Found a lump

Hi I found a lump 5 (will be 6 years in May) years ago. I mentioned it to my mum first as I was trying to persuade myself it was nothing and she pushed me to going to the doctors. It was at the begiing of lockdown so all appointments had to be on my own. The dr referred me on to have a mammogram and an ultrasound. Nothing showed on the mammogram as I have dense breasts. But they picked somethi up on the ultrasound and took a biopsy from my breast and my sentinel lymph node. The results from this were really fast that I had cancer and then I had to have mri and ct scans. This was the scarst part for me, I pushed to have them done as quick as possible. The cancer teams meet once a week to discuss cases in my case on a Friday so you can lose a week waiting if your scans don’t catch thtiming right. I was thinking the worst at this point but my consultant rang with the results and changed the meeting that should have been my results to my operation. My ct and mri scans were clear I had a lumpectomy and full lymph node removal. I then had radiotherapy and tamoxifen (hormone therapy) which I stayed on for five years. As they were avoiding chemo due to Covid part of the tumouras sent to the us for what they call an oncotype dx score this establishes the likelihood of recurrence and whether chemo is beneficial. In my case I was lucky not to have to have chemo. I have had signs of any cancer returning  thinking of you on your journey x

 Hi

Well done for starting your investigation! One thing i learnt on my cancer experience was the significance of time - the sooner you address it the better

Generally I’d recommend against googling - you’ll read horror stories that probably don’t apply to you. I know it’s tough to not know how good or bad things might be. However, one thing I found extremely encouraging were the charts on the Cancer Research website - showing how good the stats are for recovery from breast cancer

Hopefully it’s not even cancer and you wont need to worry at all

Good luck x

I agree with Susan HB. Try not to google too much. Stick to factual sites like Macmillan, Breast Cancer Now and the NHS. 

Be selective. Fewer people post with good news than those with scare stories. 

Yes, it’s scary, especially before you get a treatment plan but support is out there. Here, with your BCN and friends and family. Use them. 

I wish you well 

Hi there. I  had a mild breast pain and warmth  one month  ago,go to GP and they reffered  me to breast clinic. They found  something  there ,they said is 95 percent  cancer.They took biopsy from my breast and one of my nodes .I'll  meet the consultant  on 28th of January. I'm  still in shock. But I'm  trying  not to google  too much.Just have faith  and patience. Hopefully  yours turn out benign. Sending  love.

Hi there

Well done on moving so quickly on this! You've absolutely done the right thing.

I've been referred to the breast clinic 3 times now in just over 12 months and the first two lumps turned out to be cysts. The first one was almost 4cm and I was pretty convinced it was going to be cancer due to the sheer size of it. I also thought the second was going to be because it was very hard and fixed.

On the flipside, I wasn't worried about my 3rd lump, which did turn out to be cancer, and was convinced it was just going to be another cyst to the point that I almost delayed getting it checked. Then at the clinic they told me they needed to biopsy it and I became quite upset because I was 100% sure it would be fine.

Goes to show you never can tell!

I hope you get your appointment really soon and all turns out ok x

Well done for taking that first step of getting it looked at. The worry in between is inevitable and hard to escape. The clinics are really good at doing all the investigations in one appointment. 
I found a lump in 2012 that was a cyst and again in 2015 (probably menopause related changes) Each of those times I found out there and then that it was a cyst. 
My actual diagnosis didn’t come from me feeling a lump, it was an indentation that sparked my concern. 
Hopefully it will be a cyst. However, if not your early action is a step in the right direction. 
Sendng best wishes 

Hi Dinosaur

Welcome to the forum, I'm Daisy53 one of the Community Champions on this forum.  I'm sorry to hear that you might have breast cancer.  I was diagnosed with breast cancer twice and both times after receiving treatment I made a full recovery.

Hopefully you won't be waiting too long for your appointment, on less the clinic is a very busy one they try to see you within two weeks of the referral from your GP.

Wishing you the best of luck with your appointment.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Hi to all and thanks for sharing experiences a lot sound similar to mine.
I also found a lump in December had my appointment last Friday. Suspicious tumour  x2  so biopsies taken and have follow up next week. 
Still shocked but your life changes in that moment and now it takes a different path. Hopefully I can still work as that will help me through but who knows. So just wait for next appointment. 

Hi, 

Your life definitely does change in that moment. 
Make sure you take as much rest as you can even if you think you don’t need it. I’m paying for not resting properly after my ops now. 

Sorry to hear that, hope it’s all going ok for you.