Hi everyone! So glad I found you all but also sorry for the reason we are all here. I am feeling lost and alone and stressed and I need advice. Three years ago at the same time I found out I was pregnant, I found what felt like a rubbery piece of chewed up bubblegum in my right breast. My OB referred me to get an ultrasound which showed nothing, so the radiologist referred me to a breast surgeon for a second opinion. She said it was very moveable and not concerning to her at all. She told me to get it checked after I had the baby and finished nursing. So 18 months later when my breasts were no longer filled with milk, I could still feel the lump. I had another u/s and mammo which came back negative and the surgeon told me again that it felt like regular but dense breast tissue and told me to please stop worrying. I continued to see her every three months because I couldn’t stop worrying and she continued to reassure me it is not cancer. She said she didn’t want to mutilate my breast for no reason, she was confident it isn’t cancer. Well here I am over three years later and that breast has started to ache and hurt with shooting pains. I feel pain in my armpit too. I saw another breast surgeon for a second opinion and STILL both surgeons said I am experiencing normal breast pain and I do not have cancer. Tonight I was horrified when I squeezed my breast and clearish liquid came out. It does not happen on the other breast. So now here I am… a large dense moveable “mass” in my breast that has doubled in size since I found it, pain in my breast and armpit, and discharge upon squeezing. All doctors and specialists and husband telling me it is nothing. And me reading forums and crying my eyeballs out because I think it IS something and no one believes me. What should I do?! I want to demand a biopsy but I don’t know if it’s possible without showing up on imaging. So do I do a lumpectomy and take out half my breast, even though two surgeons don’t recommend it? I am desperate for advice. Thank you so much if you truly read this whole thing. Haha!
Sending you all my love and best wishes,
Lindsey
hi Lindsey,
So sorry you have this anxiety, but totally understandable as you dont seem to have had this resolved to your satisfaction.
Given your change in symptoms, it obviously needs to be checked again & requesting a biopsy may be a way forward.
As they say, its most likely to be nothing serious, but you do need to know exactly what it is, or you will go round in circles with anxiety.
do let us know what happens
ann x
I agree that you need to go back to your Dr as there has been a change. It most likely isn’t anything to worry about but until you have concrete results you will carry on being anxious which is no good for your health and well-being. I had an appointment today and the consultant I saw was adamant that I go back if I’m worried about any changes. I felt cared for and my anxiety felt understood. It was a wonder I didn’t hug her!!
Take care xx
Hi Lindsay,
i do hope you have now been seen and that you feel confident that the problem has been assessed.
i was thinkng that it is really useful to take someone/friend, along who will act as an advocate if the docs dont take things seriously.
about ten years ago, i was really worried…and I took a friend along and after the cons said he thought nothing was wrong, my friend said ’ oh Mr X, I think ‘Xxxx’ is very worried that if there should be something wrong.,then she mght lose some precious ground/ time , if it gets missed’
the consultant then ordered me a CT, which was ok,… but I felt really reassured.
I have often taken a freind along to see the gp, if I felt a little unempowered by the system!
best wishes xx
Moijanxx