Hi Worried30s,

A very warm welcome to our forum.

Not all lumps are cancerous. Many turn out to be benign cysts or fibroadenoma - probably a more logical solution, if you have always had lumpy breasts. You have done the right thing by consulting your GP. Give the Flucloxacillin a chance to reduce these first, but, if the lumps are still there, once you've finished the course, do go back and ask for referral to the breast clinic. The incidence of breast cancer is greater in older people, but it seems to be affecting an increased number of younger people in recent years. The only way to be certain that there is nothing untoward, is to have some scans to show the type of lump and a biopsy to check whether or not there is any cancer present.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Thankyou for replying,Iam someone who also suffers with anxiety and it goes straight to my digestive system.since finding these lumps I can barely eat or sleep,I'm not present in anything going on around me it's like everything has stopped.im trying to rationalise in my head it could be a number of benign conditions but my mind keeps catastrophizing it's awful :(

Hi Worried,

Unfortunately, most of us suffer the symptoms you describe, while waiting for results. We also tend to give reign to our over-active imaginations, which take us to all sorts of dark places and we seem incapable of rationalising. Fortunately, things are seldom as bad as we imagine, at this stage.

Stay positive - and here's hoping for good news.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

It's so hard to stay positive but I'm trying,I will update with any news xx