Morning all,

I never thought I'd find myself posting on a forum like this, and I hope I'm doing the right thing, but it's keeping me off Dr Google and I'm hoping it will put my mind at rest. I found a cluster of lumps in my breast last week and got it checked out by the doctor the other day. She said she isn't worried it's anything sinister but she has referred me anyway and said they do this for all lumps, just to be sure. Part of my mind is in overdrive thinking that there must be some niggling doubt in her mind or she wouldn't have referred me? But the logical part is thinking she's just following procedures and if there was anything untoward she would have told me there and then. Also, she didn't tell me much about what happens next and I was a bit shocked and forgot to ask - so what happens now? She told me it will probably take a while and "won't be just a couple of weeks, put it that way" so I understand I'll be waiting a while, which is obviously fine, I can't even imagine the pressure hospitals are under just now and there will obviously be more urgent referrals before me. But my mind is in overdrive! I've lost several family members to cancer (not breast) and I have a young baby so I think I'm just expecting the worst. Any advice or just kind words would be greatly appreciated, nobody but my husband knows at the moment so it's not like I can even offload to friends.