Advice please

Hi new here, I'm 35 and have just found a lump in my left breast, it's quite deep down and more long than round, anyway I started feeling a vibrating in my breast a couple weeks ago and been checking regular, found this lump on Thursday and was seen by GP today who agreed there was a lump and thickening of the breast tissue and has referred me to the breast clinic,  I lost my mum when she was 44 to breast cancer which spread rapidly, she waited 12 weeks to be seen at the hospital and died within 7 months of diagnosis, I have started to get a pain more so at the left side of my breast, the lump is more at the bottom of my breast but quite deep down,   My anxiety is horrendous already think It's stirring emotions with what happened with my mum but I don't think I can wait months to be seen, it's probably just a cyst but just need some reassurance please 

  • Hi,

    I'm so sorry to read what you're going through, especially after what happened with your Mum. This must be really traumatic for you. 

    I've got a lump too, and was seen withing 2 weeks. Now waiting on biopsy results. They think it's a Fibroadenoma. I have also had two cysts in the past, so try to be reassured that there are definitely benign lumps and apparently only a very few are cancer. Of course you will have the added worry about your mum. I would speak to the consultant when you get your appt and explain why you are particularly nervous, they are very understanding. 

    Hopefully your appt will come through v soon within the next two weeks. That's the normal procedure for any lump, so don't take it as a sinister sign. 

    I hope you have friends and family you can share with. 

    All the very best xx

  • Thanks so much for your reply, I have 2 kids and I think I'm just winding myself up into a tizzy, it's most likely nothing to worry about, I have people around me but no one that has found a lump before, only my mum and I can't speak with her , just wanted to speak with someone who's going through the same x

  • I'm going through the exact same thing. Waiting now for my appointment. Getting myself in such a state. Any update for you?