Good morning, 

I hope everyone had lovely Christmas.

I’m looking for some advice please. On the 23rd I found a lump in my breast, I made an appointment for the GP first thing on Christmas Eve and was seen by a lovely and reassuring doctor. After she examined me she noticed I had a lump on my other breast, and noticed my lymph nodes are swollen. She said this may not be a cause for concern, and thinks it may be a cyst (my sister found a cyst in her breast when she was 14).

The doctor said she is going to refer me and write to them as urgent, however, said the breast screening waiting list can take up to a year. 
Her advice to me was to was to wait until the new year, contact the first appointment desk to see where I am in the queue. If this seems too far in future, to go privately to have a scan. The other thing she mentioned was that because I am under 30 they won’t class it as urgent, but she was going to write to them to say it is. 

I feel a little confused as she said it shouldn’t be anything to worry about, but said she will write to them urgently. Has anyone had this before? 

My next question would be should I speak to family or would this be selfish of me? I haven’t spoken to any of my family about this, including my fiancé. We are due to get married next year, he lost his mother through cancer and I don’t want to worry him. Christmas Day was a struggling this year with the thought of this lump looming over me. I felt sad and reserved. I suppose I am looking for advice on whether I should talk to family now or should I wait until after Christmas? 

Thank you for reading, I would be grateful of any advice X