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KES_06
KES_06 Member Posts: 5
edited March 2018 in Not Diagnosed But Worried

Two years ago, I found a lump in my right breast. This lump is noticeably seen and felt. It boldges out when I lay toward my left side. I had an ultrasound when I first noticed it but it was marked "clogged milk duct" due to me breastfeeding even though it was about 3 months after I stopped breastfeeding. I felt absolutely no pain, but it worried me because the size seemed rather large to me. Cancer including breast cancer runs in my family. Nome of my immediate family has been diagnosed with cancer itself, but my aunt was told they found pre cancer cells in her breast. I was never really concerned about breast cancer for many reasons and with me at the time only being 25, I really didn't imagine it would be. In these last two years, I have done a lot of research as well as reading other people's stories. Now being 27 and the problem onlu seemingly getting worse, it has made me more nervous. The lump now feels like it has fixated to the surrounding tissue and becoming way less mobile than it was 2 years ago. It still doesn't hurt but I have been getting other symptoms now such as discomfort under my arm pit, shoulder pain, lots of itching, a tugging feeling or pressure where the lump is, and occasionally an "electric shock" feeling the shoots right up into the nipple area. I had gone back for a follow-up back in november of 2017. It was no longer considered fluid filled but now solid. They said it has shrunk a little ( different doctor from the first time) and they never mentioned anything about it being a clogged duct anymore. I feel that possibly it may feel smaller to them because it HAS become fixated to the tissue and no longer just a single lump? My 6 month checkup is in May but where my symptoms have progressively been changing and seeming worse, that I should maybe look into getting a second opinion. I had my mom join me during my ultrasound as support to further push them for testing because I was being pushed to the side and not taken seriously due to my age. I feel like I wasn't given a fair chance. My question is, would it be worth having another opinion or am I overreacting and just need to take what they say with a grain of salt? Do my symptoms seem off for just a "clogged duct"?

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