Should I still be worried? Is the doctor wrong!

Anxiety has got the better of me again. And I need some support to get through the next 48hours 
 

quick background. Have had an achy left breast on and off for a few months. Went to the GP who felt me and wasn't concerned but referred to the 2 week wait breast clinic. Was seen last Tuesday but a consultant who examined me. She felt two lumps and thickening of the tissue. She said she absolutely was not concerned at all and to her it is fatty tissue and possibly cysts or just benign lumps. However they couldn't ultrasound me as there was no radiographers. 
 

I was called 2 days later with an appt to go back for an ultrasound which is a couple of days time. 
 

I've felt ok but now I'm absolutely sick with anxiety. Not sleeping can't eat or function. What's the chances she is wrong just from feeling me? She is a breast consultant feeling breast all the time but she doesn't have X-ray Vision. 
 

I don't know what im asking really, just weather is should  still be worried! Im only 29 with multiple health conditions already and feel I cant cope with this. I haven't been feeling great and convincing myself it's related. All moral support welcome  

  • Hiya.

    No one on here can really give you the odds on things being good or bad based on what the doctor said to you. What I will say, my wife, who was diagnosed with BC, was told she really needed an ultrasound and 3 different mammograms (think they had varying degrees of sensitivity or magnification, not 100%), as soon as the breast doctor felt her lumps.

    Unfortunately, there are no magic bullets as far as taking your mind off this. This is by far one of the most stressful periods mentally. Other than telling you to keep busy (that does help to an extent), I would strongly suggest you keep off Google. That only compounds the stress, and there's nothing to gain from searching google. Google isn't a diagnostic tool, and it will never be able to tell you what you don't or do have. Only the treating doctors can give you those answers. What Google will tell you is, it's cancer, it can't be anything else. That's why Google will serve no purpose. 

  • So sorry you are in this situation and coping with the anxiety must be really hard. I was in a very similar situation with similar symptoms so can identify with how you are feeling. All I can do is reassure you that the tests etc. will happen fairly rapidly from this point. You will then know the situation rather than imagining the worse. Just keep in the front of your thought that regardless of the eventual diagnosis the outlook remains positive.