Waiting on breast biopsy results - heads a mess

Hello everyone.

Ive never really posted on anything like this before but I just feel so lost and scared right now I thought Id see if there is anyone else out there feeling the same. 
Im 36, beautiful son and hubby. Couple of weeks ago was doing my fake tan, noticed just the slightest of dips in my left breast (bottom outer corner). I was due on my cycle so left it a few days encase it was something related and when it didnt go I made an appointment with my GP. They couldn't feel anything but made a referral to the breast clinic based on asymmetrical breasts. 
So I head to the clinic, consultant has a feel and agrees on the dip and can feel a lump underneath it. This then leads them to book me in as urgent for the following day but for a biopsy, mammograms and so on. So I have the mammograms done, they take multiple images. Wait again to head into the consultation room with 2 student nurses, the consultant, a Ultrasound tech and a nurse. They start talking about the lump and identify another one but at this point Im a bit numb and not really taking it all in. I have the biopsies done and then the consultant speaks to me, here is where Im upset at myself as I cant remember the exact wording (my head was and is a mess) but something along the lines of “Concerned” or “Suspecting” malignancy. It was all so fast though. I had titanium chips popped in over the two lumps tested then sent back out for another mammogram to confirm their placement and booking me in for an MRI. During the last mammogram I felt so stupid, I was almost literally frozen as every muscle was so tense and I just couldn't stop trembling. The poor technician was trying to get me to relax but I just couldn’t 
I feel so lost, so scared and to be honest completely blindsided and I don't know if Im just being a big baby or if this is a normal reaction to it all. Has anyone experienced something similar and its come back as benign? Im praying it comes back benign but their reaction and way they are speaking has made me feel like they already know it’s cancer. Then I spiral thinking oh god what if its spread already? And the littlest pain anywhere is making me so paranoid.
Im so grateful to my GP and hospital for moving so quickly, the other half just feels terrified. 
Sorry for the long rambly post and thank you for reading, I just feel like Im free falling right now x

  • My lumpectomy was in June, I was in and out the same day with a follow up call the next day. I was told off for not taking regular paracetamol but to be honest, I didn't need them. I was a bit uncomfortable in bed but can't say I suffered any pain. As for the magseed, it felt very similar to the biopsy/titanium clips being done. A quick ouch and it was over. Then another check to make sure it's in the right place. The worst thing for me was being weighed and seeing I'd put on over half a stone !! :) Good luck ladies !!

  • Thank you Heidessmum, appreciate you letting me know, feel better for you telling me. After magseed I then have the pre-op, same hospital just in the main hospital. Thank you.....means a lot sharing all this. Xx

  • Hello everyone! 

    hope you had a lovely weekend.

    just wondering what everyone elses experience was with your biopsies.

    I had a few core biopsies done 25/07 and ever since my left breast has ached and felt so much lumpier than before. Is this normal for it to still be like this coming up 3 weeks since?  
    I bruised quite badly after, Im just so paranoid of lymph nodes, spreading and having a lumpy boob ever since is just sending my mind into overdrive x

  • Hi. Yes mine was sore and very bruised. I also got shooting pains in it until my operation. The biopsies are nasty. Try not to overthink it, I know it's so difficult. X

  • Thank you. Its so hard not too but hearing your experience is reassuring. Its just such a mental mine field isn't it! Xx

  • I'm similar, get paranoid...walked out of M&S yesterday and again the alarm went off, my other half looked at me and said "that you again", we roared laughing, I keep thinking it's those bloody clips inside me making the alarm sound....well gotta laugh even if it's not ha ha...thought I'd share that, make you giggle xxx

  • :D you made me giggle! Honestly the community on this website forum has been and is amazing. Thank you to all of you who contribute it means a lot. xxx

  • It's certainly helping me that's for sure and the ladies who jump on with info is very much appreciated xx

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    I hope you don’t mind me jumping onto this chat. I’ve never posted in forums before. I had a biopsy last Wednesday and I have been shocked at how bruised it is (and sore). Not sure if it’s lumpy yet as I can’t touch it as it’s so swollen! Patiently (actually impatiently) waiting for the results. I feel I’m walking around in a bubble. 
    Best wishes to everyone, I have found reading through this thread so helpful ️

  • Yogiboo, I'm sorry to hear you are going through this too. Waiting for results is definitely the hardest part. I hope you aren't waiting too long.