Waiting for breast biopsy, out of my mind with worry

hi everyone, I noticed a lump on my right breast and went to breast clinic. I'm 33 so they did an ultrasound - they said there is a patchy lump about 3cm big and that 2 lymph nodes look swollen on the ultrasound (but not to touch).

I panicked and immediately assumed cancer and everyone else started talking like it's cancer too, saying stuff like 'we'll treat it' and that once the biopsy results come back I should be prepared that treatment will start quickly.

I'm in total panic mode, can't eat or sleep and feel sick constantly, I don't know how I'm going to get through until biopsy results.

I'd like to know, can they tell from an ultrasound whether it's cancer? I thought that's why you need a biopsy? I'm literally out of mind worrying about this :(

Thanks for your help xx

  • Thank you for the above comment. I am waiting for the results of my biopsy. They have told me they are fairly certain it is malignant and pretty advanced but reading your comments has given me hope that i will get through it. Fingers crossed! 

     

  • It's such a scary time having tests and being diagnosed, arguably the worst part.

    I have just finished treatment and can look back and say while it was tough we can get through these things that are thrown at us xx

    Good luck xx

  • Hi , I'm 43 and am waiting results of biopsy also. Absolutely petrified . Ultrasound nurse said big black uneven shadow was 2cm but that my lymph look ok. Nurse then said my mamma showed "worrying" results then said see you in 2 weeks. I know it's going to be cancer so will face whatever comes but so worried its spread etc the waiting is just awful and I keep looking at my hubby and kids and imagining them without me,,,, stupid because this little *** is not going to get me ......rant over phew x

     

  • Hello all, not sure if this is still active but here's hoping. I have just come from an ultrasound and mammogram during which the doctor spotted something on the screen and did a biopsy there and then. The consultant had seemed so relaxed about my mammogram and what seemed like a 'ridge' rather than a lump that it has all come as a horrible shock. I was expecting to be told the ultrasound was all clear and now face a week wait until I go to get the results next Thursday. I alter rate between feeling calm and then feeling total panic. It all seems really unbelievable. I'm 35 and have no family history - a biopsy wasn't something I ever expected to have.

  • Hi Elaine90 I've just stumbled across this post. I found a lump a few weeks ago and I've been today to the breast clinic. The Doc said it was nothing to worry about but I was to go for a mammogram and scan just to make sure. So off I went feeling quite positive. I had my mammogram and was waiting for my scan when they called me back in as they'd spotted something else. I ended up having about 10 biopsys taken and now have to wait till next week for my results. I'm petrified. I hope your results were ok  

     

  • Hi, i too have no lumps, but was called for my first mamogram, im 49. Mum of 5 had twins at 35.

     i went along and thought everything would be ok. 2 weeks later i got the letter stating they need to see me.

    I went this thursday gone, got told they are not sure what it is, and that i needed a scan and biopsy. They showed me my mamogram pics. I could see straight away there was something there. The size of a grape. Black and white patchy thing. The team where great with me. Gentle when doing the biopsy. He said its in one area in the milk ducts.  I asked what was the % of it being cancer. He said 50%. 

    Did he say that so i would not worry, because if they are trained. They have a idea. Im worried because my sister had breast cancer 3 years ago.

    Have to wait til thursday for result. A week before christmas.

  • Hi i had a breast lump biopsy and lymph node biopsy in my armpit last Wednesday. I have had the lump approx 6-9 months. Some may find it surprising I didn't get it checked earlier? Thing is two years ago I had a lump checked and was told all ok. They could see a deep seated cyst exactly where the lump is now which I thought was the cyst that had got bigger. I have a history of breast cancer in my family, my maternal aunt. Get my results next week worried sick.

  • Hi all.

    I have just found this site.

    Like all of you, I found a lump in my left breast last Tuesday, called the Doc straight away, she has referred me to a breast clinic,  the appointment should come through within 2 weeks, I am totally beside myself with worry, I have an added huge problem in that I have Muscular Dystrophy and in a wheelchair. I have a supportive husband who will be there all the way, I can't bring myself to tell anyone else, including my 23 year old son. I really don't know how I'm going to cope with all this..

    Totally destressed right now.

    X

  • I have an appointment with the doc on Friday to check a large lump that has appeared very quickly. Not sure if I should be worried or petrified. Keep hoping it's just a Cyst but I am scared :-( 

  • I noticed my breast was swollen last week and under my arm, It feels full of fluid and the skin is puckered, when I felt the breast I noticed a lump, I had a lump in my other breast about ten years ago which was a cyst - I paid private for an ultra sound then - Back then my Gp told me she was sure it was a cyst but she would ref me to be sure - I thought the same thing would happen this time but I saw the nurse who said she could feel two lumps and I needed the Dr to check me over, He did and he said I had cysts in two breasts but also two lumps and he couldn't rule out cancer and I was being reffered to the breast clinic. He said the appointment could take three week. My appointment has come today and it will be in two weeks for a mamagram possible ultra sound and if needs be biopsy. I don't know how to get through the next two weeks. I feel like my world is imploding and exploding at the same time. My symptoms are text book cancer and the way the nurse and the GP were with me - well they may of well have put a black cap on there head - But then I think it must be a good thing that my appointment is taking 2 weeks to come through - right - if they thought it was serious I would be seen sooner