About a month ago I woke with a hard lump painful lump on my left breast.  Saw my GP, he was great and referred me, mentioning the NHS 2 week pathway.  I cannot complain I was given my appointment within the 2 week window, which I had on Monday (1st).  Initially I felt like I was wasting their time as the pain had almost gone by the time the appointment came round.  I thought I must have knocked myself or strained myself, pulled a muscle?

On Monday my breast consultant was very positive and almost dismissive after examining me and asked me to go back to the waiting room to be called for a Mammogram.  After that it literally went from 0 to 100 miles an hour.  The Ultrasound scan followed after the Mammogram and two lumps were found and a swollen lymph node in my armpit to the side of one of the lumps.  The lumps are not big, 11mm and 12mm.  Core biopsies taken from both the lumps and the lymph node too.  Titanium clips/markers were placed into the areas of both lumps.  Upon seeing the consultant after another Mammogram she seemed less positive although that could have been me imagining this as I was on my own so felt nervous and sick with worry.

My results will be ready on Wednesday (quick turnaround) however I am going away with my daughter on Tuesday so she said to not cancel it and she will see me the following Wednesday (17th) as she is also a private consultant so therefore only does clinics on Mondays and Wednesday but follow up appointment are on Wednesdays only, difference between NHS and Private I suppose.  I have toyed with cancelling the holiday however what if the results are clear, I would be gutted.  And if the results are positive at least I have enjoyed a break before any further tests. My gut feeling is if she thought it was bad news she would advise me not to travel?

I am 48 and initially the Consultant said it was probably fibroadenoma but needed to do the biopsies to assess further - do you agree?  I have never had fibroadenoma before and thought that was for woman younger than me.  My mum has never had cancer although checked annually as her 3 sisters have all had breast cancer (one sadly passed away but the other two are ok following treatment).  To add my mums aunt and cousin both had breast cancer too.  They are her mums sister (my nan) and daughter - so family history is very present.  I am full of worry, can't help but think the worse case :-(