Referred to breast clinic urgently

Hi il start from the beginning about 4 weeks ago my breast started to become very tender,  2 weeks later my breast started to swell on the left hand side, 2 weeks after that which is today it's extremely painful to touch and my breast is heavy, one boob is visibly larger than the other and theres an extremely large hard mass that's developed rather quickly over the last few weeks, went to the drs this morning for an examination and she confirmed it was a large lump and she was concerned also and referred me to clinic straight away for biopsy etc she said 2 week waiting on the urgent list, on leaving the drs I got a phone call off her and she said she wanted me seen to sooner and I should hear back from the hospital by Monday with an appointment if not ring them asap do I have reason to be concerned too as this has really knocked me with her fast tracking it the way she has... I must add all The symptoms iv had sound like the start of inflamatory breast cancer, has anyone had this? Know about this? What were your symptoms etc... Thanks in advance 

  • Hi Bex234 and welcome to the Cancer Chat community.

    I know it's scary to hear the words 'urgent referral' but I hope it helps to know that 9 out of 10 people who are referred this way are not diagnosed with cancer. We have some information about urgent referrals that may help ease your mind about this.

    Hopefully some of our members who have been in this position or had similar symptoms will be along soon to share their experience and advice but fingers crossed you hear from the clinic soon and it won't be long until you have your appointment. You can find out what may happen at the breast clinic just here.

    I hope this helps but if you feel it may help to talk things through with one of our cancer nurses then you're welcome to give them a call on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator