Breast Cancer Now Forum

I'm so relieved for you after such a long wait for your appointment. It sounds like you have lots of breast issues there but thank goodness they are all benign. Good luck with your move!! 🙂 ... View more

Thanks Rachie. Our breasts are pretty complex, that's for sure! ... View more

I was seen today but the consultant couldn't feel the actual lump that brought me into the BCC. He examined me sat up and I can feel it better lying down. He said that was a good sign that it wasn't malignant as cancerous lumps are more prominent and can be felt easily whether stood, sat or lying. As I'd had a mammogram within 6 months and have dense breasts he saw no reason to repeat it but I had another ultrasound. The sonographer asked where the lump was. I showed her, she put the probe directly above it and I was so relieved that this time, the lump showed up. She confirmed that it is glandular and will possibly grow and I'll have it until menopause. It made all the difference coming away from the BCC this time, knowing exactly what was what and that my lump was actually seen on the ultrasound. So good news. 🙂   ... View more

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 ... View more

Hi mamof3. I'm a mum of 4. 🙂 If you're not happy with what your GP has recommended, why don't you see another GP at your practice for a second opinion? I expect your GP wants to see if the lumps are hormone related hence why she wants you to wait. Googling can be helpful at times and anxiety-increasing at others. Hopefully your GP is correct and you just have cysts but if you're feeling that this is going to spoil your holiday and it's certainly worried you to the point that you've lost your appetite, I'd perhaps consider seeing another Dr to see if that helps to put your mind at rest. Good luck. x ... View more

All sorted now! My post were being quarantined. Thanks to Anna for letting me know. ... View more

I'm really happy for you that you just have cysts and the doctor didn't seem concerned, but can appreciate why you have that niggling thought about what the mammographer said. I felt happy but frustrated when I went to the BCC last December and was given the all-clear but no explanation. It was excellent news and yet I wasn't satisfied with the answer that sometimes they just didn't know the cause of tethering. I didn't expect to be returning so soon with new lumps, but I'm going to insist on a full explanation where possible at my appointment tomorrow. If you're still concerned, you could always phone up and ask to speak to someone. I'm sure all is well though and you can now look forward to the summer. x ... View more

I'm so relieved for you that everything looks benign, but can understand your emotions. It's hard not to think about the likelihood of malignancy and I think any breast scare seems to take over your mind until you have results. I can empathise with your flatness but am glad you're feeling better now. Fingers crossed the biopsy results will confirm everything. x ... View more

Sorry for the madness with all the comments. I had an email today explaining that as a new member my comments were being quarantined and there was a bit of a hiccup with them disappearing. They've now resurfaced, so apologies for my repeating myself. I was just trying so hard to comment and couldn't understand why nothing was showing up. ... View more

Thank you both for your responses and support. I'm going to the BCC on Thursday so hopefully will get some definitive answers or at least have a biopsy or maybe more. I've been trying to post a reply for days but each time it says they have posted but I can't see them on the thread. Fingers crossed this time it'll work! ... View more

Hi Amyeek, I empathise as the waiting is so hard. I'm sorry you have to wait so long for your appointment. I'm back to the BCC next Thursday. It'll be my second visit in 6 months and I hope to get some definite answers this time. It is really difficult not to think about symptoms and keep re-examining to check for changes, so I know how that feels. I hope you're doing okay. x ... View more

Hi Rach, I'm awaiting an appointment at the BCC next week and I keep feeling for my lump to see if it's changed at all. I presume that your appointment was this Wednesday (2 days ago), so wondered how things went? I hope you're doing okay. X ... View more

Thank you both for your support and responses. I have an appointment for next Thursday and I know I shall fell so much happier to get there and get things moving. I hate being in limbo and waiting. I'm hoping that they will do a biopsy (or biopsies). I can now feel other areas that are lumpy, which is where the original tethering from last year was. I've tried so many times to post a reply but for some reason I have been unable to reply to this post or comment on any others, so should this not work, I'll open a new thread asking for some help. I've read through the FAQs, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong! Wishing you both all the very best. x ... View more

Thank you both for your responses and support. I have tried to reply twice before, but I don't know where they're going as they haven't posted. Within 24 hours I heard from the BCC with an appointment for next Thursday. I'm looking forward to going and getting it over with and now I'm more aware that lumps won't necessarily show up on mammograms or ultrasound, I am hoping to have a biopsy, just so that I can have a proper answer, whatever the case. Being in limbo is the worst. I think once you know what you're dealing with, you can get on with it. My husband celebrated 10 years cancer free yesterday, so I know I'll be happier, for want of a better word, once I know what is what. I wish you both all the best. x ... View more

Hi Mael, I really feel for you. It really does take over your mind and it becomes so difficult to concentrate on anything else. I really believe that this being 'in limbo' waiting is the worst. I'm currently awaiting my second appointment to the BCC in 6 months. My appointment is next week and I'm trying to keep busy, but I empathise that waiting for biopsy results must be horrendous, especially when they've told you it's malignant already.   I would indulge yourself in some cake or chocolate and if you can concentrate on a book or tv programme, try to keep your mind occupied that way, but I understand how difficult that is. x   ... View more

I think I would chase it up if I was you. On both occasions that I've been referred to the BCC, I received a call within 24 hours to book my appointment. Good luck and I hope you get your appointment soon. x ... View more

Thank you both for your responses and support. I hope that I am offered a biopsy this time too, just for my own piece of mind, whatever the outcome. Obviously, I don't much fancy having one but I know this will give me some reassurance and I can then move on - either to try not to worry or to begin making treatment plans. I really don't want to leave the hospital this time without knowing what it is or what is causing it. At least if I have a biopsy I will know that I should have the results in about a week.  I now have my appointment for next Thursday, so not too long to wait at all. I hate being in limbo and waiting for things. I'd rather know, no matter what it is. It just goes to show that something they don't necessarily think looks suspicious can well be a malignant lump. I've been reading through the forum and discovered that this happens a lot. So it has certainly given me the boost to insist on a full explanation this time and to ask for further investigations if they don't offer them, either a biopsy or MRI. Good luck to you both. x   ... View more

Thanks for your response and support, Cass. I tried a quick reply but it didn't post so I'm trying again! I'm really sorry that your Dr didn't refer you initially and I hope the chemo is going as well as one can hope for. I don't really much fancy having a biopsy but I'd prefer to have one, whatever the results, than be sent home with no explanation again. I don't want to be going to and fro from the breast clinic too often! I think it's frustrating because this lump has come so soon after my last and I can't help but wonder if they are connected, even though the tethering and first lump disappeared. I wish you all the best with your treatment. X ... View more

Hi Cass. Thanks for your reply and support. I'm really sorry that your GP didn't refer you initially. I hope you're coping well with the chemo. I think I'd almost feel relieved if I received a cancer diagnosis as I wonder how often I can to and fro to the breast clinic with benign lumps they can't explain! I can't help but feel this is so soon after the previous lump that something could be amiss and yet I'm really calm and stoical about the whole thing. Obviously I don't much fancy a biopsy but I rather want one this time so I can feel more reassured by whatever I'm told. I wish you good health and all the very best with your treatment. X ... View more