Hi! I'm in the same boat waiting for my appointment which is on the 27th

My symptoms are my right breast is getting bigger and I found a lump just above my nipple. I've just recently started getting pains but I can't tell if it's the lump or it's just how heavy my breast is now. 

The wait is always the worst part but hopefully it's something that's easy to deal with and not the dreaded C word. 

I'm always free if you need to vent or just chat X 

Clara & hetty 

I wish you both good luck at the Breast clinic 

love Lara ️

It's just terrifying but I'm holding out hope it's nothing X 

Hi Chloe, thank you for your reply. 
im sorry to hear that you're also experiencing this. It's good that you have a date for your appointment and can look towards that. It might seem a long way off but you'll soon have a better idea of what is going on.

I hope I get an appointment date through soon. It has been a month since I was referred now.

it's horrid how the what if's consume your thoughts isn't it?!

Thank you Lara for your support xx

wishing you all well xx

I got my appointment pretty quick so I'm lucky there, I hope you get yours soon! It's just the waiting, it's soooo horrible! 

I'm only 26 so I'm hoping and praying it's nothing serious but I have got a family history of breast cancer. I'm terrified of needles too, so if they have to do a biopsy I might cry! 

Keep as positive as you can (people keep saying this to me but I don't know how!) 

Message me if you need to chat xx

Hi Chloe,

I'm also 26 and have just had my first ever biopsy on my left breast on Saturday! Feel free to message me if you want to talk through what happened so you know what to expect feel more prepared for 27th - knowledge is power and all that! 
 

Try not to worry, and see it as a positive thing if they do want to do a needle biopsy - it means you'll get more information about the lump and be able to fully rule things out for definite one way or another.

I'm generally ok with needles but always just before, whenever they're getting the needle ready, I have a pang of fear. It's that feeling of someone doing something invasive  to you that's outside of your control (even something as a small as splinter is less painful to dig out yourself that have someone else do for you!) 

But i found it was manageable with the right mental frame of mind, telling myself that was in control, because I was the one to had consented to placing myself in the care of this doctor and nurse (who were both really lovely).Also you're totally numb so not actually in pain at the time.  They kept stopping to ask me if I was ok, if I was coping and ready to carry on (had 3 samples taken in total). If you're not asked during yours, then make sure you advocate for yourself and tell them if you need them to pause for a minute. Your body, you're in control (although granted bodies randomly growing lumps without our permission can make it feel the opposite sometimes!) 

You've totally got this whatever the appointment brings! Xxx
 

Hi there

i have my appointment on the 28th February. I have had multiple cysts in my breasts over the years and have visited the breast clinic 5 times in as many years. The last time was back in October where they found a number of small flattened cysts in a 3 cm piece of tissue on the outer portion of my right breast and sent me on my way.

forward to January this year, I found a lump underneath the nipple next to the previous patch of cysts and it was hard. Hey ho I thought and waited to my next period to see if it went. Then last week I checked, and the lump is blooming massive compared to what I have had before. I went to the docs and she said it was a 3 - 4 cm hard craggy lump and referred me. I can literally hold it between my fingers instead of feeling a pea sized lump. 

This has sent my mind spiralling, whether or not they missed something before, even to ridiculous thoughts like the hospital has put back a follow up scan on a cyst I have on my ovary (scanned last April) and this breast lump is a secondary cancer and I'm doomed.

My logical brain is telling me to get a grip but my gut feels like I have dodged a bullet so many times and that this time my luck has run out.

I have only told my closest family as I know people would just think it's just another cyst (as those who I have told think the same) but the doctors words and a stupid consultation with dr Google has messed with my head.

it does feel better to get it on paper!! 
 

You're not on your own ... good luck on the 27th :-)

Betty Chloe live once and Sophie 

I hope you all get good news please let us no how you get on stay here for support of you need it while waiting 

love Lara ️

Hi there I too am awaiting a breast clinic appointment on the 28th ,im utterly petrified hence being on this at this hour ,can't sleep.

if you need someone to talk to going through this too,im here.

Just an update here, I rang my GP this morning to enquire how long the waiting time is, as it's already been a tormenting 4 week wait, they advised me to ring breast clinic. The breast clinic said I won't get an appointment until April. I'm devastated