Morning all 

Same as you all went to see doctor on Friday had letter today for breat clinic week today 

Is ut normal for appointment to come so fast 

I found one lump in right upper side of breast but during doctor exam found a further 2 in arm pit can not get it off my brain and had a melt down friday night 

Hey Missty,

Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you’re having a tough time with worry.

like others have said, it’s all very normal to receive your referral very quickly. I received a referral review letter in the post the day after my doctors appointment, but then it took a few weeks to get my appointment (due to the waitlist in my area and recent strikes) whereas others received their appointments much quicker than me. 

I’m pleased you’ve managed to get an appointment so soon, but please don’t read anything into this. 

it’s incredibly hard to focus on anything else when you’re so anxious, but honestly, having a good cry and getting those emotions out are so important. I hope you have a good support network around you - do try and keep yourself busy if you can. Watch a few episodes of something to take your mind off things or take yourself out for a lovely walk somewhere pretty and soak up nature. 

Let us know how you get on, we are all here to chat anytime xx

Hi Ruby,

I think most of us that have had our appointments have a mammogram first, then ultrasound. Then, depending on what the ultrasound shows, they may do biopsies there and then. With mine, they then put a couple of metal markers in the positions that were biopsied, and I had to go back and have another quick mammogram to check them xx

Let me know how you get on. 

Will do u too, good luck will be thinking of you x

Hi goonergirl how you getting on? I’ve not had an MRI yet but having it when I get back from holiday, I’ve noticed whilst here I’ve now got another area of puckering, a bit further up from before, surely it can’t spread that fast, hoping my MRI doesn’t pick up anything different than before xx

I’m not sure if it depends on age but I’m 38 and had an ultrasound first, then when they found a lump I went for a mammogram then biopsy xx

Hi Lebell,

I’m fine, thank you. Just back from my MRI- I quite enjoyed having a lie down for 45 mins or so! If it hadn’t have been so noisy I would have had a nap!!

The MRI is nothing to worry about in itself. You basically lay on this bed with your boobs hanging though a hole, and they give you headphones with music of your choice from YouTube (or that’s what I got, anyway!) and then they just get on with it while you lay there. I had a cannula put in my wrist which they come and injected a fluid through in the latter stages- it helps them to get a better image apparently. It was all fine xx 

Oh, I didn’t realise that. You may be right about the age thing x

Oh yeah think I might have read that somewhere.what do they do during biopsy is it a needle? How long do you wait for results from biopsy? x

Glad it went ok today. When do you get results from MRI? 

I may need to buy one of these beds! XD Both my boobies have been sore since the mammograms/biopsy, I love sleeping on front and that's not an option at the mo. Best of luck with the mri results and good luck to everyone with appointments or starting treatments soon x

I may need to buy one of these beds! XD Both my boobies have been sore since the mammograms/biopsy, I love sleeping on front and that's not an option at the mo. Best of luck with the mri results and good luck to everyone with appointments or starting treatments soon x

Oh no- I’m sorry you’re suffering after the biopsy etc. I’ve still got impressive bruising from the biopsy 2 weeks later, but didn’t have any pain from it. The worst thing about the mammogram was being forced into really awkward positions and I had really sore shoulders and neck for a few days from that.

I did read that I’ll have to sleep on my back for 2 weeks after surgery- I have no idea how that’s going to happen as I just can’t sleep like that. I wake up as soon as I roll onto my back!