Hi
I'm new here and hoping I've posted in the correct place. Also want to apologies for the long post, here goes.
I was referred to my local hospital as I found a lump which the GP and nurse both felt. My appointment at the hospital was Monday just gone.
The consultant examined me and said he wanted me to have a Mammogram and then an ultrasound after it. The lady who did the Mammogram was present during the ultrasound. During the ultrasound the nurse, or she could've been a radiologist said she couldn't see anything suspicious and then checked my armpit and again my left breast.
She mentioned a lot of cysts which I have had before. She then said she could see some calcifications.
After a while she asked other nurse to go and get a consultant (different one to I had seen ealrier) She came in and took over the ultrasound. I could see them nodding and pointing at the screen and taking pictures of what they were looking at.
The consultant then said they needed to take some core biopsies from breast.
After they had done this the first consultant I seen came to see me. He said his wish is for it all to come back ok but said he wouldn't be surprised if the results came back showing something as my nipple looked worrying and the nurse had found a gland in my armpit.
He said I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news and needs to see me on Wednesday 30th but I will get a phone call the day before.
I'm just a little shocked and confused as during ultrasound I was told nothing was showing up as worrying but afterwards being told by my consultant that he's expecting the results to show something and sorry to give me bad news.
I have been told that a consultant will only say that if he's certain cancer will be found.
I just don't know what to take from this, I feel ok one minute because of what the lady doing ultrasound said but then worry because of what I was told afterwards.
Hi Elizg and a very warm welcome to the online community
It's natural to feel shocked and confused but I'm glad you've felt able to reach out to this community.
I can see that you've already found and joined the breast cancer group and I'm sure you'll find that it's a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support. You can start a new post in the group and introduce yourself just like you did here and to save yourself typing this out again just copy and paste it.
When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Yes, there's no rush to update your profile. I followed your lead and had an evening on the sofa watching the TV and sharing a Toblerone* with my husband.
I'm very well, thanks for asking. If you need some help getting to sleep tonight you can read my story by clicking on my username.
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