Can DCIS feel like a ridge?

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CrunchyPoodleMama
CrunchyPoodleMama Member Posts: 1,220
edited June 2014 in DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)

All my mammograms have shown that my DCIS was confined to one side of the breast. Last night, as I was feeling myself up as usual (teehee) I noticed that wayyyy on the other side of the breast (the "good" side), it seemed like there was sort of a ridge of tissue. Not a lump... more like a long ridge.

So my worry of the day is: Can DCIS form a shape like that?? 

Thanks for bearing with my worry of the day; hopefully tomorrow's worry of the day will be something I don't feel a need to post about such as "Crap, after my mastectomy, my pretty bras won't fit any more"..........

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  • MaryDee
    MaryDee Member Posts: 53
    edited January 2010

    I'm not sure what direction your ridge is facing, but my DCIS tumour felt like a long blocked breast duct - which it was I suppose - so kind of ridgey I guess, where the ridge travelled from the outside of the breast towards the nipple.

    A few months after my lumpectomy I went back & saw my BS in a panic - had found what I thought was a new lump - this one definitely did feel like a ridge - turns out it was the edge of the breast plate/tissue - it was more noticeable because of the tissue that had been removed. 

    Best way to deal with the anxiety IMO is to see your dr. ((hugs))

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  • mom3band1g
    mom3band1g Member Posts: 817
    edited January 2010

    Hope you get an answer so you can stop worrying.  I am also in Atlanta...wondering if we are using the same Dr?  Have you checked out anything regarding Iodine deficiency?

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  • CrunchyPoodleMama
    CrunchyPoodleMama Member Posts: 1,220
    edited January 2010

    MaryDee, it doesn't seem to be following a duct unless you can have a duct running sideways (not seemingly connected to the nipple, more like a concentric circle around it)... I'll talk with my doctor about it (although I'm sure this will persuade him that I def. need a full mastectomy rather than the partial one I'm hoping to have).

    Mom3band1g, who is your doctor? Mine is Dr. Richard Fine and he's wonderful. Re: iodine, I haven't had mine tested, but I found out about iodine a couple of months ago from the girls on the alt/comp board... once I started taking iodine at the end of December, I noticed a LOT of positive changes (the "lumpiness" in my other breast started going away, plus some other non-breast-related changes). I suspect I had been iodine-deficient for many years.

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  • mom3band1g
    mom3band1g Member Posts: 817
    edited January 2010

    crunchypoodlemama-  I am seeing Jennifer Amerson with Breast Care Specialists.  As far a iodine goes did you 'test' for deficiency for just start with a supplement?  I would be surprised if I wasn't deficient but the more I read about it the more I feel like I need to test for it and have someone helping me with treatment.  I am going to call our fam Dr Mon and see if she will do it.  I have added a sea salt that does contain iodine into our diet....if I have a real deficiency I know it won't fix it but it can't hurt.

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  • CrunchyPoodleMama
    CrunchyPoodleMama Member Posts: 1,220
    edited February 2010

    I didn't test first, mainly because I realized I had to be iodine-deficient based on a number of factors, and I didn't want to put off taking iodine until I had a chance to get tested.

    I'm not familiar with Dr. Amerson but it sounds like you're in good hands!

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  • RegulJ
    RegulJ Member Posts: 244
    edited February 2010

    My DCIS felt like a small credit card in my left breast. It wasn't very noticeable running my fingers across it, but the edges were more noticable.

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