Afternoon all...this is my first time posting so bear with me. I am also waiting to get an appointment through from the breast clinic already so this is just for some advice before I drive myself completely insane in the interim! 
So I am 33, but have a pretty strong family history of breast cancer (mum was diagnosed with it at 40, great grandmother on mums side had ovarian cancer, great grandmother and great aunt on my dads side both had breast cancer).  Given all of this I do check relatively frequently although perhaps not as often as I should. 

On Sunday night I discovered a lump in my left breast when showering, it was quite large so I asked my other half to have a feel too in case I was going mad. He said he could feel it and that it had been there for a month or so already (thanks for the warning!). I knew I’d have to call the GP first thing so I parked it. Until bedtime...when I was cleaning my teeth and getting in my pjs I noticed an indentation in my breast under where the lump is. Then the panic started to set in.

I spoke with the GP (literally at 0805 monday morning) who put the referral in for me straight away and I’m still waiting for a phone call/letter to come through with my breast clinic appointment. On Tuesday I noticed I also have a lump/swollen gland in my left armpit, and I have been in panic mode ever since! Should I be preparing myself for the worst here? Should I be trying to contact someone to be seen to sooner now that I have discovered the lumpy armpit or do I just wait as I’ll be seen within 2 weeks anyway? Anyone else been in this situation? What was the outcome?

Thanks in advance!