I found a large hard flat lump whilst on holiday in January 2018. It wasn't there in December 2017. It was tender to lay on on the sun bed by the pool that's how I noticed it. I went to the doctors when I got home. I was referred to the hospital and seen 9 days later. I had a mammogram the woman taking it said she wanted to see if the doctor wanted any other pictures. He did. I then had a 3D mammogram then an ultra sound. The woman doing the ultra sound said she wanted the doctor to take a look. The doctor said biopsies were needed from the lump and a lymph node. She took 4 biopsies. I then went back to the consultant who said the lump was different from the 2 previous lumps removed out of my other breast. Those lumps were a cyst and a lypoma. He said they will know what treatment I need when my results come back. I was given an appointment for 27/2. 12 days from 14/2 when I had the mammograms scan and biopsies. I was also given the telephone number of the breast clinic nurses if I had any questions before my result date. No one mentioned what they were looking for. I did ring the nurses as I wanted to know why I had to wait 12 days instead of a week. I was told it was because it was half term and hardly anyone was in the following week. I was obviously disappointed at this response. It meant nearly another week of worrying about my results.

I am ok most of the time then the reality of the real possibility of having cancer hits me like a tidal wave. There must be a quicker way of getting the results that prevents the anxiety the wait generates. My main concern is if the results are positive how do I tell my son and daughter and my Mother. They will be shaken to their core.