Should I attend my Breast Cancer Clinic referral

Hi Edwarde

Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you are facing a possible diagnosis of breast cancer. There are a couple of men with breast cancer on this forum so you are not alone. While it’s completely up to you I would attend your appointment with the breast clinic if I were you even if it’s only to set your mind at rest.

Wishing you the best of luck whatever you decide to do.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Hi Edwarde 

I'm sorry you find yourself here.  There is a thread on the forum for men experiencing breast cancer:

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/breast-cancer-forum/f/general/236346/blokes-with-breast-cancer?pifragment-13906=10#1757446

Best wishes whatever you decide

Now Edward you know ignoring it won't make it go away so take yourself off for your appointment.  Also  read the thread that you've been linked to on men with breast cancer as you'll find very useful information there.  Good luck 

Hi Edwarde, I know you must feel lost and scared, I would phone your GP on Monday morning and find out why you’ve been referred, obviously the GP has referred you for a reason but he should have told you he was doing that. I would also attend your appointment, the ladies who work in the breast clinic are all very kind and won’t judge because you’re a man, it is very daunting for all of us but try not to feel alone, we are all here to help, 

Morning Edwarde,

I really encourage you to go to the breast clinic, in my experience the waiting room was not all women, no one is there without a reason and will be carrying anxieties of there own. I was initially seen by a nurse then examined by a male consultant. This in itself  filled me with anxiety, no one other than my husband and a couple of female nurses have seen my boobs for over 28 years! I felt very exposed, however everyone as you would expect was very professional and I ended up being seen by a male surgeon too once they suspected something. I was diagnosed with Cancer have had 8 months of treatment, a lumpectomy and was recently told my Chemo worked and have no signs of Cancer. The NHS have been amazing and I am incredibly thankful for the care available to me, some countries aren’t so lucky. Please use the resources available to you. You can call the Macmillan help line who will reassure you further xxxx good luck 

Hi Edwarde have a scroll through the different posts on this forum and you’ll find one that says Blokes with breast cancer, there are quite a few men on there that have been diagnosed more recently and a gentleman called Doug who was diagnosed I think it said 3 years ago. Maybe if you comment on the post one of them would reply and maybe help you.

You are not alone. Theres a listing called blokes with breast cancer on this forum. Am so sorry you are facing this having been through so much. There are many lumps investigated in breast clinic that are not cancer. I would attend as not knowing or leaving it may just cause more anxiety for you. 

My GP referred me after she examined me when I said I have had pain in my right breast for the last 2 months which is not improving. Thankfully I got the referral the same day.

If your clinic is like the one I go to, there will be plenty of men waiting there as well as women. I'd say in the waiting area on breast clinic days, probably about 40% men to 60% women. (I see the waiting room regularly because I walk through it to get to the chemo upstairs where I've been going since July, and often two days a week).

A lot of partners attend, plus men also get breast issues including cancer.

You are absolutely not alone, although of course outnumbered by females if it is in fact cancer. Apparently the large majority of people (around 90%) attending the breast clinic do not receive a cancer diagnosis once all the tests have been done. 

Best of luck. 

Here's the thread 

Blokes with breast cancer