Breast Lump, will be going to the Breast Clinic

Hi everyone!

Like a lot of people I have a lump and I'm in the process of being diagnosed.

I'm 31 and I have quite lumpy (to me) breasts to start with. I had my period last month and my left breast really hurt (I have breast pain/ache as standard) and I did a breast check and felt something large...like a thickening of the tissue. I can pull it and move it. So I let my period pass because of my hormones and it was still there. Upper right quadrant, this thick, kind of circle of tissue... almost like a 50p. No other symptoms.

I called my GP surgery yesterday and they said the doctor would call me today during clinic (COVID precaution). When she called she said she would send me to the breast clinic to find out what it is. I asked her what she thought it was and she said a fibroadenoma but she hasn't seen me physically yet (due to see her Thursday 11:50am).

I suppose I would like everyone's thoughts. Good chances of it being fibroadenoma? How do you cope with the scanxiety?

Background: my mum had a HER2+ ductal carcinoma when she was 49 and was cured, only to develop a regional reoccurrence in the form of a lobular carcinoma in her opposite breast 7 years after her original diagnosis. It had metastasized and she passed away 18 months ago, 4 years after that second diagnosis. She had genetic testing and she didn't carry the BRACA gene. She did however get onto a trial due to a PIK(?) gene. So I'm not sure what that's about.

Having cared for her, I have the curse of knowing too much, so any ways to not be a basket case will help immensely.

Offline GinaGina88 over 5 years ago

Hi ashlynn_H
Sorry I cant help with a lot of the questions you have I'm new to this but try not to worry too much i know thats easier said than done.
I'm here because I found a lump in my left breast some months ago which I tried to ignore. I wish I hadn't now though. I saw the gp on the 13th nov who referred me to the breast clinic. I got a telephone appointment on the 20th nov and they asked me to go in on the 27th. They did a ultrasound, took 4 biopsys (2 from the lump and 2 from lymph nodes) they placed a marker in the lump and off i went for a mammogram, im now waiting results which they say they should have by Monday.
Anyway what I'm trying to say is things move really quickly, and as stressful as the waiting is its not that long. I try to fill my days with cleaning and gardening so my brain isn't dwelling and thinking too much.
I wish you all the luck in the world. And I hope the timings go fairly quickly for you x
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Offline Ashlynn_H over 5 years ago in reply to GinaGina88

Thank you for your message, Gina.
I think that's what I'm struggling with...the timing of things. I feel like this lump showed up overnight, and given my mum's history, I don't forget to check my breasts so I feel very on edge as to why this has happened. I wound myself up further by attaching the fact I've felt unwell for a few weeks (low grade flu like symptoms) and under my armpit feels puffy on that side (my neck too) to the list.
Hopefully my GP can shed some more like tomorrow, and thankfully I have a job that doesn't allow for much time to worry so I can get on with that.
I think it will open up the discussion for a mastectomy. I have OCD, GAD and medical anxiety (I've lost my mum and dad within 18 months of each other, Dad was also terminal, my uncle had motor neurones disease, my nan died early at 57 and my grandad went into hospital for something random and just...passed away) so, I feel like my genetics are Darwinian in how they're trying to weed my family out. Rather get rid than keep going through this.
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