Hello everyone
I wasn't sure wether to write here or not but I'm currently driving myself mad over thinking.
So I found a fairly large lump in my right breast a few months ago. I finally plucked up the courage to see my nurse oractitioner at the GP surgery, who felt it and smreferred me straight away to the breast clinic at my hospital.
I attended the clinic and saw the consultant who believed it was cysts. She sent me for a mammogram, ultrasound & core needle biopsies. I didn't have the mammogram as I'm 39 and they weren't happy to do this. A total of 4 biopsies were taken and i then saw the consultant after who said it wasn't cysts. She asked me if I was ok, which I was and the nurse who was also present gave me a card with all the breast care staff and asked me if I wanted to meet them? I didn't as I believed all was ok and my results would be normal. She told me I would have another appointment in 1-2 weeks for my results. I will admit my mind let me astray and you always think the worse but as the days have gone on I'm feeling more positive for good results.
My results were due tomorrow however a nurse practitioner from the breast clinic has called me this morning telling me that they need to repeat the biopsies as it was showing normal fatty/fibrous tissue and that I would get an appointment and to contact them if I didn't hear from them within a week.
im now feeling like I'm back to the start of the process. The consultant at my original appointment did tell me the lump would more than likely need removing as if it's not cancer it could be active. I'm just unsure wether I should be worried or if this happens often? I'm also wondering why wasn't an appointment given to me on the phone as the clinic has all the scanning rooms within the department so could I be going for a different biopsy? It's been a long 3 weeks and I feel mentally drained!
sorry if I'm sounding negative but it's hard to talk to people who don't understand till you actually go through this.
thank you for listening.
v xx
