Luckie4me I have just sent you a pm, hope this helps, but just wanted to say, have faith, it is hopefully only a benign cyst.

It is recommended that all women 40 and up have yearly mammograms and then I think it is 2 yearly from 50 onwards, if you mother is diagnosed you will have to ask when you should have yours, I don't think it is wise to have them earlier than 40 because the breast tissue is different, and can often have readings that are not right.

Don't dispair, my mum is a survivor, a very recent one, of this dreaded disease, so don't give up hope.

I find your health system strange, here in NZ having private medical insurance, means that you ususally donot have to wait for anything, my mother had her mammogram and ultrasound on the same day, a week later her hookwire and surgery, we pay for it and then we are re-eimbursed, in some cases the insurance will pay up first, that is why I have been able to get my daughter seen to so quick because I went privately, waiting for the hospital could take months, my mother did however have to wait almost 2mths for her radiation therapy, because it is only done at the hospital, not available privately.

I know how worried you are and how you feel, let us hope all turns out positively. TAKE CARE ok. and be strong for your mother, she will need you right now, no matter what the results are ok., be her rock, but have someone to be there for you, I am always here if ya need me ok.