Who found their own 'lump'

Hi I found a lump in my left breast a week ago its the size of a pea. My doctor felt it too and sent me for a mammogram and ultrasound. I felt humiliated when I was told nothing showed up. I also have itching burning sensatins where the lump is. I dont feel well, constant nausea, dizzy spells and general feeling of being unwell. I hate feeling like this and  I know something is not right but Im not being taken seriuosly. I have an appointment Monday 15/12? 14. Im not going to let this go because my step mum had the same problem and she has just had a mastectomy for 2 types of breast cancer. I am scared witless at this moment.

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