Hello
I have just found this site after trawling through everything I can find about breast lumps. I found a lump in my left breast two weeks ago and went to the doctors next day. He confirmed there was a ‘moderate’ sized lump just under my nipple and referred me to the hospital for a mammogram and biopsy. So since then all I have done is research and research everything I can find on this and try my hardest to find a good description of the difference between a benign lump and a cancerous one. I am 46 and both my mum and nan died of breast cancer my older sister had a mammogram recently and is fine. I run my own pre-school and trying to keep all smily and happy has driven me insane. I just want what ever this is in my breast out of me and to be okay but I have pretty much convinced myself it wont be good news. I dont have many of the breast symptoms that we read about such as dimpling of the skin, inverted nipple etc but my lump is completely painless and does not move. I just cant stand waiting and just want it over and done with now. My appointment is Thursday morning and I havent told anyone yet only a work colleague. My son is sitting his uni exams and I dont want to worry him and I am a single mum so dont really have anyone to cry to at the moment. I wont tell my sister in case she tells my son so I feel pretty lonely at the moment and so very scared.
Sorry if I have gone on a bit I just wanted to be part of something that others might feel as I do.
x
Oh bless you love, I know just how frightening all this is for you, like you I had lost my mum to breast cancer so when I found a lump in February I was terrified but went straight to the doctors and was referred to the breast clinic within a week, my lump turned out to be fat and my mammogram was clear but they also check via ultrasound at the clinic and they found another un palpable lump which was biopsied as a precaution although they were certain it was a harmless fibrodonema which it was but my results showed that by sheer chance he had picked up some early cancer cells lurking on the edge of it that neither mammogram or ultrasound Had picked up so although it wasn’t the news I had hoped for I’ve been very fortunate to have had it found so early and all because something totally harmless led me too it, I like to think it was mums guiding hand ? two months on its all been removed with no node spread and I will be having just 3 weeks of radiotherapy as a precaution, I know it’s utterly terrifying but most lumps are nothing and they will check you very throughly and if they find anything untoward they will deal with it, Ive been in some very dark places since I was diagnosed but have come out the other side now and know I have been lucky, you really do just need to take it a day at a time and not try and second guess anything, I had myself condemned from the off but my diagnosis is actually nothing like that and I have more than a 95% chance of no recurrence, please feel free to off load your worries to any of us on here , we have all been in your shoes and totally understand everything you are feeling, lots of love and hugs to you, Jo xx
Hi Stanton
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Lucy BCC
Hi Stanton. I’m also at the BCC tomorrow. The waiting is very hard, I agree. I’ll have you in my thoughts tomorrow. Good luck! x
hi stanton i had a painless hard lump under my nipple had core biopsy and vacuum excision, it was a papiloma and benign, they are usually under nipple and aereola hope this helps x