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I was able to get an earlier appointment and get my 2nd mammo and u/s done this morning. The lady who did my mammo was the same one that I had with the first. She said what they saw was about 1 inch...not 11mm as the clinic had told me. grr.

She also said that what they saw looked perfectly smooth with clean margins and they thought it was a cyst and wanted to do a compression shot. The girl who did the u/s said that it looked like a cyst to her and that she could see nothing else in the breast and that it was clean margins. (she also said she wasn't suppose to tell me anything, but I was a mess!) I did show her where I was having all of the pain and she she did wand over the spot numerous times with a lot of pressure and saw nothing.

The thing that concerns me so much is I thought that cyst did not show up black on the u/s, or am I wrong?
I'm terrified that they might not do a biopsy because I go through the local clinic and I fear having IBC because of the pain and one breast being noticeably larger than the other one.

The tech said that a cyst could cause swelling and pain in your breast. Does anyone know if that is true

I'm just feeing very alone in all of this. My parents have not called me one since I told them what was going on...not even to check on the results of my first mammo. Although they did find the time to call my middle son and tell him, even after I said I didn't want him to know. He called last night and I couldn't answer the phone because I didn't want to tell him that they did find something, but we didn't know what. He isn't taking it well and that was the reason I didn't want him to know. Bless his heart. He's 24 and such a sweet young man.

I want to thank everyone here for being so kind and understanding. If is wasn't for this board I do not know what I would do to keep sane.

Hi Mary, I am going through the waiting to find out stage right now. I have no insurance and I found out that nearly, if not all county Health Departments have a program for uninsured women to get breast exams. They will pay for your mammogram, ultrasounds, etc. It might be worth checking out.

Thank you, Shirlann for the comforting words. I've been imagining that my fatigue is because I won't be here very much longer...oh my arm muscle is hurting. Well, there ya go, another symptom lol. I think I let this person work me up into fury here. The waiting is just terrible.
Thank you for giving me some reassurance. It was greatly needed.

Big hugs
Kimber