Hello @st160478. have you had your referral? This is such a scary time and the stress is exhausting

No I’m still waiting on appointment so no date to be seen yet. Just a waiting game. They can’t give me an idea of how long wit it. Just said they are very busy so it might be a few weeks. Are you waiting to be seen? X

He said it’s not good but I’m unsure if he meant the rash, the lump or both. He did say it makes a big difference when he was asking about the nature of the rash and he seemed to be more concerned with that 

 sr160478 did you get your appt yet?? 

Still haven’t heard anything. Apparently they are really busy so can’t give any waiting time guarantees. Should have been a 2 week referral to appointment but that’s been nearly 4 weeks now. The waiting isn’t great if I’m honest. Hard concentrating at work etc x

Hopefully you get some answers soon. It’s not great when you are waiting on tests/results x

Hi sr, I too have been referred to the breast clinic today after finding a lump in my right breast last night. I got told they usual contact you in the first week I can't believe you are still waiting! I'm already climbing the walls couldn't imagine 4 weeks of not hearing nothing! Hope you hear from them soon! I can feel my lump just above my nipple and can feel it sat up and lying down. Gp measured it at about 1cm. Just seemed to have popped up overnight! So scary!

I’m hoping I get an appointment through the post soon. I phoned to ask and was told I won’t be given anything over the phone. I’m on the waiting list and once I’m at the top a letter will be posted out. If I’ve not heard anything in another couple of weeks I’ll try and speak to my GP. It’s been a long wait. My lump is about 1.5cm extending to my nipple. Don’t think it’s any bigger than it was a few weeks ago. It doesn’t seem to have changed. Trying not to focus on it too much but it’s difficult. I can feel it lying down but now aware I can feel it when I’m on the shower. 
I hope you get your app through soon x

Did your gp originally tell you it would be within 2 weeks? If so id contact pals at your local hospital because that is unacceptable, my gp told me they take breast lumps very seriously! Did your lump just seem to appear overnight too? 

Yeah she said I would be seen within 2 weeks since it was an urgent cancer suspected referral. I did phone after 3 weeks but they said waiting times weren’t guaranteed just now and I would just need to wait until my appointment came through. I noticed the lump a few weeks before I went to the GP. I kept an eye on it to see if it went away but it didn’t. I usually check when I’m in the shower but the night I found it I was lying in bed watching a programme. Now I can feel it when I’m in the shower too. Not sure if that’s because I know where it is and ore aware of it. I’m hoping I get a letter in the next few weeks. Not sleeping at night and finding it hard to concentrate at work etc. trying not to worry too much and be sensible since it’s prob just a cyst or fibroadenoma but it’s difficult not to worry x

My gp said it felt like a fibroma, did yours say anything reassuring to you? He told them on the referral thats what it probably is so I'm guessing I'll have a long wait too so maybe its a good sign?? But either way the waiting is tourtue. Have you told anyone yet? I've only told my partner. I have 2 daughters aged 12 and 10 and I won't be saying anything to them, they've only just lost their grandad to pneumonia and are devested over that, so unless there's something definite to tell people I won't say anything. The rest of my family aren't very supportive anyway and my cousin is actually going through breast cancer treatment now, she felt a lump and left it 6 months till she saw a gp about it and it spread, so mums side of the family have that to deal with! 

My gp said it felt like a fibroma, did yours say anything reassuring to you? He told them on the referral thats what it probably is so I'm guessing I'll have a long wait too so maybe its a good sign?? But either way the waiting is tourtue. Have you told anyone yet? I've only told my partner. I have 2 daughters aged 12 and 10 and I won't be saying anything to them, they've only just lost their grandad to pneumonia and are devested over that, so unless there's something definite to tell people I won't say anything. The rest of my family aren't very supportive anyway and my cousin is actually going through breast cancer treatment now, she felt a lump and left it 6 months till she saw a gp about it and it spread, so mums side of the family have that to deal with! 

