. For ‘boob’ I said, it’s still sore, lump still there, but am ignoring it until see doc.
I got to ‘fat club’ every wednesday so off to get weighed tonight and then it’s fat club christmas night out and we off for some nosh at a local pub. One of the members asked if the table had been booked ‘under fat club’, leader said not, just her name. - lol. So plenty to keep me busy tonight, it will stop that ‘pendulam’ feeling of sheer panic and total ‘I can cope with this calm’.
Thanks for advice on ‘tackling doc’ and I am also worried with it being christmas (like fifegirls) about if I am referred on, how long I will have to wait. I can’t take hubby tomorrow, so if doc says ok, nowt to worry, do i ask to for a 2nd opinion then? or do i come away and go back another day (in the near future?). I know this sounds daft…but I am very scared. Which if you all knew me, you would relize ‘this is so not me’. I’m normally very confident and I’m the one doling out the advice.
Once again ladies…thanks for being here.
Delorez
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Hi Delorez,
If you need someone to talk to either before you go for your appointment or after please do phone the helpline, the staff are here to support you. Calls to the helpline are free, 0808 800 6000 open M-F 9-5 and Sat 9-2.
Kind regards,
Jo, Facilitator
Hi Delorez
You said you are normally confident and give other people advice, so if your GP tries to fob you off and you aren’t happy, remember what you said. It is your body and a good GP will take into account your mental and physical health. Even if he/she thinks they are 100% sure all is ok but you aren’t then “Breath in and speak out”. Don’t forget you are an adult. Just be firm. My lump wasn’t palpable, it was found on a routine mammogram so I didn’t go through my GP.
The next bit of panicking will be if you have tests done but there is no way of avoiding this. As everyone else says, keep busy and as you found you can forget for a time, it isn’t constantly nagging.
Good luck
Margaret
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Hi All
Phew… I’ve been referred on for an ultrasound? The doc was great, got the nurse in straight away to hold my hand. He had a feel and asked lots of questions. When i was dressed he said it feels like you have Fibroadenoma (asked hime to write it down) and cyst (s) (?). Othewise known as breast mice. Which would explain why…bear with me…
On Monday the lump felt at 12 o’clock, on tue I couldn’t feel it and wed it felt like it was at 2 o’clock (the o’clock are imagernery posiriton on my boob). ans this morning it felt like I had 2 lumps at 12 o’clock and 3 o’clock. Apparently under my armpit is very lumpy.
He said ‘he was confident it wasn’t breast cancer’ - phew, but I would need an ultrasound to locate the ‘mice’ for treatment and to drain the cyst /s. At the same time this would pick up anything ‘untoward’ (which he didn’t think there was - as in breast cancer). He also explained about appointments, letters, what i would get, what he would get, he was there ‘any time’ for me to come in as was the nurse. All in all 10/10 for patient care. He said I would proably experience some pain tonight as he had been pushing the mice / cysts about, so might need some headache tablets to take the discomfort off.
He also said, if he thought it was cancer he would be ‘ringing’ for an appointment for me. All in all very reasuring.
Although not 100% definet diagnosis, at least I have some idea and feel very reassured. Also confirmation I did feel a lump and didn’t imagine it.
It must have been my day for good news, as my dog had a lump removed a few weeks ago and that came back as ‘all clear today’ and when I was parking the car in the doc’s surgery Kylie Mynogue’s song came on the radio ‘can’t get you out of my head’ which is mine and my husbands song. Although not totally ‘out of the woods’ I feel alot calmer.
Again, thanks ladies for your support. I know its only be 3 nights and four days, but boy have they been long and I know I’m not totally clear yet.
Lots of love and thanks to you all for your support. It really means alot.
Delorez.
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great news delorez and as all these lovely ladies have said to me - you have done all the right things.
like you i am really glad i found this site - lovely people and great support.
good luck with your appointment.
gill x
p.s. glad the dog’s ok too 
Hi All
Great news delorez, for both of you lol.
Just phoned the referral clinic today and have been given two appointments for the hospital on the same day…first one for the xray, then onto the breast clinic…is this normal or should I worry?
You are right, by the way, this site is fantastic with all the help and support you get.
Love to all
Fifegirl
Hi Gill
Thanks. :o)
How are you doing today? Do you have a good support network of family and friends around you?
Love
Delorez
hi fifegirl and delorez,
fifegirl - yes that’s what happened to me. i was given 2 appointments for different days in the same letter. one for mammo and next for ultrasound and consultant. standard practice apparently.
delorez - all my friends know now and i told my mum and my son yesterday. they have all been brilliant.
haven’t told ny mum the full story yet as she’s 83 and not been well herself but as consultant asked me if i was going away for christmas, i wondered if he had plans for me for next week!!
thought i’d best tell mum, not wait until after christmas as planned in case i have to go in
take care both.
gill xx
Hi Gill
Glad to hear your family are being brilliant. I don’t know if treatments continue through through the christmas break. I would have thought so?
Lots of love
Delorez
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