Hello, I had my appointment with the consultant on Tuesday and waiting for results of biopsy and MDT meeting. I found a lump 6 weeks ago and my GP located a second lump 4 weeks ago, I was put on the 2WW which actually took 4 weeks. Appointment was Tuesday, consultant found both lumps and since finding the first lump 6 weeks ago I now have nipple inversion. Sent for an ultrasound but the lumps weren’t located…consultant concerned they weren’t located as they are evidently there and can be felt…core biopsy done and all to be discussed at MDT meeting…am I worrying for no reason? Consultant said she couldnt determine what the lumps are. Mammogram not offered due to age (35) and was told may be called back in for further biopsy.
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Have they given you a results appointment or will they contact you to arrange? The wait is awful, I sympathise, it’s a very stressful period. It’s only the biopsy results that will give the answer. I hope your wait isn’t too long, I had to wait about 8/9 days for both sets of biopsies.
Try and do things that distract you in a nice way in the meantime xx
Hi, consultant said up to 10 days and they will be in contact assuming that gives time for the biopsy results to come back and the meeting. I have been on annual leave this week as already had the week pre planned (was supposed to go on holiday) back to work Monday so will have plently to catch up on after being off, thats if i can concentrate. Thank you for replying. X
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you that all is ok.
I work with the public and as I’m self employed have seen a few whilst I await my operation on 31st. It’s interesting the amount who have experienced it directly or have known close relatives /friends/neighbours who’ve have. Some with 25 years plus being free of it, so it’s amazing what can be done now xx
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Hi Kay6
It’s frustrating all the waiting and I totally sympathise as can many of the people on this forum. You have to wait for the meeting to take place and that can’t be discussed until they have results.
At least you’ve had the biopsies done and that will reveal all. Sending you lots of hugs as this part is awlful
Keep us updated
Best wishes
Lynn x
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Hi Kay,
We all know that particular wait. I tried to convince myself that it was benign, but I’ll be honest, the speed at which I was sent from mammogram to biopsy (3hours- same day, 2 different units!), I was fairly sure the biopsy lady thought it was cancer. She was pretty intense when scanning, initially. I could actually see my tumour pretty clearly and it certainly looked dodgy!
Don’t Google too much, you’ll drive yourself insane…info overload!
If you feel you don’t want to go alone to that appointment- don’t go alone.
I went on my own to save my husband seeing me fall apart. But, in hind site, I needed his support. No matter how tough you think you are, if it comes back as cancer, you’ll feel like you’ve been hit by a freight train.
That said, not all cancers are the same and it obviously depends on what the biopsies are. They will have their plan for you, in place, on the day IF you have BC. And that’s a big IF.
The stats for most of them are very positive these days.
I’m currently 10 days post op and feeling good. I’m now awaiting pathology of my removed tumour & lymph nodes to see what my next steps are- radiotherapy : definitely. Chemo- maybe. Hormone treatment: definitely but which one depends on final results.
So, I am currently (hopfully) sitting here cancer free. With the rest of it is about precautionary therapy. I was diagnosed on 20th June 
… super quick!
So, we all wish you the very, very best. Hopfully it isn’t - but if it is, you will be in great hands and we are always here too. We are all in the same boat one way or another. We understand.
You take care…
Fingers crossed for you xx
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The lead up to the appointment i was positive that i would be told they were just benign on the day and everything fine. I went through this back in 2018/2019 on my other boob, i had a very large lump, scans and fine needle biopsy done, was told it was benign, results back three days later back into hospital and plan made for lump to be removed and that was done the next month. This time has just been the polar opposite and i wasnt expecting it at all even with the new nipple inversion, i did have my husband there with me on Tuesday and not short on people wanting to be there (3 requested to come with) just driving myself up the wall at the moment.
Hoping and praying that you are indeed cancer free, thank you for sharing your journey so far. You are in my thoughts, take care xxx
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Hi Kay,
Reading that you went through this process a few years back, it’s no wonder that you are crawling up the walls!!
The nipple inversion obviously needs looking at. If you are on the 2WW, im surprised you didn’t have mammogram - regardless of age.
I guess each unit has its own path though and you might yet still have one.
I had one before the ultrasound, although I’m much older than you, and after that I went straight back in with breast surgeon. He confirmed (with a very solemn face) that is definitely wasn’t a cyst (ergo- it IS something)… from there, I drove home thinking that I would get a call back during the week. I had already had a call back before I even made it home. My hb took the call and said give her 30 mins and call back.
I was in the house less than 10mins!! I had an appointment in a couple of hours at our local hospital for an ultrasound. That turned into ultrasound/biopsy. It was all scarily quick! From that point on, I was preying for clear but, really, I sort of knew. It’s still a bloody shock to have it confirmed though!
Prior to my first 2WW referal appointment, I was 100% convinced that it was nothing. Infact, I told friends that I’d found a lump but ‘it was just another hormonal lump/cyst’ … Perhaps, in hindsight, we just do that as a coping mechanism?? … I’m usually such a worry wort about stuff, but not with this- or not then anyway. It was odd, for me.
The absolute worst is the waiting from biopsy to results. It is just awful. But I have to say, once I knew (after the initial shock & panic) I actually got my head around around it and just focused on what I needed to do to get rid. I think a lot of ladies on here will say the same: the NOT knowing is much harder.
So, all the very best to you for your results. I hope you get some clarity pretty quickly. And, which ever way it goes, if you need a listening ear that understands, we are all here to listen.
Fingers crossed 
x