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Stable lesion- should I be pressing for more answers?
Hi there, I'm wondering if I need to press my physician for additional testing… 39/F with elevated risk for bc. A year ago I started a preventive path of a mammogram and MRI 1x yearly. My 1st MRI 8 months ago showed a probably benign lesion on left breast. Two mammograms and a follow up US later did not pick anything up.…
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What does it mean for a lump to be moveable?
I can't seem to wrap my head around what this means. I have a lump in my breast that according to my doctor is mobile, but I don't know what that means. I can feel the top of it, but it's definitely attached to something, I can't feel the underside of it. I trust my doctor, I just keep seeing this idea that cancerous lumps…
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BREAST LUMP FOR YEARS! WORRIED SPOUSE!
Hello everyone, This might be long, and I don't know if anyone will respond but I have to get this out. The anxiety is unbearable. My fiancée (37, woman) has a large, hard lump in the upper quadrant of her right breast. It's so large, that you can see the difference between her two breasts with a naked eye. The lump has a…
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Year-long lumps all on right side of body
Hi all! I'm Sybil, and I'm 23. I'm a lumpy girl; always have been since puberty hit. I'm prone to ovarian cysts and have a family history of fibroids and fibroadenomas. I had a breast reduction when I was a teen and the surgeons found a fibroadenoma in my right breast, which they took out. I didn't even know it was in…
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Why is a lump so terrifying?
Hello friends, I’m new here. My story is a long one so I’ll start with the latest update. This entire progress has only been less than two weeks. *As of Thursday the 13th, I finally got my appointment for my 3D diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound. Would any of you mind sharing which quadrant yours was found? My lump of…
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Additional screening
Hi, I recently had a 3d Mammo and ultrasound. It was Birads 2 but additional screening is needed because they found a lymph node on the left breast. Had a fibroid removed a few years ago after a biopsy and screenings. Going in for additional screening next week. Does the lymph node mean cancer?
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BIRADS 2 to BIRADS 4 in less that 2 months
Hello ladies! I'm new here. I'm so scared, sad and anxious. I'm 28 years old, I have a 2 years old and I'm still breast feeding. My baby started to like more my left breast. Then I felt my out-upper breast tissue weird so I went to my gynecologist. She checked me and said that she want's concern but she sent me a…
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Indent
I'm 20 and kinda worried. A few months ago I noticed a little thumbprint indent in my left breast and it rang some alarm bells. The good thing is that this "dent" goes away when I lift my arm up. I've dug into that area to check for any lumps, as well as 3 other doctors, and none of us feel anything... which is good as…
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BRCA Positive
Hi Everyone, I am new here and trying to make a decision on prophylactic Mastectomy. I am 66 with a positive BRCA2 diagnosis. I had a total hysterectomy at age 34 and from what I have been reading having the hysterectomy may have reduced my chances of acquiring Breast Cancer. Making the decision to have a prophylactic…
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BI-RADS 3 result today - still have anxiety
Had a diagostic mammogram and ultrasound today. Got a BI-RADS3 score and need to follow up in 6 months. I know this means like a 2% chance of malignancy, but I'm still worried. LEFT DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAM WITH CAD AND TOMOSYNTHESIS AND LEFT BREAST ULTRASOUND CLINICAL INDICATION: Follow-up left breast calcifications.…
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INFLAMMED BREASTS, WENT INTO SHOCK AT HOSPITAL
A rash started around my breasts and where my bra lies. And then it spread to the rest of my stomach, shoulders and arms, as well as my panty line and thighs. I went to the hospital, threw up and passed out. Was shivering. But my entire body felt like it was on fire. Especially my breasts. There were spots all over my…
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Two-month wait for callback mammogram
Hi, all: I am 44 and just had my first screening mammogram. I've been called back for a diagnostic mammogram (BiRADS 0). Neither the radiologist nor the PCP has shared the reasons; I've tried reading the radiology report myself and have gathered that my right breast looks different from my left breast. I've been told that…
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A few concerning symptoms… worried!
Hi all, About two months ago I started getting this strange sensation in my right breast. It kept feeling like it was leaking or “letting down” but no fluid would come out (haven’t breast fed in almost two years). The sensation also feels tingly at times. Once this continued I started to notice that my right nipple is…
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Confusing radiological report - advice?
