I wanted to share my positive fibroadenoma story with you. 

Around three months ago, I found a lump in my left breast. In addition to the lump , I’ve had some mild breast discomfort, an achy feeling and sometimes shooting pains/pins and needle type sensation in that breast.

Of course you feel sick to the stomach when you find a lump. I left it around two months before I went to the doctors to get it checked. The doctor found nothing when he examined me, but I assured him there was definitely a lump in there, so he gave me two week referral to the breast clinic.

I was examined by a lovely breast care nurse. She felt my lump and told me she thought it felt like a fibroadenoma and explained what one was, although to be on the safe side I would have an MRI scan.

 Whilst having my MRI scan I was told it was advisable to have a biopsy right there and then which I agreed to, although I wasn’t expecting to have a biopsy so it took me back a little bit. 

After a short wait, I went back to see the breast care nurse who talked me through in more detail what they had found and that they had put my lump at a rating of 2, Which was likely to be benign. The rating scale is 1-5 ,With 1 being almost certainly benign and five being highly likely to be cancer.

I then had to wait two weeks for my biopsy results to be ready and booked in my follow-up appointment. 

Today I received a phone call from the same nurse to tell me that my biopsy results were completely benign and it was indeed a fibroadenoma. I felt so elated that I cried! 

These two weeks, in fact, the last two months have been the most anxious of my life. I felt like my life has been on hold. At 38 years old with two young children it’s not a situation anyone wants to think about.

I wanted to share this positive story as more often and not these breast lumps do turn out to be benign. So, if you are in the same situation or you’re having an anxious wait, do try and stay positive. It is most likely benign and I will be fine. I found comfort in reading positive stories like this. 

Of course I know not everybody’s result will come back as positive but a lot will and it’s important to try and stay positive.

This experience has given me a new outlook on life. Sounds silly, but I feel so grateful and appreciative.

I do hope that some find comfort reading this :) x