Hi new here, after a six week wait of finding a lump I finally got to meet the breast surgeon who initially thought it was a benign cyst but sent me for a mammagram to make sure. After imaging and without any word of explanation I was taken for an ultrasound, I wasn’t too concerned as the doctor said that the lump was nothing to worry about. I started to get concerned when the radiologist said “there’s defiantly something there your going to need a biopsy”. It was all very quick within an hour I was back sitting in the doctors office with a CNS nurse and was told we are taking the findings very seriously there is a chance it is trauma related but it could be cancer. I really didn’t take it in an hour go I was fine and the lump was benign and now after receiving a “warning shot’ I was told to prepare myself for bad news and come back in two weeks. I walked out of the hospital in a daze how I got home I don’t know my poor dog had his hind legs walked off him for three hours. That was a week a go the wait is unbearable, i’ve confided in my friends and done lot of things to take my mind of it but its always there lurking ready to remind that in a few days my whole world could come crashing down. How on earth do you tell your adult children? I’ve been told that it could be ILC and I will need an operation and radiotherapy the doctor said you should escape chemo which is a good thing. I’m looking at him thinking did he just say that? They have already told me that a slot is available for my operation a week before Christmas, this is all to much, everything is going to fast, I haven’t even been diagnosed yet, or maybe I have but they need to be certain and wait for the results to come back. I honestly think i’m losing it.
Hi mum of many6d81fa
Welcome to the forum, I'm Daisy53 one of the Community Champions on this forum. I'm sorry to hear that you likely have breast cancer. While they are the experts they can't be 100 per cent sure until the results come back that it is cancer, most lumps turn out to be benign. However if they are right and it is breast cancer it will be very treatable. It's quite a whirlwind when you are first diagnosed as they do various tests to make sure that they give you the right treatment for your type of breast cancer.
What you are feeling is perfectly natural, facing a breast cancer diagnosis is frightening. You might find it helpful to wait until you have all the information about your breast cancer to tell your adult children. If you'd like some advice on how to tell them you could ring the helpline on 0808 808 0000. I'm going to send you a link to How to tell people you have cancer, here it is https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/diagnosis/talking-about-cancer/how-to-tell-people-you-have-cancer
Wishing you the best of luck with your results and do let us know how you get on.
Best wishes
Daisy53
