Hi all,
I had my breast clinic appointment today and had the worst experience. I'm 34 and it was the first time I've had to attend. I found a lump at the top of my breast which my GP referred me for, she felt it straight away when she examined me.
I went in to see the surgeon first who did an examination and found a lump on the bottom of my breast. When I tried to tell her about the one at the top she said it feels the same as the other breast (I know it absolutely does not!), but just marked the area that she found. She said it's probably nothing to worry about and gave me a leaflet about cysts. It didn't sit right with me so when I went into the ultrasound room I mentioned to the nurse about the initial lump I was referred for to which she told me the Dr doing the ultrasound will only do what the surgeon has marked and won't scan the whole breast as "that would take all day". Fair enough, but if I hadn't mentioned about the one at the top I wouldn't have gone out of there with any peace of mind.
So when the Dr came in to do the scan, I mentioned it to him and he just smeared a bit of gel on the area I asked about without saying anything, scanned it and said "Is the lump here? It's fine" (Also he made conversation asking about my job and made some snarky comment when I told him I worked from home, to give you an idea of his attitude). He then scanned the area the surgeon marked, said it's all ok and just walked out... So as the surgeon had given me a leaflet on cysts, I started to ask about them to which the nurse snapped "If it was a cyst, he would have told you it was a cyst", the other nurse just took the leaflet off me and gave me one for breast pain.
I then thought I would at least have been taken back into the doctor to explain the results and I had questions as I am having pain. I wanted to ask about my Pill, and also I wanted to ask what the lumps are, especially this new one she found. I understand it's nothing serious but in all honesty I have no other answers. They didn't even have the courtesy to say if the lumps change then go back to the GP, I have no idea what changes to look out for. I was obviously scared as everyone is that something was wrong I was just treated so badly, I'm in shock to be honest. It's an emotional time and a bit of compassion would have been nice!
The whole situation hasn't filled me with confidence, and I'm tempted to go back to my GP for further explanations.
I'm worried about staying on the pill, if I have lumps (whatever they are) is there chance they'll become something serious? All these questions I didn't get to ask. It was awful.
Am I worrying for nothing, is there anyone who would seek a second opinion?