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone might have insight about my ultrasound report: "Targeted ultrasound of area of concern right upper outer quadrant showed poorly defined hypoechoic change up to 29mm diameter right breast 11-12 o'clock. The area contains individual locules with central echoes measuring up to 14mm. There is no…
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Large Lump in Armpit
Hi everyone....I'm a nervous wreck. Woke up in the middle of the night on Thursday and for some reason felt the need to touch my right armpit...I felt a huge lump. Got up and went to the bathroom to find my period had arrived. The lump feels hard to me, and deep in my armpit unless I am holding my arm upright. You can…
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All about Dense Breasts
We just added this content on Dense Breasts! Dense Breasts Having dense breasts means there is more fibrous tissue (or connective tissue) and glandular tissue (the type of tissue that produces milk) in your breasts than fatty tissue. That's why dense breast tissue is also called "fibroglandular tissue." In this section…
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Spreading Rashes
Disclaimer - I'm not sure if this should go here or in the IBC thread. If it should be in the IBC thread please let me know and I'll delete and re-post <3 Hi everyone. It's been several years since I've been here. The last few times it was about lumps in both breasts that were all biopsied and diagnosed as fibroadenomas.…
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Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia , Usual Ductal Hyperplasia
* I am a 40 year old , I started my journey in Dec 2019 with discharge from the nipple went int to the er and was told of possible breast cancer. I was sent for diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound which was 3.5mm only shaped mass on the top of my right breast it had fluid and solid compound in which I was then scheduled to…
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Anxious
Hello I am 43 43. I've been getting routine mammograms for quite sometime. Yesterday I got a call back The report says "there is a developing asymmetry in the posterior upper outer quadrant of the right breast" . I went to google which I know is dumb. I can't stop. I have two sons. My mind is racing. I will go back this…
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Back to the waiting game
Hello all! Back in early 2018 I went through a fun-filled MRI, followed by an MRI-guided biopsy which found atypical ductal hyperplasia. I had an excisional biopsy a couple of weeks after that, and luckily nothing else was found. Since then I've been seen at our high-risk breast clinic regularly, and have been on the…
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New Indent + Worsening Pain/Symptoms Over Last Few Weeks
I originally posted this in the “Concerned About IBC Start Here" thread, but quickly deleted it and decided to post separately. I hope that's okay. I've also thought of some details I'd originally left out, so added those below as well. I'm not sure if I should post here for this, but I am 29yo (30 in October), and started…
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Back pain 3 1/2 years out from diagnosis
HI; As you can see from my signature, I'm more than three years out from a triple negative diagnosis. I overdid it swimming laps and woke up a week ago with terrible lower back pain, mostly on left lower back. I am seeing NP today for a scheduled checkup and I'm terrified that it's a recurrence. I feel like I could…
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Biopsy tomorrow
I found a lump about 3 weeks ago and went to the doctor. She told me it was probably a fibroidadenoma and sent me for a mammogram and ultrasound just in case. Ultrasound found that my left breast has a lot of cysts, they saw the lump that I can feel plus another solid mass I can't feel. I was feeling ok about the first one…
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Bruise appeared above the lump for no reason and Im scared!
hello! new member here I'm 22 and about 2 months ago I found a new lump in my breast (I have/had a few fibroadenomas before, all confirmed by biopsy or surgery). It was close to the skin, and you could even see it if you knew where to look. I consulted it with a breast specialist and had an ultrasound, which found an oval…
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26 with a lesion that has “irregular margins”
I am a 26 year old mom of a 1 year old who is due to get a biopsy tomorrow for a lesion on my right breast. I was hoping to get some advice from others who might be or have been in the same situation. Backstory: I've had a lump in my right breast for the past 5 years and had multiple ultrasound done previously that found…
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Long Breast Indentation, but Ultrasound Scan Found Nothing?
UPDATE: I went to the hospital today, and they did another exam. They said its nothing to worry about. Thank you for telling me to go back. Much love! TL;DR On my left breast, I've had a long breast indent for months, with what feels like enlarged internal glands, and it feels just a little bit firmer than the right one…
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Indent on left breast
Last night I noticed an indent on the top of my left breast in the mirror as I raised my arms to take off my shirt as I was getting in the shower. I examined further and noticed that it is indented and I can feel the tissue isn't as "thick" there and it is like there is tissue missing underneath. I made a dr appt as soon…
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Should I accept Mammogram results or push for further tests?
I have lurked and read many of your posts over the past couple months. Here is my situation. I have a history of “busy breasts" as you call them. First Fibroadenomawhen I was only 22. Too many cysts to count over the years, one other biopsy, fibrocystic changes. I have heterogeneously dense breasts. Experienced Premature…
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Biopsy question
If you read my other post, I had my 6 months follow up after 2 ultrasounds and one MRI and now getting MRI again. Biopsy is not off the table if I really want it but it was not recommended at this point (radiologists thinks that if second MRI shows no changes, we are good to continue follow ups). During recent days I read…
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What would you do?
I posted about a year ago when I got my first bi rads 4 due to area of cystic focus (looks like many cysts next to each other or many dilated ducts) (11/13mm) and what looks like calcified fibroadenoma next to it which was 6/9mm and now is 9/13mm). Then I got MRI - bi rads 2 and on a second look ultrasound was downgraded…