lump 6 months after MRI?

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pingujay
pingujay Member Posts: 29
edited June 2014 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

Hi all, 

I am high risk (45 yo) and get alternating mri/mammo every six months.  6 months ago, because of a false positive on an MRI, I had mammo, US and MRI all in the same month, all came back negative--nothing to worry about.  Last month I started having breast pain on one side.  It seems cyclic so I didn't worry about it.  Today the pain was pretty bad so I got up he guts to feel there (yes I am too afraid to touch my own breasts in case I find something--if I find something I want it to be in the docs office where I am surrounded by medical professionals!--I am a bit of a nervous freak with this stuff).  I feel a weird sort of lump.  I have tiny boobs.  It is long and hard and not small-close to the muscle on my chest.  I'm freaking out or trying not to...I'm not sure which.  I am trying to calm myself by thinking that there would have been something on the MRI 6 months ago if this was cancer...info/support would be much appreciated.  Has anyone heard of a lump appearing only 6months after such extensive tests?

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011

    Yes they can but they can also be benign lumps too. I can understand how you are freaked out but cyst can pop up quickly too. Go get it checked out to find out for sure.

    hugs

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  • pingujay
    pingujay Member Posts: 29
    edited March 2011

    Thanks Lago for your reply and suggestion.  I am definitely phoning in the morning.  I won't sleep.  I'm really scared.  Everything I have heard about MRI/mammo/US together is so good at picking stuff up early...this is why I didn't opt for prophylactic removal.  It must be a fairly low probability that this is BC.  I have to believe that even if this is cancer, the chances are that it must be early stage.  Otherwise, why the hell do we do all this testing?

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  • SAMayoFL
    SAMayoFL Member Posts: 958
    edited March 2011

    Hey, I am sorry you have to go through this.  The whole thing stinks.  I am going to try to quickly tell my story.  I was 44 last year when diagnosed.  I had a clean BIRADS 1 mammogram on May 10 so when I found a large lump in August I didn't want to go back to the dr.  My lump was long and large.  I always tell people it felt like one of those big Hershey bars that you can break sections from.  It felt like a section was on the top half of my breast.  My lump was also cyclical and was very sore and more prominent right about "that" time of the month. I was diagnosed with lobular carcinoma which is harder to detect on mammograms and ultrasounds.  My advice to everyone now is that if something feels weird, please check it out.  You know your body better than anyone.  

    I should also add, however, that I had several fibroadenomas in past years that were benign and nothing to worry about. They were also what I would describe as lobular and way back against the chest wall.

    Please post back whatever happens.  I keep a list of people to check back with.  I always hate it when I don't ever hear how the story ends.  I wish you all the best and hopefully this is a scare with a happy ending!

    Susan

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  • pingujay
    pingujay Member Posts: 29
    edited March 2011

    Thank you so much Susan. It is kind of you to take the time.  I will most definitely report back.  I do hope this is a scare with happy ending.  But I am getting tired of scares.  I think it takes a year off of my life each time I get a call back on an MRI or something like this...

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  • pingujay
    pingujay Member Posts: 29
    edited March 2011

    Phoned this morning and my breast doc is away for a week. Can't see her til the twentieth. I will go see my gp later today but i know she can't really help. I guess I am hoping she will poke around and tell me not to worry. (i will still go to breast doc on 20th). Waiting is soooooo brutal. This is all i can think about and my work productivity is zero. My poor family--i am so on edge. I am crying and stuff. Not good for little ones to see. Any suggestions? Many of you seem like experts at waiting.

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  • pingujay
    pingujay Member Posts: 29
    edited March 2011

    Wasn't sure where to put this. I have a b9 cyst. Tiny now, so I guess it shrank since I found it. Very happy news. Thanks so much for your support through these trying times. It always means so much.

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  • pingujay
    pingujay Member Posts: 29
    edited March 2011

    Oh and also, just for info purposes for those women reading because they have similar situations...I did ask the rqdiologist some questions. She says since I had a mammo, US and MRI just 6 months ago it would have been very very unlikely that this bump was BC, and if it was it would likely have been very early stage like 0 or 1. It is definitely worth all these terrible tests and all the waiting we go through. I think my new username should be MRILady. I think everyone should get one, even not high risk. No radiation, not bad for you and really not all that awful to go through, plus they see almost everything. ( too much in fact). Anyway, I will shut up now. I had too many celebratory coffees and I'm all hopped up.

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  • sophia1234
    sophia1234 Member Posts: 3
    edited October 2013


    Here is my story .


    41 years old


    5 months ago felt something in my right breast I have high anxiety so I got a Mammo , ultra sound and breast mri


    I have dense breast so I have been getting Mammo and ultra sounds since I was 36 I also have saline implants .


    Results were


    Mammo - neg


    Ultra sound birads 2 benign intram lymph node at 12:00 8mm


    Mri was negative


    Fast fwd last week I felt at same spot 12:00 a nodule . Went to breast surgeon she sent me for Mammo and ultrasound mammo negative


    Ultrasound birads 4 nodule grew 2mm


    Radiologist told me she thinks benign but bc has changed in size she must biopsy ., I asked her over and over what were the chances she said she thinks benign but if it was something would be early bc MRI negative . I went to breast surgeon with all info and images she too said no irregular shape or shadow looks benign but bc grew need biopsy . I took


    Them to the radiologist who did my previous test in April to look over all images yesterday because I am not mentally doing well with this .. He showed me images ok screen and said he felt it was benign 90 percent x he said it did grow and slight change inside lymph but again he felt nothing to worry and thight radiologist was correct on proceeding with biopsy . Not to worry but I can't stop worrying can they really tell , could it be cancer because it grew ?? I have biopsy on tues and just can't believe that a breast mri with contrast can


    Miss sometinh in 5 months .,


    Ty any opinion would be great Ty

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited October 2013


    Benign things grow too. Fibroids, cysts. In fact, they tend to grow faster than cancer so since they are telling you it is more than likely benign I would believe them.

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited October 2013


    i am going through exactly the same thing. I alternate MRIs & Mammos every six months. I have spot on the right that has been stable for a while but has grown a little, so in the docs words, "it breaks our 2% threshold so we are going to biopsy it". He says it does not appear very troubling so I am going to believe him and not worry about it unless the pathology comes back and says I have something to worry about.

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited October 2013


    sophia, for some reason I can't reply to your message. Your results are great and it sounds like it was just a cyst. Make sure you keep your followup appointment.

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  • Momcat1962
    Momcat1962 Member Posts: 665
    edited October 2013


    Sophia, all of my testing came back negative, too. I was to wait the 6 Months but the surgeon doesn't like that option in some cases so she did an excision and lumpectomy. The report was atypical ductal hyperplasia...a precancerous issue, so we were glad not to have waited.

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