Hi 

So I'm writing this at 3am whilst lying in bed at hospital just had my ovaries and tubes out ... 

What I'm about to tell you is not to scare anyone but make sure you have confidence to challenge doctors and follow your gut instant. 

I was diagnosed I Aug 2020 at aged 38 with a 11cm breast cancer in left breast , I have had 8 rounds of chemo , breast fully removed , week of radiotherapy,  heceptain , 14 rounds (half way through) of kadclya and now ovaries and tubes out . 

I went to the breast clinic nearly every year for about 8 years with a lump , told all OK every time. I then went to gp at least 8 or 9 times from 2018 to 2020 with same issues and fatigue which tried to say i was depressed and bleeding nipple , dent round nipple.

Because all scans and esp one in 2019 had all come back clear no biopsy was offered . I went back to gp 12 days after having clear scan with bleeding nipple but told because scan was clear it was prob just a cyst! I also explained that i was sleeping from shift to shift which is not me and highly unusual... none of that was written down in my gp notes .

Finally in Aug 2020 a gp took me serious and looked at my history and sent me back to the breast clinic where after i weeks of every test and scan I was confirmed stage 3 grade 3 breast cancer ...

I was very lucky that it was not in any of lymph nodes or spead but it was 11cm in size which was my size of my boob. 

I was told I was exhausted because I was a single mom , I worked shifts,  the bleeding nipple was a burst cyst under the lump. By my GPS!

I have asked the question how many times does a person have to go to a breast clinic before a biopsy is done ? No answer of yet and equally all through my treatment I am told by many medical staff that young women have dense breast tissue so its harder to be seen on scans and def mammograms.  

So if you are having any doubts stand by your gut and request a biopsy of the lump... as soon as they did a biopsy of my lump pre cancer cells was found so I had another a cancer cells were found.... 

It could save your life , again not to scare but to educate xx

Hi Holiday,

A very warm welcome to our forum. I am so sorry to hear of your experience, but thank you for highlighting it. You are right that younger people especially, often have to stick to their guns to get the right tests.

I am glad to hear that you did and I sincerely hope that all goes well for you from here on. Please keep in touch. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Holiday,

A very warm welcome to our forum. I am so sorry to hear of your experience, but thank you for highlighting it. You are right that younger people especially, often have to stick to their guns to get the right tests.

I am glad to hear that you did and I sincerely hope that all goes well for you from here on. Please keep in touch. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi, 

Some of the above posts are reassuring and some not with my situation and I'm not sure what to do!

Im a 24 year old girl with huge health anxiety and im struggling as I find one thing after another. Last Christmas I found two lumps in my left breast, I have large breas and was unsure if they were always there, I had a consultation with a breast specialist and he said it was nothing serious more than likely tissue that's just lumpier and harder than the rest or little 'breast mouses', followed by  an ultrasound that showed nothing but normal tissue, she just said it's fatty build ups. I was delighted! These lumps are in the left outer area of my breast quite close to the skin that both the doctors and radiologists could feel so I knew the ultrasound would have a good chance of picking something up as it wasn't deep. Follow on 10 months of panicking about several issues I came across an extremely large lump in my right breast yesterday, rounded but almost feels as if it's disc shape. I am 80% sure that it was never there, it feels like the two lumps I had an ultrasound on last year, but just much much larger and feels tender. This also might be from all the prodding!!

Is it possible for other hard fat clumps to appear in the breast and be nothing, has anyone else had this issue or any advice what to do? Please help!

Thanks so so much. 

Hi Eva,

A very warm welcome to our forum.

I am not a doctor, yet, I can understand your concern, when you feel that your breast lumps have grown considerably since last year. Chances are that this is a simple benign cyst, or more fatty build up. At your age, it is unlikely, although not impossible, to be breast cancer. Breast cancer is not usually painful, unless we become over-zealous with feeling them. Most cancerous lumps have a jagged outline and feel fixed.

Our breasts can all change with time and, we are advised to get any change investigated. It would therefore be wise to contact your GP again, just for your own peace of mind. Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Here's hoping that nothing untoward is found.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx