Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is the wrong place to be posting this but I am currently waiting for my hospital appointment for a lump in my breast. 

In Feb 2024 I went to the hospital for a 2cm lump at the bottom of my right breast. The doctor said I have very dense breasts and could feel a couple of lumps I hadn't even been aware of but he said they were cysts. They said the mass I could feel was just thickened tissue (although my GP had previously agreed that it was a lump) and made me feel like I was worried about nothing. They didn't take any biopsies and said I was too young to have a mammogram as I was under 40 (At that point I was 39). They just did a very brief ultrasound.

The last couple of months I noticed that the initial lump I had found was growing. I waited before going back to the GP as i didn't want to make a fuss and having been told it was nothing to worry about before, I tried to ignore it. 

However it continued to grow and has now reached approx 5cm wide. So I went back to my GP who said it might be a fibroadenoma and has refered me back to the breast clinic at the hospital. I was told it should be around a two week wait- but the doctors forgot to put my referal in initially and so it has ended up being a month before I will be seen. My appointment is now on 22nd December and I am getting really worried while I wait- especially as I have since found another lump on the other breast which is around 1cm in size. The larger lump is be becoming tender as where it is located it rubs against my underwire of my bras.

I am feeling concerned as it seems like the lumps are growing quite rapidly now and I am worried that I might just get fobbed off again at the hospital. I am really hoping that they take it seriously this time and do some further tests. I have read some of the posts on here from people who have been told their lump was a fibroadenoma and it has turned out to be worse, which makes me nervous that they didn't investigate properly last time. I really hope they agree to remove the lump so I can have some peace of mind that it is nothing to worry about. 

Sorry for rambling on- I just hoped that someone here my be able to give me some practical advice on how to advocate for myself at the hospital appointment so I don't feel fobbed off again.

Thanks