Who found their own 'lump'

Thank goodness you followed your instincts.It's very scary to think we could have cancer and it's not picked up on mammogram and ultrasound.I've had breast cancer twice in the same breast 7 years apart.In hindsight I wish I'd had a mastectomy in the first place.I am so glad you have been spared radiation and chemo.Hope you continue to recover.

                                     Tonya xx

I have lumpy breasts, and have been screening alternately & annually with ultrasound and mammogram. My Breast Care Specialist suggested I have an MRI for "peace of mind" as I had just been through a very stressfull family trauma. I wasn't expecting them to find cancer, but they did. it was LCIS, so very early, my public Dr said that no futher treatment was neccessary as he was certain that it had all been removed in the biopsy, i had a second opinion by a private breast surgeon, and she suggested that i get a wide margin biopsy of the "dodgy area". they found another cancer Tubular Carcinoma this time, this one was not visible on any of my previous screening! last week I had a bilateral mastectomy, and removal of five lymph nodes, they were clear but they did find more cancer, DCIS and LCIS, again these were undetected by examination or screening. My recovery from surgery has been great, I am incredibly lucky to have found the diesease so early, if I had not done that MRI I would have had cancer growing for at least two years before it would have been detected. It's been a frightening path, and I now am clear of the disease, with no futher treatment other than a reconstruction down the track. The MRI cost me $600 and was the best investment i have made, ever.

Kate

I have lumpy breasts, and have been screening alternately & annually with ultrasound and mammogram. My Breast Care Specialist suggested I have an MRI for "peace of mind" as I had just been through a very stressfull family trauma. I wasn't expecting them to find cancer, but they did. it was LCIS, so very early, my public Dr said that no futher treatment was neccessary as he was certain that it had all been removed in the biopsy, i had a second opinion by a private breast surgeon, and she suggested that i get a wide margin biopsy of the "dodgy area". they found another cancer Tubular Carcinoma this time, this one was not visible on any of my previous screening! last week I had a bilateral mastectomy, and removal of five lymph nodes, they were clear but they did find more cancer, DCIS and LCIS, again these were undetected by examination or screening. My recovery from surgery has been great, I am incredibly lucky to have found the diesease so early, if I had not done that MRI I would have had cancer growing for at least two years before it would have been detected. It's been a frightening path, and I now am clear of the disease, with no futher treatment other than a reconstruction down the track. The MRI cost me $600 and was the best investment i have made, ever.

Kate

It may be that 'your journey is new and you have a long way to go' but you have taken the first steps towards healing and I do hope that it is a smooth journey for you. I do know however that whatever problems I've had along the way there has been others with the same problem on the forum and everyone has been so encouraging & helpful. 

Please try to think positively, keep your friends close and enjoy every day. Sending healing thoughts to all on the forum.

It may be that 'your journey is new and you have a long way to go' but you have taken the first steps towards healing and I do hope that it is a smooth journey for you. I do know however that whatever problems I've had along the way there has been others with the same problem on the forum and everyone has been so encouraging & helpful. 

Please try to think positively, keep your friends close and enjoy every day. Sending healing thoughts to all on the forum.

Hi girls

I too found a lump myself, felt like a hard pea or gravel stone in my right breast. Went to my GP, had a mammogram that came back clear, then an Ultrasound, the sonographer found 2 more lumps in the same breast.  Biopsy the next day on all three lumps, 6 days of awful waiting for my biopsy results, then all our fears came true, all 3 lumps were cancerous.  Now Ive just been home for 3 days from 2 weeks in Perth following a Bilateral Mastectomy with tissue expanders, so my journey is only new and i know i have a long way to go

Much love

xxx

Thank you very much for your kind thoughts. 1 day, 1 hour at a time, every night I go to sleep and wake up thinking great.. got through another day. Good luck for you all as well.

Shirl

Hey Shirley

How many times do you hear the story where the doc says nothing to worry about and further down the track you find the lump has grown or whatever it is has got bigger or spread etc. These docs need to wise up and take everything we as females say as a probable problem and send us off for tests instead of just brushing us aside.

I am sorry you have had to go through this and I am sure it has made you just a lil mad and to be expected.

I am glad you have a loving family and you also have all of us girls for support. I hope your chemo is being kind to you and you are coping. We are here for you.

Lots of love, Mich xoxo

Shirley,

Ditto from me; you have so much to live for so keep positive . ..   I'm just so glad you had the 2nd check-up and are now on your way to recovery. I'm just so annoyed that, despite tv ads reminding ladies over 50 to get their mammogram, so many are finding their own lump and that so many under 50 yrs are being diagnosed [and being told 'it can't be cancer - you're too young'. Maybe GP's should be given a refresher in that cancer doesn't discriminate with age and doesn't always start exactly in the breast where it will show up on a mammogram. Mine showed up in the ultrasound scan - thank you to the Dr who ordered both.

Keep well Shirley; sending healing thoughts your way

 

 

Oh Shirley, I'm lost for words. Gosh I just don't know what to say. I do hope now you are getting the best treatment. X