My gp said it felt like a fibroma, did yours say anything reassuring to you? He told them on the referral thats what it probably is so I'm guessing I'll have a long wait too so maybe its a good sign?? But either way the waiting is tourtue. Have you told anyone yet? I've only told my partner. I have 2 daughters aged 12 and 10 and I won't be saying anything to them, they've only just lost their grandad to pneumonia and are devested over that, so unless there's something definite to tell people I won't say anything. The rest of my family aren't very supportive anyway and my cousin is actually going through breast cancer treatment now, she felt a lump and left it 6 months till she saw a gp about it and it spread, so mums side of the family have that to deal with! 

 RosenInn why did gp think it felt like a fobroma??

I asked him what it is that makes him feel its that and he said its hard to describe but when you've felt alot of lumps it's easier to tell. Then he said on his recorder, I'm referring this lady to the urgent breast clinic, lump found around 1cm, smooth edges, one side with irregular border but I suspect its a fibroma. He only took about 3 seconds feeling the lump so I'm not very reassured tbh

I saw nurse prac. She just said it’s smooth, moveable. Didn’t say whether or not she felt any lymph nodes in armpit. I can feel and and not sore. I burst into tears today at my friends house. Even though when I Google (I know I shouldn’t) it mostly suggests cyst or fibroademona (I think I’m alto old for that one at 49) I cannot let go of the fact it is cancer. I’ve lost nearly a stone in weight in 2 weeks. 

I can relate to how your feeling. I've always been underweight. In 2020 they found a lump on my kidney, gallbladder and ovaries and I was reffered under the 2ww to the kidney specialist, the gp made it sound like cancer that had spread all over on the phone, he booked me in for urgent blood tests the next morning and for the next 2 weeks all I did was cry and not leave my bed, I didn't want to speak to anybody, I wouldn't eat. Being underweight I lost even more weight. I had a ambulance called out and they wouldn't leave till I ate some toast. Those 2 weeks were horrendous and it turned out it was a benign tumour, but the damage was done in my head and I didn't leave my bedroom for almost 4 months except to go to the bathroom. My weight plummeted and I've only just managed to get back to just over 7 stone. I lose weight so quickly and this is triggering it again, I'm down to 7 stone now but I don't want a repeat of last time so I'm trying to stay out my bedroom (even though I'm there now) and I've ate my dinner, just got to try my best incase it is something serious this time and need my strength to fight it. I'm 37 next month and feel although I'm too old for a fibroma. He asked if I'd breastfed any of my babies and I said no, he said even if you didn't it could still be a blocked milk duct with scar tissue but I didn't think to tell him its been almost 11 years since I gave birth to my youngest so surely can't be that! 

Please try and keep your strength up too just incase it is the nasty c word because you'll need to fight. 

Its so hard for me to put weight on I hate it but I just don't feel like eating! 

I am trying to at least it a bowl of cereal daily. Even though we are told only 2 in 8 lumps are cancer we only think about the 2. 

Ladies 

you have fine the right thing to go to. The breast clinics clinic as GP are not the professionals in this they can only do small checks 

My Gp said I had mastalgia it’s just lucky I said I wasn’t happy walking away I booked a private breast clinic next day if I hadn’t I would be walking around today thinking just that 

the breast clinics are top class you will be looked after and thorough check not just assuming by GP 

good luck again love Lara xx 

Ros & Chel 

keep strong try to eat your normal diet it’s hard while going through waiting but please try xx 

Its 2 in 10 apparently, which is still high odds i think! So 20% chance it is. But trying not to dwell on it too much. I'm going away for the weekend with family. They don't know and I won't be telling them. So hopefully trying to act normal will help. Yes try to eat atleast 1 meal a day! 

Hi Lara.so didn't your gp want to refer you to the breast clinic? My gp thought it was a fibroma but reffered me anyway as he says they take any breast lump seriously. So do you think he just said that so I don't worry as much? 

I'm kind of dreading the phone call for booking an appointment as it makes it all real if that makes sense? I'm just hoping no one is around me when they ring as I don't want anyone knowing, and not knowing when they will ring either is a nightmare! 

Thanks for the good luck I feel I need it lol :)