So I had the Scan

A couple posts ago I talked about how I had found a lump in my breast and that it was diagnosed as a benign lump which is all good, however I still had to go for a scan to make sure everything was 100% ok, and as I had already blogged about my initial experience I thought I would blog this one as well.

I have never had to go for a scan before so was a bit tense and anxious for that but I knew that it was just going to be an ultra sound. However I couldn't spray any of my deodorant on before I went so I was more anxious of smelling than anything showing up. The fear of smelling was more than just my armpits, I went with my mum and as we were in the lift on the way to the breast imaging clinic my mum tells me my breath smells and then tells me that she doesn't have any chewing gum #firstworldproblems, so for the whole appointment my breath stank.

Just like the other few appointments I have had I removed my top half of clothing and was given a towel to cover myself before the doctor came in, and just like my other appointments it was very quick. The ultra sound confirmed what had already been told to me.

However what I did learn is that another name for the fibroadenoma is breast mouse/mice which is a very odd picture to imagine when you are lying on a hospital bed with someone scanning your breasts.

Going through this whole experience has really helped me to understand the whole process a lot more and has made me a lot calmer about finding any lumps in the future.

I Found a Lump!

I want to say now at the beginning that I am fine and my lump was a benign Fibroadenoma (more info here) but I still wanted to blog about my experience.

At 20 I never worried about my breasts, I still checked them regularly, but it never occurred to me there would be anything to actually be worried about. However in early June I was laying in bed when I got a sharp pain in my right breast, when I went to feel I found a lump that was hard and didn't move. Naturally my first instinct was that I was going to die. There are so many horror stories out there (and quite rightly) about young women finding lumps that my first instinct was that the big c word was involved.

After I calmed down a bit I went on the NHS website and it helped me to realise it was highly unlikely to be anything serious.

It still took me a couple of weeks to pluck up the courage to tell my mum and go to the doctors. It was a straight forward appointment, I went in and the talked through what I had felt, then it was his turn to Coppafeel ;) it was all very quick and then it was over.

He said that most likely everything was ok but he was going to see me in a couple weeks to see if there was any change but I was probably going to be referred to the hospitals breast clinic. Which I was in fact referred to.

The hospital was again very painless and very quick, when my name was called it was just a quick feel and the specialist doctor told me there was nothing to worry about and it was a Fibroadenoma. I will have to go back for a scan as they couldn't fit me in then but it is a great relief that everything is ok.

The moral of this story is that if you every feel anything out of the ordinary please just stay calm and get it checked out as soon as possible, and that it is not a scary experience going to the doctors.