mgayle48

Aly006 -- My daughter is your age and found a lump when she was 17. It sounds a lot like the way you described yours. She went through the whole thing. The doctor sent her for an ultrasound and they decided it was not a cyst -- so she had a biopsy and it turned out to be a fiboadenoma -- benign growth. Anyway -- you would have to be examined and yes they feel it first. You would be in a gown and the doctor would only open your gown enough to check you out. If you are really paranoid about it a women doctor would  probably make you feel more comfortable. My daughter was sent to a women's health center where they did all the testing. They were all women and treated her like she was their own daughter. She was a little embarrassed but got over it when she realized how great everyone was. It is very unlikely you have cancer, but you should be checked out. I was diagnosed myself with cancer this past year and I used to be very self conscious about my breasts. But heck, after going through everything I've gone through in the last year I'm not any more. I've even been known to flash people(well just my husband really -- but he loves it). Anyway -- you can handle it!!!!

This whole thing about DCIS not  being cancer is bull. Sorry but it ticks me off. Yes, it is cancer, just not invasive yet. The next time a Dr tells one of us it is not cancer, I would suggest to them to have some of our  'non-cancer cells' injected into his/her breast tissue to see what happens. I'm sure they wouldn't be willing to try that experiment.  Hmmmm, I wonder????

I 'm prettty sure the no underwires is because of capsular contracture issues with the implants. Once you're healed and cleared by your PS you can probably go back to them, but don't know for sure. Most women wear the wrong bra size anyway and the wire rides against the breast tissue and not the chest wall where it is supposed to.

 My fills were 50cc's each. The only pain I ever experienced was a mild ache in shoulder blade after my first fill. I did have a feeling of extra fullness after all the fills, but no pain. I went weekly for 2 months and am now waiting for my exchange surgery which is scheduled for August 8.  Something else to consider is the larger fills can cause stretch marks. I wasn't really concerned about that, but I know some people are. I was however, paranoid about my first fill because of my stitches, but found out for me anyway it was quite easy.  

I'm new at this site too. Found it last week when looking for some info. I haven't posted very much but have done a  whole lot of reading of other posts. All I can say about this site is WOW!!!

 Yes you should be concerned -- but not panicked.

If you are having bleeding get to the doctor. That's how my DCIS was discovered. One tiny drop of blood on my bra. My doc sent me to the breast center and I had an ultrasound. They didn't see anything specific but it was suspicious enough my doc sent me to a breast specialist/surgeon. She then did another ultasound and rather bluntly told me she thought I had DCIS. At first I felt I had been punched in the gut, but she was very reassuring and told me DCIS is one of the earliest forms of breast cancer. She sent me for a breast MRI and scheduled a biopsy the next week. The biopsy confirmed her hunch. 

There are other reasons you could have bleeding. So the thing is don't panic, but don't put off following up. Try to take the attitude of dealing with it one step at a time.  

I had a tiny drop of blood on my bra. At first I thought I had scratched a bump or something. About 10 days later there was another. I figured  there was only one other place it could have come from so I squeezed my nipple and sure enough there it was. Went to the doc and after an ultrasound  breast mri and biopsy found out I had DCIS (stage 0).  I never would have known until it was invasive if not for that drop of blood. You know what is normal for you. Never hesitate to check it out.