Hi there

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I’m glad you went to see your GP, best to see to anything amiss. I don’t think size of the lump is relevant, when it comes to cancer it’s how the lump feels and your GP is an expert in determining if the lump is suspicious or not. I would take some comfort in that she thinks you’ve nothing to worry about and that she came to the conclusion it was a fibrous. Of course she wants to make sure she’s 100% correct hence why she’s sent you to have an ultrasound.

if she thought it was cancer you’d be on the two week cancer pathway and seen in a breast clinic. There are quite a few ladies in here that had fibroadenoma so hopefully they’ll come along and offer support.

Only natural to be worried but try and put it to the back of your mind if you can and if it does raise it’s head remind yourself what your GP said. Please let us know how you get on. Take care x

Thanks for replying. We dont have the 2 week system in Scotland so its just an ultrasound at the local hopsital i'll get when they can fit it in. Its because she said its the size of a marble and its not its bigger thats worrying me - i keep telling myself its nothing to worry about but at the same time convincing myself she is wrong (its a new gp to where i was before and i havent been impressed so far when i've taken the kids) and that it will be cancer and im wasting time. I didnt know what a fibroadenoma was so i googled it which wasnt my brightest idea and i am paranoid as its bigger than it was so i dont know if thats normal for it to grow. Sorry just no one to talk to or help get some of the paranoia away with not having my mum around and altough i tell myself its nothing i cant shake that worry - if i knew how long i would be waiting or if it was to a breast clinic that would help a bit! x

Hi

Really sorry you don’t have your mum around, I’m in Scotland and want to reassure you that we do have a two week system for those who have a suspicious lump.. Although you’ve been referred to the hospital for an ultrasound it will be done by a breast radiologist at the hospital so no different than being seen at a breast clinic and young women can have dense breasts and therefore require an ultrasound rather than a mammogram. You might be lucky and get seen really quickly as I was referred for an ultrasound the other week and was seen 6 days later. Told hospital radiology quieter than our breast clinics as the later have to deal with breast screening patients.

Please stay away from Dr Google, it’s the worse thing you could do. You’ll never get any reassurance from it.

i know it’s a shock to find any lump, been there ... but try and reign in your paranoia as you’ll make yourself ill with worry and by your account it looks like your worrying over something that’s quite common in someone your age. 

X

Thanks. It was the gp that told me there was no specific refferal system in Scotland she said even if she tought it was something else i would still need to wait 6-8 weeks to be seen? i was thinking an ultrasound at the hospital might have a quicker turn around period. 

I only googled as had never heard of fibroadenoma before - i just dont think it necessarily  fits with how thats described everywhere hence the worrying so just wondered if anyone had one and what it was like to compare

Is your lump movable? Does it feel rubbery? Can you describe it to me?

im not sure how to describe it. its biggish (bigger than marble size as she described it) dont think it moves and cant tell if its rubbery or not as my boobs ar practically down at my knees now as they have always been quite big but just sag now with lots of lose skin from having babies. its gone from a small bump (which i wasnt 100% convinced was there) to a bigger one which if i pull my boob up and pull the lose skin at the top tighter is visible just from the outside. Theres also 'indents' round it only when i pull it up like that not normally (doesnt do that on the other side though if i pull it up) to be honest i have no idea now - i go from reading the benign lumps are small and pea sized to reading that those are the cancerous ones and the bigger ones arent - it doesnt feel like a round lump if that makes sense. Suppose i've just got myself worked up with how quicly my mums cancer, prognosis and death was but that was a more agressive form of cancer but worrying. i also know someone who had breast cancer at my age so i know although its unlikely it not impossible i just feel like the gp was blase which is ok if she is convinced its a fibroadenoma but then with saying no guidelines even if she was worried but you saying there is i just dont know now will need to stay off computer and try not to read anyting else and hope it is just 2-3 weeks and not months. its sore but only i think becaus ei have been poking and proding it as theres been no other pain from there til i found the lump.

Sorry, with your mum passing with cancer it’s only natural that you’ll be thinking the worse, we can judge our own symptoms based on other people’s experiences and it can skew our thinking. From everything you say esp that it’s getting bigger it does sound like fibroadenoma - they can get very large. Cancer lumps are very hard, immovable, painless, irregular shape, takes years to get bigger. 

Perhaps being away from the computer would help with your anxiety, I hope you get your appointment soon and that you get the all clear.

sending a virtual hug and love x

i’ve got an appointment next week so 12 days from seeing gp & its not the local hospital for an ultrasound like she said but a breast clinic appointment at a bigger inw. the logical part of my brain knows/says its nothing to worry about so i’ve been ok all week but full on panic tonight have convinced myself its bad and panicking for my kids! Hoping for a scan & to get told its clearly a cyst or a fibroadenoma but hoprfullyhave a better idea soon x

Thanks i have been ok til now but lost it a bit last night keep feeling sick, cant eat, crying doesnt matter how much i tell myself not to that it’ll be nothing serious i cant help it & even though i cant change it if it was something bad i just look at my kids & struggle & i’ve no one to talk to about it. Hoping scan shows cyst ot fibrodenoma & thats it all done but next few days will be hard.

Good luck at your appointment z