Sam thank you. Yes, I’m worried sick. And two weeks seems like an age to find out but part of me doesn’t want to know so I can pretend I’m fine - which I MIGHT be of course. All I can do is wait.
Hey there. My first lump earlier this year drove me to distraction, not helped by the fact my gp told me i would be seen inside 6 weeks!! Well as it turned out i was seen within 10 days which is common practice where i live. I convinced myself that my lump was cancerous, i’d googled to the point that i almost made myself ill, as a mum of 2 boys i was in bits thinking of them. Was convinced if it was cancer it was a fibroadenoma as to me it felt as hard as a marble…anyway after mamo and ultrasound and aspiration my lump was confirmed as a simple cyst. So we really can’t second guess. Most lumps turn out to be benign i hope yours does too. Do post to let us know how you get on.
2 weeks is an eternity to wait!!! Whatever you do, don’t google. It scares you silly! Just keep yourself busy.
I’m sure you know all about the statistics and that the chances are it’s benign… but that doesn’t help, does it? But whatever the outcome, you will feel ‘better’ (that’s a daft word to use) once you know what’s what.
Good luck. Fingers crossed that you avoid the cancer bullet.
xx
Hi Razorkitty,
I am in the same boat…my appointment is the same day as yours. I saw my GP last friday, and my appointment falls as 18 days rather than 14. I called the clinic and asked about a cancellation and was pretty much told there was never any cancellations 
The waiting is the worst part I think. I thought I was counting down from the GP’s appointment, and then to find out that the 4 days didn’t count, I was gutted!
I’m the same as you…googling like mad! Then I found these forums and felt I was in the best place for honest feedback.
My left arm keeps going dead and always has a dull aching, as does my left breast (where the ‘lump’ is). Mine is more of a long thickening going towards my armpit.
The not knowing is doing me in…it seems such a long time to wait, doesn’t it?
Here’s hoping that we both get good news xxx
Just wanted to say - you are all absolutely lovely. I wish every single one of you the very best xxx
Here’s hoping. I keep feeling the lump in my left breast. sometimes thinking - stop being stupid, it’s bound to be a cyst or a fibroadenoma, but a little (well, not so little) voice keeps saying in my head: you’ve got cancer. I can’t really process it. The day I saw my GP and he confirmed I needed an urgent referral, not that he said that but of course mega-googling soon revealed that’s why I was going to be seen within 14 days - I fell to pieces, cried like a baby and to be honest, it’s not really me I’m worried for, it’s my two children, and worrying senseless about who will take care of them, what they will live on etc as I’ve no money and since they’re 18 and 19 and their extremely wealthy father hasn’t bothered with them for years, where will they go? How will they manage? Then I think - SHUT UP WOMAN, ODDS ARE IT’S NOTHING.
I hope so much that we both get good news. I really, really, do. Hugs and love over the web xx
Thanks darling xx
Andie36 - Really? Oh my, you’ve given me hope. You really have. I’m driving myself to distraction. It’s impossible not to google, to research, to try and make sense of it all. Thank you my love, I really appreciate your kind words x
Hi again,
I think the support on here is great. You replied on my thread and we both have appointments on the same day. Just so you know (to try and ease your mind a bit - although it is impossible not to obsess I know) all breast referrals are supposed to be seen with in 2 weeks now regardless of whether your gp thinks it is urgent or not… so don’t panic if you are thinking the reason it is within 2 weeks is because it must be bad. Most hospitals try to stick to this and my appt for the 22nd will be exactly 2 weeks from the day I went to the doctors. They have said I should keep phoning to see if there is a cancellation though. I’m hoping that someone with an appt will decide to go private and a space will become available.
I hope you manage to get an appointment sooner than the 22nd and I hope that you get god news. The hospitaltold me the appt could last a few hours because of waiting for ultrasounds/ biopsies etc but a friend told me she was there all day so to take a light hearted book. She did say that she got an answer the same day though so that is a good thing.
Hope the weekend is going ok for you
x
Razorkitty - I know what you mean…I’ve got 3 children 19,17 & 14 and my hubby, and I do worry for them way more than I do for myself.
I’ve not got upset at all. I am convinced I have BC and it doesn’t scare me when I think of facing it. My gran and aunt (maternal side) have both got BC so I’ve always thought “will I be next?”.
The worst bit for me is waiting…if I have got it, I want to get on and do something about it. Plus keeping it from my family (except my hubby) is so difficult.
I bet you are like me and not sleeping well, and forever checking it’s still there
Let’s hope we can get both our appointments brought forward xxx
You too Shouldbeworking - you too x
I’M FINE! Breast clinic appointment yesterday, turns out I have a breast crammed full of cysts, one of which was huge, so the consultant aspirated it but said it would probably fill up again. I cannot tell you the relief. Iris and Shouldbe working - I’ve got all my fingers and toes crossed that you two are okay as well.
Thanks to EVERYONE on this forum who was kind enough to give me support and advice. You’re a wonderful bunch and I wish you all the very best xx
Razorkitty, I am sooo pleased for you! I had mine yesterday and I’m ok too 
I have a cyst and quite a big area of benign lumpy tissue…apparently I have to take it that this is the new me and to use my new lumps as the base line when checking in future.
Shouldbeworking, I am wishing you the same good fortune that we have had…
I would like to echo what Razorkitty says…you are all wonderfully supportive and wish you all the very best health, and thank you so much to you all xxxx
Fab news Iris and Razor… I’m always pleased when people post their results - and especially when they have the news they hoped for.
All the best
x
Thanks for posting the good news ladies - it makes the “9 out of 10 lumps turn out to be benign” more believable. So relieved for you. Enjoy your reprieve!!