Hello people, joined to read others experiences and to add my own in hope of some lovely advice.
I'm 42, and around 4 months ago found a lump in my left breast. I've found one before years ago that turned out to be nothing and being the people pleaser I am I didn't want to 'bother anyone's so decided to leave it a while to see if it went away itself or changed.
Kind of forgot about till about 6 weeks ago and realised it had gotten bigger, well the lump hadn't but surrounding it was a kind of thickening. GP referred me and I was seen at the breast clinic on Tuesday.
Was put for a mammogram then ultrasound then in for the talk- he basically said he had no idea what it was so had no option but to do a biopsy to know for sure.
He showed me the mammogram but it was hard to read due to my dense tissue, ultrasound showed a mass with irregular edging so needed to be investigated further. He then told me that it could to be cancer and he had to prepare me for that.
I have an appointment a week tomorrow- don't know how I'm going to cope with the wait.
I swing from thinking it's going to be fine to dreading the worst even though he said if it's cancer it will be treatable so not to worry. I'm overthinking if that was his way of telling me it's likely and I wish I'd just bloody asked!
I am such a positive person normally and didn't realise I was such an over thinker until now. Keep replaying different scenarios in my head of getting my results. Hopefully the next 8 days pass without me losing my mind!!!
Tips to not think myself to death are appreciated!!! 
Hi Highlander Wifey and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
It's natural to worry about the upcoming biopsy but you've joined the right community to help you through this,
As the online community is divided into different support forums I'm going to recommend that you join the breast cancer forum which is a great place to see how others have coped and connect to others who are going through the same stage as you.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
If you have any problems negotiating the community just reply to me and I'll be pleased to help.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Thank you latchbrook, I will check that out. Have a lovely day 
