just had biopsy with fibroadenoma diagnosis myself, was told not related to cancer. if you need a second opinion or want to be seen quickly i would get back to Dr. I am in Cambridgeshire and there is a strict 2 week limit here on follow ups. All the best with things x

Glad you had good news - keeping my fingers crossed its same for me. Can i ask how your fibroadenoma ‘felt’ to you?

Appointment is Tuesday so not too much longer (12 days from seeing gp so quite quick & one where they can do all tbe tests on the day if necessary) i go between being calm thinking its nothing to worrying im

dying the next its ridiculous but i cant control it in just really scared! x

no, i know they can see you quite quickly its just she saidtheres no time frame and even if it was an urgent referral i’d be waiting a month or so and because she told me it’s just be an ultrasound not a full breast clinc appointment i’d get & because im not filled with confidance as she told me she thinks it is probably a fibroadenoma & said if the scan shows its ok they can drain the lump away but when i googled fibroadenoma its fatty not fluid filled so you cant drain it? so im thinking shes no clue (fair enough shes a gp not an expert) & has refefred me to double check which im pleased about i just cant shake the ‘feeling’ i have in my gut that its bad. 

I’ve  always had a fear given how quickly we lost my mum (although i know oesophageal cancer is much different in terms of available treatments and prognosis) its scary as all the women seem to die young - we have no family & im petrified for my  kids & if it was cancer how the hell we’d cope as i do everything on my own all the time (my husband works long hours to support us but is selfemployed so if he needs time off to look after the kids we’ll have no money which is a whole other load of worry) I’m sticking to the fact it’ll be nothing 95% of the time but reading stories were people have been told fibroadenoma and then biopsy says otherwise makes me think i cant take anything for granted & i cant help but panic.hopefully i get the scan on tuesday! x

I can see why you're confused regarding GP. I imagine she was having a conversation in her head thinking it could be a cyst or fibroad and had linked the two but obviously you have lost trust and this is adding to your distress.  I'm aware how this could lead you to think she doesnt know what she's talking about, but GPs are highly trained but of course none of us can take anything for granted but until you're told otherwise your GP feels this is benign. I understand your fears regarding cancer as you've seen the most tragic consequences of it in relation to your mum and this has formed your view on cancer. Its also understandable that you'll think of your kids, husband etc - you are feeling vunerable and see how vunerable they would be if anything happened to you but you're running ahead of yourself, lets see what Tuesday brings x

Thanks. Suppose its just because i dont have anyone to talk too (my husband is worried but has convinced himself its nothing so wont discuss anything else or fears til hes told otherwise & i wish i could be more like that) i think my gran had what my mum had as they were similar but my gran died of ‘heart failure’ & we never had a diagnosis of anything else but a few years later my mum went exactly the same way so we always thought maybe my gran had something then my great gran died of breast cancer & im so like my mum in many ways i cant help thinking the women in my family get cancer & die you g so why wouldnt i?! its ridiculous i know but i cant stop my mind running away with me. i know if i need a biopsy it foesnt necessarily mean cancer but does mean more weeks worrying for nothing so im hoping on examination by a specialist they dont feel its anything bad cause i’ve no faith in the (new as changed surgeries this year) gp then a scan to confirm either cyst or fibroadenoma.

thanks for replying x

I have many relatives who have had cancer and there are some in my family who think its somehow passed in the family but thats not true. Each one has had a different cancer and there is no link. I think your husband has the right attitude, its not cancer until they say its cancer. He would be no use to you if he was also worried sick and ruminated on the 'what ifs'. At clinic they will do whatever they feel they need to do to be able to give you a diagnosis, so dont read too much into it. x 

thought I'd pop on to wish you luck for tomorrow, hopefully you'll be able to sleep tonight. Please come back and let us know how you got on xx

Thank you. 

Wass there a few hours examined thought it was a cyst but ultrasound didnt show anything so she biopsied

it ‘just in case’ but thankfully is convinced its nothing. Said i’ll get results end of next week start of the following week but should be easier not to worry now its more or less saod to be ok.

I know how pathetic posts like mine must seem to those been given a cancer diagnosis but i was genuinely scared more for the kids as no one for them.

How did you get on today? x

Thats great news and your posts have never been pathetic. mine is not for another couple of days but I'm sure everything will be okay. Take care of yourself and those little ones of yours x