I am 41, and found a lump last week...I actually found it in April, went to my gyn and he was not concerned...so I left it alone. Hadn't felt it since.

Felt it Thursday...I don't know what is characteristic of breast cancer...

I just know it feels mushy, and I think I feel other ones like that on the other breast. I got my period on Friday,,,never usually get anything like this when I get my period.

Anyway, I touhced it so much, it started to really hurt. Then I didn't know if it hurt from my touching it , or whatever.

I have a breast onc MD friend who happened to be here on Sunday visiting. I showed it her. I aksed her if she thought it was breast cancer and she said she didn't think so, but of course, only the mammo/sono on Thursday can tell.

I am freaking out...can you tell me what the "lump" feels like when it's breast cancer? I do not know how I will make it to Thursday.

I can't post any links, but there are some good descriptions out there. You have to do a search. The good thing is that if they give a little and you feel them on both sides, then it's probably something like cysts. Hang in there until Thursday. It's natural to feel scared, but you'll make it through if you take it one day at a time.

Elaine

It doesn't sound like cancer to me either. Mushy is good. I had breast surgery twice for odd things and the surgeon told me that 99% of breast conditions are just a nuisance, and there are many many lumpy conditions which are not cancer. Is it near the nipple or closer to the armpit. There are lots of glands in those two areas that can get lumpy for various reasons. Let us know what it turns out to be. sera

Hi Elaine,

Thanks for responding...

They give a little...not hard, feel almost mushy...and although there is one that I notice mostly on the lt, there are little ones just like it all around...


I have to stop touching them and just try to wait until tomorrow...

It's so hard, but I really have to just try to wait at this point.

Thanks for your input...

It's mushy for sure, not hard like a rock...

It's up on the top of the breast, closer in near toward the armpit.

It feels like painful today, and I guess that's becasue I'm a week past my period...
I just want it to be tomorrow , so I can know...

I know that only 1 out of 12 are malignant for my age group, and that 75-80 % of lumps are benign, but it's so hard not to think that it's cancer, you know???


Anyway, thank you for your support...I really needed to talk this out with someone...

i have a lot of fibroadenomas and they tend to hurt monthly, normally the week before my period. i have one in my right breast that is up higher, on thinner skin and that hurts the most. i can get stabbing pains in my lumps at any time really though - i think it's my hormones fluctuating.

a fibroadenoma is also known as a breast mouse, because they slip when you touch them. they are not hard or fixed - they feel softly rounded.

the only way to tell though, what it is (cyst, fibroadenoma, etc) is through a mammogram, ultrasound and ultimately a biopsy. the ultrasound guided biopsy doesn't hurt.

the last one i had was an atypical fibroadenoma.

good luck with your mammo - i'll be checking back to see how you are.

thank you so much for your information....

I felt the "lump" so much on the weekend, that my breast was so sore, I had to stop.

It is not fixed, it's mushy and when I move my position, it moves,too...like I can find it better when I'm lying down, then when I am sitting up...does that make any sense??

It's almost hard to find unless I am stretched out and my arm up...

Can you feel yours when you don't have your period??? Or is it just felt the week before and during???

I don't know...I just know that I am freaking out that it's breast cancer and I really need to get a grip ....

THe waiting is tortuous...


I'll let you know...


Thanks

yes, it makes sense about you only finding it laying down - i can only find mine when i'm sitting up. i had to get the dr to check it out when i was sitting as the normal position to check is laying down.

sorry, i can't post the link - i'm not allowed, but for more information about different benign lumps, i just did a search on the most popular search engine out there, clicked on the symptoms link and it was the third one down.

ok...I'll try that...but if you don't mind can I ask one mreo question??

When they say "movable" what does it mean exactly??

I touch the "lump" and I can moce it back and forth through the tissue...and it feels slippery, just like you said...

Are these things "good" meaning less likley to be cancer??

Obviously, I know you aren't a MD, but you seem to have knowledge of this...what do you think???

SOrry for being a pain, I'm getting so anxious about tomorrow...

Jane

well, from the description you've given, it sounds very much like a fibroadenoma (slippery under the fingers, smooth, not fixed), but you can -never- be 100% sure unless you get it checked out by a doctor.

for example, i have a mole on my arm that looks a bit iffy. it could be ok, but it might not. only way to find out is to have the thing biopsied and checked out.

doctors will take your age into consideration when doing any tests. pre-35 and they're not so worried. post-35 they will, or should do, all of the tests regardless. my test was classed as birad4, which means it is suspicious. BUT, they basically class any lump as guilty until proven innocent. so don't worry if they act in a concerned manner. all lumps should be looked at properly.

and just remember those percentages... 80% of lumps are benign.

:)

Hi,

Just to let you know that nothing was seen on mammo/ sono...thank goodness..

I am going to see a breast surgeon if it's still there in 3 months,....

I feel so relieved!!!


Thanks for all of your support!!!'
J

how did your appointment go?

Hey there,

MD felt the lump, but she didn't think it was anything too serious...

Had the mammo/sono, and nothing showed up...thank goodness...

Seh sadi to wathc it for 3 months, and if it's still there, then referral to surgeon and MRI...

Thank you for all your help!!!

Jane