Hi everyone, my mum was recently referred to the breast clinic for a check up on a lump she felt on her sternum. They did 2 mammograms and and an ultrasound and put her mind at rest about that - it was due to inflamation caused by doing sport.
However, she was asked to come back into the room because the consultant radiologist had found a shadow on the mammogram of her left breast. The shadow was not there during her last scan (which was two years ago, she’d gone because she was concerned about something else that turned out to be nothing) and they said that if it had been fatty tissue it should have dissipated by the second mammogram.
So they’ve asked her to come back tomorrow for a core biopsy. They wouldn’t do it on Monday because it was too near their afternoon clinic and they said she wasn’t urgent enough.
She’s absolutely terrified and insists that she knows its cancer. Its one of her worst nightmares and she thinks its come true. My question is, have any of you had a similar experience? Or does this sound like it could be cancer?
I just don’t know what to say to her sometimes, we speak about it all the time and she’s losing sleep over it. She says its like shes on autopilot and its just always on her mind. I want to be there for her but I just don’t know what is the right thing to say.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I’m praying she’s going to be ok.