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

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

Hi there

The only thing thats changed is the venue, at least you are being seen early and in a couple of days time you'll have all the answers. I'm at the breast clinic this week as well - you never know we might be at the same one.

I'm not panicking/worrying, its an absolutely pointless exercise. Try and reign in your worries, keep yourself busy and fingers crossed we both come out with clear results :) xx

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

it it the two week appointment thats scared you? if so it really shouldnt, I've lost count of the number of ladies on here who thought the worse and it turned out to be nothing - even they had a two week appointment, its standard practice. I would keep hold of the fact your GP thinks its fibrodenoma - if your GP thought it was cancerious I believe she would have started to prepare you. I see your appointment is Tuesday, please come back and tell us how it went - hang on in there - you're stronger than you think 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 

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

Thank you

I hope you get good news too x

Hi,

I’ve only just read this thread and firstly want to say I’m so pleased your appointment went well, what a relief!

I’m where you were about 2 weeks ago so it has definitely helped me to know I’m not alone and that there’s great support on here as I can’t tell anyone I know as I don’t want to worry them unduly.

Thanks for posting  how you felt - that’s exactly how these boards can help.

xxx

Good luck i hope you get seen soon. i wont say ‘dont worry’ as if you are anything like me you will regardless

of logic. I wont fully relax til the bioposy says so as ots still a lump but scan looked clear & she felt it ‘move’ when she tried to biopsy it so thinks it nothing but at lesst eith a biopsy i know - didnt want to waste anyones time but she was very thorough & said its always best to do the tests when you are there & while most woman who go with a lump will have the tests & it be benign there will be one who goes that doesnt & the only way to make sure is a biopsy & its always best to get things checked x

Hello

i know this post is very old how did you get on?