Awaiting appointment

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Hi all,

I feel abit of a fraud being here.

I found a breast lump around 3 months ago, behind my aerola that I think extends to behind the nipple in my left breast. My left breast feels completely different overall to my right, however i think this is normal for me. When i first notice the lump i remember having to dig for it to find it each time. I forgot about it for a while and when i remembered and checked again, I now only have to barely rest my fingers in that area and its very clear to feel now, not sure if it has grown or moved or what. I eventually rang the doctors around 3 weeks ago, and got the next available appointment which falls next week. The receptionist wasn't particularly happy with me waiting that long and told me to ring every morning for any cancellations for an earlier appointment. I have not done this as I am happy to wait as I feel like it's going to be nothing, and im probably going to be wasting the doctors time as well as my own. I am 36, so i know statistically its probably nothing, but i am aware there are people who has had a difficult diagnosis at all ages.

Im just wondering if anyone has had a lump in a similar place? What did you lump feel like? What was it confirmed as for you?

Sorry for the long message, thank you for reading.

Panne 1 hour ago

A lump appeared in my right breast overnight. Coincidentally, I had received the letter for my first mammogram a month earlier, but I ignored it. Luckily, when the lump appeared, I had the letter with me and was able to schedule the exam for the following week. Nothing showed up on the mammogram, maybe because I had implants. Because I had a visible lump, the next step would be a biopsy. To summarise, I let the hospital handle the situation and wait for results and contact instead of going to my GP. This back-and-forth process took almost 2 months. I had the result confirming that it was a cancerous tumour, but they still didn't know the type, and the plan was to have surgery in 2 months.

I had a breakthrough and didn't want to wait. I sought out a private surgeon, and he looked for my results, which had been ready for some time. The type of cancer was the most aggressive possible, and at that stage, it had already grown to almost 2 cm. The surgery was cancelled, and I started chemotherapy in 2 weeks. In your case may be nothing; my mum had a lump for ages and just went to see a doctor because we insisted, and it was nothing.
The message I want to convey here is that if you feel a lump in your breast, don't wait; see a doctor immediately. Hope everything will be fine with you.

Thewaitbegins 1 hour ago in reply to Panne

Thank you for your reply

I am so sorry you are going through this! Sounds like you did everything necessary and I hope that you are doing okay mentally. The way that medicine is nowadays, i am sure you will be in safe hands. I hope you have all the love and support that you need during this journey .

Thank you! I am sure it will be fine, ive never been health scared, I am a "it is what it is and we will do what we can do" type of person so I know that i wont worry much.

Good luck with your treatment, you got this.

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