I’ve only just seen your post SirChenjin I’m so glad things turned out well. It must be a huge relief. Take care now you’ve had a horrible shock.
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Great news SirChenjin 'Merry Christmas'
Thanks everyone - Christmas will indeed be a very good one this year!
Just in case anyone else is reading this in the future, I have the following advice (now that I am an old hand at mammograms!).
The appointment can last a few hours, so take some snacks, a drink and something to read. You’ll be taken into a separate waiting room from your partner so tell them to do the same.
The aspiration by needle wasn’t actually too bad - the worst part was when it went in, but it was more of an ouch than an Ooowwwwwwww. I had 1.5 big syringe worth’s drained so she was poking about for quite a while but it was really not bad at all. Once I’d had the cyst drained I didn’t feel anything more than pressure with the mammogram - certainly no pain. The radiographer took her time and did it really slowly just in case it got painful but it wasn’t- it was over before I knew it. I’ve had a bit of tenderness this afternoon and evening but nothing that a couple of paracetamol won’t sort out.
A pp said that there was a fine line and it’s so true. I was very, very lucky today and for that reason I would encourage everyone to take up the offer of a mammogram and to check themselves each month.
Thanks again 
Wonderful news
Happy to hear and cheers to your good health
Huge sigh of relief all round
Along with another lady I was asked to wait and see the doctor when my mammogram was taken in the hospital. Mine was an old cyst but I noticed an oncology nurse slipping into the consultant’s room just before the other patient was called. Not a good sign as I now know.
It makes you aware of how thin the line can be.
Fantastic news! What a relief for you - just in time to be able to enjoy Christmas. 
Wondeful news
Merry Christmas xx
Well - there we are - good news just before Christmas - I am delighted for you.
Locally the breast clinics are a one-stop-shop. You can have a mammogram, then see consultant, get a cyst drained etc. all in one go. My DD has recurrent breast cysts and goes to this clinic - she only tells me she has been when all is well and it is all over - I am happy to continue thus - I just want the good news!
I once had a huge breast cyst that I did not notice, like you. It was flat and spread out so not easy to feel - I was looking for little pea-sized bumps!
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