A lump in my breast, advice needed.

Hello everyone! I am 23 years old female and a few months back, about June, I've found a lump in my breast. It is a singular, hard lump. It has grown slightly since then. I don't think it is coming from the skin, it seems to be attached to the breast tissue, deeper then the skin. I didn't want to be a hypochondriac and make a big thing out of it, plus the chances of it being something serious seemed non existing to me. So I decided to leave it for a couple weeks and see what happens but then I just didn't had time to deal with it so I left it up until now. I went my GP and she checked my breast and armpits. I have a lot of small lumps in my armpits, I always did. They are just blocked pores. They don't change and they are not attached to the tissue below, unlike the lump in my breast. Still my GP said that they feel this same. They don't!! She is going to refer me to the breast clinic but just as a a non urgent case. She thinks that all of them are this same and that they are calcium deposit. She maybe right but I don't agree with her. I am annoyed that she wasn't more thorough and didn't give me a chance to speak. I know that it is probably nothing serious but I am worried that she has the wrong information. I don't know what to do. My GP practice is really difficult to get in touch with and I don't want to bother them. I am just frustrated and worried because what if it is something sinister and I have to wait for an appointment, six months?

  • Try speaking to another doctor at the practice if the lumps get bigger for a faster referral. I have an open appointment at Breast clinic and go quiet frequently due to breast duct infections and a non urgent appointment there is next available so  about 6 weeks. Once your refferal has reached them you can ask when your appointment might be due. Hope it's not too long and they can put your mind to rest.

  • That sounds like a sensible plan, I like it. I will give them some time to make the medical decisions, in the end they are the experts. It is just so horrible when you go to see your GP and all you want it for them to hear out your concerns, reassure you and make it all not as scary and big and you walk out feeling even worse. The whole day today I have just been constantly going over this consultation. It has made this situation, which in the end is quite simple, much more stressful... Anyway that's my rant over. Thank you for replying and helping me find some sense and sensibility!!