Found a lump in my breast. So scared it's cancer

I'm 36, and have found a (little) fingernail size lump in my left upper left side breast, it's fully moveable I can sort of move it up and down and in circles if you get me? It's a little tender to move and press but not really painful. There feels like a hard thickness underneath the lump. 
 

i had a fibroadenoma about 8/9 years ago I was diagnosed at the breast clinic after an ultrasound. 
i can not remember what the lump felt like then. 
 

i am absolutely terrified it is cancer, I have 2 children I can not leave them I just can't. 
I'm going to ring doctors first thing. 
 

can anyone offer me any reassurance before I start writing letters for my kids for the next 10 years! 
 

  • Thank you, he couldn't see any lump, or marks or anything like that and said the lump moved about but all lumps are different x

  • I feel absolutely terrified tonight I've read so many stories and watched so many videos about women having cancer that they was told was "nothing to worry about" 

    I don't know how I'm going to endure the 2ww to see the breast clinic I can't eat sleep focus all I keep doing is googling and touching the lump 

  • Hi scared to sleep , try not to worry , if you could book a private clinic they do a mammogram , if anything is on the mammogram they do biopsy and ultrasound straight away my first appointment was 40 mins they done all that and they told me it was suspicious within that time I had to them wait only one week after for biopsy results so that's pretty quick . If that could stop you worrying it maybe worth going private for that part , if anything is found tgey can transfer you back to nhs but hopefully it isn't anything but would stop you having to wait good luck xx 

  • Hi, I recently had a similar scare. Moveable lumps in both boobs AND a thickened area. GP couldnt feel it but referred to breast clinic anyway. Dr felt it straight away and referred to ultrasound. Turned out to be cysts and dense breast tissue. You probably know that 9/10 trips to the breast clinic do not result in a cancer diagnosis. I'm in my thirties with two kids too. When I was feeling very anxious I reminded myself that breast cancer is treatable in most cases and that I would cope with any outcome. And the truth is- you would. The waiting is the worst bit. You must spend time with peopl and distract yourself with tasks you like to do. It will be OK. Xxx

  • Thank you for replying, There isn't any private clinics where I live and I don't think we'd be able to afford it anyway what with things the way they are. 

  • Thank you for replying. 
    Ive read so much about radiographers saying they are cysts and then they turn out to be cancer, I just don't know how I would cope. What if I haven't ever noticed it and they say sorry it's terminal and I have to tell my kids I'm dying! 
    My kids wont cope they're teenage girls how will they manage without a mum i just can't stop worrying! 
     

  • I probably sound self absorbed and like I'm being stupid but I am genuinely utterly terrified for my life. I can not shake this feeling that it's cancer. I watched a video today of a woman with a lump just like mine, was fobbed off at the Gp as a cyst, told no lymph nodes were swollen and was sent to the clinic to shut her up. Ultra sound showed a mass, numourous lymph nodes were found that it had spread to and she ended up being stage 4 cancer and is leaving a family behind. 
    even women on here have written that they've been told fibroadenoma and the no sorry it's cancer. 
    i have health anxiety anyway but this is another level of panic, it's consuming my actual life 24/7 

  • Hi scarredtosleep, I can imagine you are feeling utterly terrified but I dont think your helping by looking at things online like that. You need to stay positive, I know its easier said than done but it could turn out to be nothing serious. When I was waiting for my results and appointments for breast clinic I just looked on here and found it helped rather than look at other things about cancer on Google. The waiting is the worse bit tbh so I know exactly how your feeling. 

    Please stay positive

    Best wishes and thinking of you xx

  • Try not to worry , keep busy and hopefully all will be good for you xxx good luck xx 

  • I know I'm not helping but I don't know what else to do. I feel like I now have 3 lumps not 1! I've read about sarcoma that attaches to tissue, could it be that? It's so painful today I've had to take pain relief and inthink that breast is bigger than the other now too. Shall I ring breast clinic and say I think there's 3 lumps now not 1 and it's a different size? 
    yes it is the waiting and no one in real life is helping they just say don't worry it's probably nothing not all lumps are cancer and it isn't helping at all!!