Hi girls,
I was on here in September and found such support and kindness. Back then I found a hard pea shaped lump in my right breast, after the terrible wait the core biopsies from the ultrasound came back clear as ‘normal breast tissue’.
Since then I have experienced a lot of breast pain that does not seem to be that hormonally related despite my endometriosis condition getting generally worse. The area around the lump has also got hardenend and there is a thickenend area around the side of the lump and down the breast a little way.
My GP is very good and re refered me to the breast clinic, I went today and didn’t have a great exeperience with the nurses. I have been a nurse for 13 years and always try to be kind and understanding, I felt they thought I was being a time waster as my initial test results were clear in September. Luckily, the doctor thought that I should have the hardenend area looked at on ultrasound. They couldn’t do it today so I have to wait until Wednesday.
I am in a real state tonight trying to look after my two girls aged 2 and 4. My husband is great and very supportive.
I lost my dearest best friend of 20 years in October, she died of liver cancer aged 35. It has deeply affected me and I am scared stiff my intial diagnosis was wrong and they missed the cancer.
Could it be scar tissue?
I would appreciate any replies. I often think of everyone on this website, I send you all love and hope x
Hi Breevo i understand you must be frantic again as the waiting for results it the worst time for all of us .It does seem unlikely that another lump would show up enough for you to feel anything in such a short time but you have done the right thing to get it checked out and be re-referred to the breast clinic its better to be safe than sorry and dont feel that you are being over-catious or a time waster you certainly are NOT .Sometimes we have to be a bit of a nuisence to be heard, I really hope everything turns out ok again and nothing to worry about ,but if you need us we are all here PM me anytime. I also lost a good friend and collegue in Oct to BC we were both diagnosed within a week of each other and went through surgery and chemo together we are both nurses aswell,infact it was because of her describing the same symptoms as me that i went to get checked out as mine felt like a thickening ( like a tendon) more than a lump and i was getting burning stabbing pains that woke me up at night but intermitently. So i fully understand how you feel loosing youre friend xxxx Julie
Thankyou Julie, you seem a lovely nurse, I wish i had seen you today! I am trying to remain rational but it’s hard. I wish you luck and health in your recovery. x
breevo, I don’t know if this will help, but I know that I didn’t have any discomfort in my breast at all until after I’d had a few core biopsies taken, and then it did have stabbing pains and it ached. That, I was told, was because of the biopsies, so as you also had biopsies a few months back I would have thought you could be feeling the same thing. If you’re the sort of person who does scar fairly easily it seems sensible to suspect that the hardening you’re feeling is related to the biopsies, but you’ve done absolutely the right thing by pestering to have it checked.
That is YOUR BODY we’re talking about, not just a slab of steak on a meat counter, so you have every right to ask for assurance if you are worried. No-one on here would say you shouldn’t pester, and I’m sure the doctors would much prefer 10 people to come in for something that turns out to be completely ok than 1 person with trouble not turning up for fear of being a nuisance.
The doctors at breast clinics specialise in looking at breasts, so you’re in the right hands, but we know how much worry it is to be in “the waiting room”, so we’re all here for you. Please keep us posted and share your good news when you get it, which I really hope you do.
CM
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Thanks CM, i really appreciate your words. I have a lot of fear inside me about the loss of my best friend from cancer so young 3 months ago. I helped to nurse her and it was immensely hard. Her daughter who is 2 is my goddaughter so Im still staying strong for her.
I just wish they would remove the lump and tell me the hardening is ok. The waiting is so hard!
Scan tomorrow morning at 9am so fingers x!
Love and luck to you xxxxx
Just thought I would let you know that the ultrasound showed lots of glandular hard tissue prob related to my endometriosis- I will have to keep an eye on the lump but it is benign. I am very lucky it was nothing else.
I just wanted to thank you for supporting me again- this is an inspirational forum & offers light and hope in what can be a very worrying dark time.
I send you all cyber hugs and luck for the future x
Excellent news Breevo, so glad to hear it, you must be so relieved and I’m delighted for you xx