Hi!

Just wondered if anyone had any advice on how to keep yourself from overthinking whilst waiting for your first breast clinic appointment. 

I went to the GP last week for something unrelated and she examined my breasts while I was there and found a thickness in one of my boobs, hence the referral. She has been very reassuring and said that this is just to be on the safe side as she's sure it will be fine as I'm under 40 (just) and don't hit any of the other markers. She did advise me to may be not to tell my mum as we lost my Dad very recently to pancreatic cancer after only 5 weeks from diagnosis to death, so the GP is worried that this may be too much for her to cope with. 

I am usually quite level headed but I was already struggling a little with grief and now I am almost constantly welling up either about my Dad or what the appointment will reveal. I have 2 young boys that i worry for and i know statistically the odds are in my favour but we lost my sister in law to cervical cancer 11 years ago when she was 28 and my husbands mum was 32 when she died of breast cancer so I am winding myself up in a frenzy. 

My appointment is in just under 2 weeks and it cam not come quick enough as I feel everything is on hold. Any advice much appreciated.