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

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 

Parents
  • Hiya I have my appointment today at breast clinic I have lumpy breast tissue my doctor told me no lumps etc she doesn't think it is naughty but just being safe and to ease my mind what I know is you go see the doctor they feel etc then they decide if u have mammogram ultrasound scan or both I believe you only have biopsy if they are unsure wether it's cancerous or not or if its a cyst I think it's a good thing in a way to have these tests if need be on same day as idont think I could cope with more waiting I'm Currently trying not to throw up feel so sick I have pain all over my breasts now also feel like my armpit hurts to dunno if it is my anxiety causing this as the mind can do this I stupidly googled yesterday now feel like I defo have cancer pain and 2 little round lumps in my under arm in the middle from armpit to elbow I don't know how I'm honestly gonna cope till this appointment this afternoon 

  • Hi I feel as if I'm in the same boat Anxious Nelly, just joined this forum(?) so hope I'm replying correctly!! I went to my GP two days ago with pain in my left breast and shoulder, she examined me and said she could feel a couple of lumpy areas in my breast and referred me to the local hospital for a mammogram, I received a letter from the hospital this morning advising that I'd been fast tracked by my GP, my appointment is in a couple of weeks!!  I must add that I've had breast cancer before about 12 years ago!!  Feel worried to say the least!!

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  • Hi I feel as if I'm in the same boat Anxious Nelly, just joined this forum(?) so hope I'm replying correctly!! I went to my GP two days ago with pain in my left breast and shoulder, she examined me and said she could feel a couple of lumpy areas in my breast and referred me to the local hospital for a mammogram, I received a letter from the hospital this morning advising that I'd been fast tracked by my GP, my appointment is in a couple of weeks!!  I must add that I've had breast cancer before about 12 years ago!!  Feel worried to say the least!!

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  • Hiya yeah my doctor said she could feel lumpy breast tissue i had 2 mammograms and ultrasound and obviously doctor felt but they said all was OK nothing to worry about at all I thought I had dimpling aswell but they where thorough when checking etc so I do feel confident but I still get twinges in boobs and a couple in shoulder but I'm putting shoulder down to my arm I've had elbow pain for about 5/6 months and my hands go funny not pins and needles like pressure I also get pains in fingers I do need to ho to the doctors to sort that out but I suffer so bad with health anxiety so I have been worried that it's something very serious aswell but I need to get over this ordeal of breast clinic etc I know it sounds very dramatic but don't think I can suffer anxiety so soon if tgeybwant to send me for scans bloods etc