jthompson

Thank you for all of your support. It makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER to know that I am not crazy and a waste of time to a doctor. I did make another appt. with someone who my sister in law has gone to, and she loved her. This breast specialist was the "best of the best" according to my ob/gyn and is some hot shot at Moffit, etc. Very dissappointing, but I have another appt. now for the first week in Oct., so I am looking forward to that and finding out the answers I am looking for. Thank you again for your support and help with this!

Last January, I found a 1 cm lump on the inside upper quadrant of my right breast. had an us and mammo, found nothing, and they recommending waiting and watching. Last July I started having searing breast pain, and last month started having clear discharge out of that same breast.

 My ob/gyn tested my prolactin levels, which were normal. After waiting a month to see the "best of the best" breast specialists, he was such a jerk. Told me pain, discharge and my lump were not symptoms of breast cancer, and I shouldn't go through life living like this (convinced I have cancer). I explained to him that I am not convinced, just concerned and I want to do a biopsy. He agreed to do a fine needle biopsy, but told me it was irrelevent, because he may not get the right cells anyway if i did have cancer. He told me not to even monitor it, bc he is sure its fine, and my lump isn't even big enough to worry about. My ob/gym told me it was 1 cm. Anyway, I have never been treated so poorly. I even took a zanax so I wouldn't be emotional when speaking with him, and I was very calm and not freaking out.

so, my questions are 1. what do i do next, find another person, and 2. is breast pain and nipple discharge a sigh of cancer? And how do I go about finding out what is the cause if not cancer?

I think there are programs that you can use to get free medical assistance if you can't afford testing. I would always recommend getting it checked out, just to be sure. Good luck!

I have the same feeling you are describing. Not sure what it is, but go to the dr. next week. Hopefully I will know more. good luck.

i am glad to read that other people are reacting the same way I am. I am waiting to see my specialist on the 3rd as well. I had to wait a month, but my ob/gyn says he is the "Best of the Best', and worth the wait. I am freaking out, and have been taking zanax at night. I feel like since i am 30 it sounds so silly to say "I may have breast cancer". It just doesn't make sense to me. I feel like I can't talk about it with my husband. He is a GREAT man, but is just optimisit, and doesn't really know what to say. I feel like my friends are uncomfortable, bc they dont' know what to say either. i haven't told my mom bc I don't want her to worry about it any more than she has to. she knows i have a lump, but not my other symptoms (nipple discharge, sharp pains in my breast).. I feel like i am not strong because I have to take xanax to sleep at ngiht, and i haven't even been diagnosed with anything. I have  3 and 1 1/2 year old boys, and i cry  everynight at the htought of this happening to them. I am not sure why i have to focus on the negative, and not the 80% chance!!! I am able to do that during the day when I am busy, but at night its really hard.

Last Dec., I noticed a small lump in my right breast, when to the gyn, who sent me for a mamo/us. Both came back not showing anything, and although everyone feels the lump, the dr. said to just wait, and come back if anything else changes. Well, a month or so ago, I started having a searing pain in that breast, around my nipple. Tonight, I tried squeezing it, and a clear discharge came out. I have to wait until Sept. 2 to see the "best" breast specialist in my town, and now I don't want to have to wait that long wiht discharge. I am only 30, and feel like I am getting pushed aside bc of my age and risk factors. Should I be really concerned with discharge. what could other causes of it be? I am so sad. I have 2 small children, and am just so upset that I listened to the dr. and waiting this long.

I just need to get this out there, because my friends are just dismissing my worry, because I am only 30. Last Dec., I found a small 1 cm lump in my right breast. I went to my ob/gyn, who sent me for a mammo/ultrasound. Both showed nothing, and although the radiologist could feel the lump, he recommened waiting a while and just to call back if I noticed any changes. Well, last month, my breast is now slightly swollen, and I have this searing nipple pain (feels like its on the inside of my nipple, like its being scraped with sandpaper). I feel the pain, and then it goes away. I have no discharge or skin changes, but I am starting to get worried. I went back to my ob/gyn and he sent me to a breast specialist, but I can't get an appt. with him for a month, and that is just the consult. Should I try to get into another doctor earlier? I called my ob/gyn and the nurse said he was the BEST and worth waiting for ... but I am just really starting to get worried. Is it normal to have to wait that long?