Hi Clare

Welcome to the forum where you can chat very freely about your anxieties and worries.

We are here to help and support you.Waiting for an appointment and for the results is very difficult.But don’t loose heart.The fact that it is a tiny lump as your doctor has described is a positive sign.Not all lumps are cancerous so don’t keep worrying unnecessarily.Once you are seen by the doctor in the breast clinic you might be sent for a scan/ mammogram as they think is appropriate and necessary.

So all will be taken care of soon.Be positive and try not to think about cancer right now.All will be well.

Look after yourself and keep us posted.

Regards

Radley.

Hi... just wanted to update this post incase someome comes along in the future and wonders what the outcome was.

I had my appointment today and have been told that it is just normal tissue and nothing to be concernd about and that the normal tissue can sometimes feel hard. The consultant was very confident after the ultrasound that all was okay. I think the words he used were 'gladular tissue' but either way he said it looked totally fine. 

I wish i could go back and worry less about this appointment bur whats done is done. If anyone takes anything from this, try not to panic until you have to. I could have saved myself a lot of panic if i had just relaxed the last 2 weeks. 

All the best to everyone in the future & thankyou for your reply xx

Hi there,

This is fantastic news. We all tend to panic as soon as we are referred to the breast clinic, even though only 1 in 10 people turn out to have a malignancy.There seem to be just too many unknowns to deal with all at once.

It is not unusual to find changes in your breasts following childbirth, which is probably why your consultant described your tiny lump as glandular tissue.

As someone who has had 2 bouts of breast cancer in the past 9 years, can I ask you to check your breasts regularly from now on and, please don't be too scared to see a doctor if you suspect anything? The sooner something like this is caught, the better the outcome usually is. That having been said, I hope that you never have to go through these agonies again and, you can enjoy the pleasure of growing old with your baby daughter.

Kind regards,
Jolamine xx

Hi Jolamine! 

Thank you. As you say it is the fesr of the unknown which is the worst. 

If this experience has taught me anything it is that i was truly lucky it turned out benign because if it hadnt been and i had waited that long i could have gotten some very bad news. 

The feelings i had those whole two weeks were 'why did i let fear make me wait? Why did i wait so long?'. I was absolutely kicking myself. 

I can promise you i will continue to do self checks and i will be getting any changes anywhere in my body checked as soon as i find them from now on no matter how scary it might be for me. I have to be brave for my little girl now. 

I really appreciate your reply and i wish you all the very best in your journey. I really hope you are well. 

Take care

Clare xxx