Hi everyone,
I found a lump in my breast a couple weeks ago and went to the GP for a check. She told me it didn’t seem like anything to worry about and was likely just a hormonal change (I’m now 40 weeks pregnant). The GP said she wasn’t going to refer me for any scans, despite having bc in my family, because it’s probably nothing. But, about an hour after I left, she called me to say she was referring me on the two week pathway just in case.
I really wasn’t worried at all until I went for my breast clinic appointment. I had a chat first with a doctor who said it didn’t feel malignant and was probably milk-related. He sent me for an ultrasound anyway.
The ultrasound showed that it definitely wasn’t milk build up - it’s a solid mass which needed a biopsy. Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but I feel like the mood shifted a bit when they realised.
They said that it might just be a fibroadenoma, but they don’t know. From the ridiculous amount of googling I’ve done, it seems like most people get told on the day if it looks like a fibroadenoma or if it looks like cancer. Does it seem strange that I wasn’t given a likely diagnosis? Has anyone else had the ultrasound tech not be able to tell? I’ve read that fibroadenomas are easily moveable, but my lump - which thankfully is smooth - doesn’t seem to move at all.
I keep worrying that they wanted to spare me from the bad news considering I’m due to give birth any day now, but is that ridiculous? If it is cancer, I’d honestly much rather be able to mentally prepare for receiving that news now than have it sprung on me in a week’s time.