Arghh

Gemma__3

I just want to tell my boyfriend so I can get a big hug from him

its been on my mind. but been positive watched the inbetweeners movie and starting on the series, Without fail always cheer me up.

ERICS_MUM

Gemma_ wrote: »

I know, I just want it away. Just hope the doctor can see me monday!

don't hope, insist. It's too important and too scary to make you wait.

I had a similar scare a few years ago, when checking myself in the shower on a Sunday morning ! It was truthfully the most scary 24 hrs before I could call the surgery Now I have a rule that I will never check myself from Fri night to Sun night.

Good luck. As others have said, only a very very small percentage of lumps turn out to be malignant, but it's natural to be worried. Please don't "chicken out" of seeing your GP though.

Linda xx

Gemma__3

Thanks for your support

I am just really nervous that the receptionist will make me wait weeks for an appointment and I'll be driven crazy with worry

I will be dialing 5 minutes before they open and keep trying until they answer.

Calien27

Oh hun *big hugs*

Easier said than done but please try not to worry.

I had a lump a couple of years ago (turned out to be a cyst) by the time my hospital appt came around it was almost gone completely.

If you have anyone to confide in, please do, it really helps to have someone to support you. Also insist that you need an appt asap, don't let them fob you off!!

Good luck!

Gemma__3

Sorry for going on, I have a bit on this thread.

System

*Big hugs*, i found a lump a few months ago and foolishly googled it and convinced myself it was the worst, got an emergency appointment with my GP and she was lovely, really put my mind at ease and instantly knew what it was that was causing it (in my case a skin infection that needed antibiotics )

I know it can be scary but i'm sure you'll be ok. and tell your bf if its worrying you. im sure he's rather know and reassure you if he can support you

marisco_2

Gemma a friend of mine faced your worries just over a year ago. Like yourself she discovered a lump over a weekend and the having to wait to make an appointment with her gp till the Monday morning caused her a lot of angst and anxiety. She feared being fobbed off and made to wait just as you are now.

In reality when she called her surgery they showed a lot of empathy and took her worry seriously. She was asked to go straight down, seen very quickly, had her concerns alleviated greatly and referrals were made for thorough checks to be done at the local hospital.

Your surgery has a duty of care to all its patients. It is highly unlikely that they would mess you around or delay seeing you. I am thinking of you and hoping that by this time tomorrow you will have been reassured somewhat and feel calmer and totally supported.

Gemma__3

I really don't want to tell him until I know myself. Ive been reading of people being refused appointments. Hope they don't say no to me.

Person_one

Get off Google!

valk_scot

Gemma_ wrote: »

I really don't want to tell him until I know myself. Ive been reading of people being refused appointments. Hope they don't say no to me.

If the front desk receptionist refuses you, ask to speak to the practice manager at once. Receptionists are not doctors, they can't diagnose you as non urgent in a case like this and any receptionist that did this to a patient phoning in with a breast lump would be in serious trouble. There's a reason that the referral from the GP to the breast clinic is only two weeks at most and that's because for the minority of women referred that do need further treatment for malignancy, time is of the essence, the faster treatment commences the better the chance of a cure. For a receptionist to be fobbing you off for weeks or even days goes completely against this.

But receptionists are usually well trained tbh, they have a list of red flag symptoms that they know are emergencies and breast lumps are on this. So make sure they know it's a lump, and don't take any crap in the unlikely event you do encounter a useless receptionist.