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Dr referral to the breast clinic. What will happen at appt?

lady_penelope
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hi all

i went to gp on monday  who after examination said she could feel mass or thickening 3cm by 2 cm  has referred me to breast clinic said i should here within 3 weeks , she dont think its to concerning as i have discomfort 

on tuesday morning i had a call with thier earlist appointment date on the 8th march 

i asked what would roughly happen, nice lady on the phone said " you will have a mamagram , see consultant same day , and if need any other scan or biopsy also same day " 

so starting to panic little what has gp not told me , is it normal to have extra test same day if needed ?

trying my hardest to stay away from dr google 

got to try stay positive next 4 weeks 

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    Hi, my experience was that the GP felt the lump and asked me questions, then he did the referal to the Breast Clinic there and then.

    I went along to the Breast Clinic at the Hospital where the consultant examined me, he then sent me along for a mammogram,then based on those results I was given a breast biopsy straight after the mammogram on the same day - core biopsy I believe it was called.. So it seems that if the mammogram shows something they do the biopsies straight after on the same day - that was how it was for me. 

    I did not enjoy the biopsies at all but realise they needed doing. 

    They let me know they were concerned, I did find it all emotionally very very difficult but they were all very kind.

    I expected the worst to be honest and at the next follow up appointment they let me know it was cancer I am being referred to and Oncologist for treatment.

    None of it feels real to be honest and just going through the process hoping for the best. There are people with amazing outcomes so I am focussing on that to be honest. Sometimes Google can be good in seeing how well people are doing on treatments.

    Best wishes, I hope it goes well for you, I know how terrifying it is x

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    hugs 

     

    my gp asked me the same questions the closet relative to my self is my fathers 2 sister had breast cancer , on my mother side its 2nd cousins and a few great aunties 

    my sister has yearly smears as she had abnormal cells 

    i thought it was a welsh thing where extra test be done same day 

    im on life long warfarin so thought of having biopsy should be fun if i bled afterwards or they have to cut 

     

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    As far as I remember they did ask if I was on any blood thinners etc, but if not definitley let them know that you are. I'm not and I did bleed which didn't stop straight away they had to apply pressure for a while. The pain killing injections work though.

    I really hope it goes OK for you, it was over very quickly. x

  • Offline in reply to AnnetteSky

    thank you for reply 

    i know when i had cholesteatoma in my ear i had to have mastiod removal normally day op over at most overnight stay , but as im on warfarin ended up being 8 days 

    im just inpatiant 

     

    thank all for your replies 

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