Tearful, frustrated and utterly confused!

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I recently went to see my GP because my left boob has got much bigger over the last three weeks. She gave me a week of antibiotics, but my boob just got bigger! It’s about two cup sizes larger than the other now, and it’s not very comfortable so I went back for a follow up. 

 

Saw a different GP, who wasn’t very thorough, asked me which breast concerned me, (erm perhaps the one that looks like a space hopper?), dismissed my concerns as ‘there’s no lump, so no cancer’. He grudgingly said he’d refer me but couldn’t refer urgently so I’d have to wait. I asked him what he thought it was, and he was a bit offhand and said ‘well I don’t know, this is why I’m referring you’.

 

That morning I got a call from the surgery to say I had an appointment with the breast specialist, which I felt quite relieved about - until I got a letter this morning to say that I have an appointment with the breast pain/male surgery department! I don’t have any real breast pain (just a feeling of pressure, heaviness and fullness in the left breast, and it does feel different to the right one) and and I am certainly not a bloke. 

 

I feel utterly ignored by the GP and confused by the whole thing. I have no idea what this clinic is for or what will happen there. Has anyone else had this issue?

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Hi wiccabasket

I’m sorry to read you’re having a tough time at the moment. I have included below the link to the BCC publication ‘referral to a breast clinic’ which explains what to expect at the breast clinic and the different tests you may have. If you would like to order a copy or read this on line just click on the link:-

www2.breastcancercare.org.uk/publications/worried-about-breast-cancer/referral-breast-clinic-bcc70

Also if you need additional support please don’t hesitate to contact the helpline on 0808 800 6000.  Here you can share your worries and concerns with a member of staff who will offer you a listening ear as well as emotional support and practical information.  Lines are open weekdays 9 to 5pm and Saturday 10 to 2pm.

Best wishes Sam, BCC Facilitator

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I would ring the breast clinic love and explain, then get back on to your Drs and ask to see a different one, they should be taking you more seriously than this, our surgery don’t hesitate to refer you and you are guaranteed and appointment within two weeks, don’t be fobbed off, it’s your body and you know when something isn’t right xx