First visit to the specialist

29th October 2009. I managed to get in to see the breast specialist at Boulcott Breast Clinic quite quickly which was a relief. Within less than a week of ringing for an appointment, I was booked in. When I arrived I had the standard mammogram and whilst I was putting my clothes back on the lady who takes the films came in to the cubicle and informed me that the two doctors had looked at my mammograms and they were fine.  Phew....what a relief!  We then went through to the specialists rooms and he examined me.  He was amazed that I had even noticed the flattening of skin on my breast as it was so slight.  He did an ultrasound of the area and discovered a 1 cm shadow just below the dimpling.  He wasn't sure what it was but sent me through to another room where the ultrasound equipment was a lot better.  The technician who did the ultrasound said that there was a shadow but it didn't look as if it was a mass.  She took the film for another specialist to look at who then came in and said that he felt that further investigation was necessary in the way of a core biopsy.  They injected my breast to numb the area and proceeded to extract three lots of tissue from the breast by way of an instrument which resembled a six inch nail.  It didn't hurt and I could see where the device was entering my breast from the ultrasound screen next to me. It was similar to an ear piercing tool which shoots in and out.  After this chain of events I was quite shocked because once again the mammogram had turned up nothing and  each one of the specialists had told me that they were sure it wasn't breast cancer but just wanted to be sure. I would have to return to the clinic next Tuesday for my results.