Awaiting breast biopsy results and scared

Hello, I don't really know what the point of posting is but I am going out of my mind constantly googling and trying to find information which might give me more of an idea of what I'm dealing with. If anyone has any experience with any of this, please message!

I found a lump in my breast about a week before Christmas. I went to the gp who referred me to the breast clinic under the 2 week rule. I was lucky to get an appointment quickly and was seen sat Thursday. I was really hoping they'd say it was a fibroadenoma or something but the sonographer said she could not tell if it was cancer or not, that it was not obviously one thing or another. So I had three biopsies of the area. This has really thrown me and I am so anxious. I feel like she was just trying not to worry me, does anyone know how likey it is that she wouldn't be able to tell what it is from an ultrasound?
 

Im 36 and have 2 young boys, 3 and 5 and the worst part is that my husband was diagnosed with net bowel cancer in September. Things are going well with his treatment but it's been an awful three months and there is still a long way to go with liver surgery planned in next month or so (COVID dependant). 
 

I just don't know how much more I can take. Trying to stay strong and positive but my mind keeps going to dark places and I'm convinced I have cancer and that it's quite advanced. The lump is 3cm and I have an almost constant dull ache in my boob and down my side. Surely that must be related. I've told a few friends but none are really asking me about how I am feeling as I don't think they believe it could be anything, or just don't want to make me worry more by going to that place. I feel very alone. 
 

Thanks for reading. I have 7-10 working days for

the results to come through and will need to go to

the clinic to receive them. I assume I will have to

go on my own, which I think is so cruel! Has anyone been able to take someone with them for results? 

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  • Hi Lucy, 

    I was in your position 2 years ago this week, so I know how you are feeling. It's awful not to have someone with you, and I wasn't able to have anyone for my latest set of check ups, so I do have some advice for you.

    They will probably let the Specialist nurse come in to the Consultants room with you, this is a great help, because if the news isn't good, then you don't really take everything else that they say in properly, so the nurse becomes your port of call for all questions afterwards and going forward.

    If they don't offer you a nurse, then ask at the start, if you can have someone listening on the phone. Make sure it's a sensible friend or relative so they can ask the questions you can't think of.

    If you don't want to do that, then make sure you have a notebook and do some research into things you might want to know, i.e. What grade is it? Is it operable? Will it need to be shrunk before removal etc.

    I hope you don't need any of this advice, and the results are clear. 

    Best wishes to you.

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  • Hi Lucy, 

    I was in your position 2 years ago this week, so I know how you are feeling. It's awful not to have someone with you, and I wasn't able to have anyone for my latest set of check ups, so I do have some advice for you.

    They will probably let the Specialist nurse come in to the Consultants room with you, this is a great help, because if the news isn't good, then you don't really take everything else that they say in properly, so the nurse becomes your port of call for all questions afterwards and going forward.

    If they don't offer you a nurse, then ask at the start, if you can have someone listening on the phone. Make sure it's a sensible friend or relative so they can ask the questions you can't think of.

    If you don't want to do that, then make sure you have a notebook and do some research into things you might want to know, i.e. What grade is it? Is it operable? Will it need to be shrunk before removal etc.

    I hope you don't need any of this advice, and the results are clear. 

    Best wishes to you.

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