How many masses is too many?

Anyone?

Thank you so much, Annette - that helps greatly. I am relieved by the Birads 3 and am curious to see if there is any change in 6 months. I am wondering if my lumpy breast is possibly from a tissue disease, in the right side of my body. On self exam, I cannot feel much of anything - so happy that I finally went for my Mammogram. Even without a known breast cancer history in my family, it's so important. My father had cancer in about 5 places and I have ovarian cancer history on both sides. Mammograms are so important.

Thanks again.

Hi Lucy, thank you for your reply. I haven't spoken to my PCP yet because I was given the results by the radiology physician on Friday at the hospital. I will inquire about the genetic testing, though - that is a really good point. I will also speak with my insurance company to see if they cover it, as well. This is really something that I want to stay proactive with. I have a lot of symptoms of inflammation on the right side of my body (including eye inflammation) and have not been working for 2 years because of it. My Sed Rate and ANA always come back a high positive, yet Rheumatology does not have a definitive answer. I thought that it was interesting that my left breast has zero concern - nothing - but the right side had 10 masses (the side of my body that I feel all of my inflammation).

djmammo, thank you of the article. I just started following another board on this site regarding the correlation between the two. I feel that Endocrinologists, OB/GYN's and PCP's should share that info with their thyroid patients. In my mind, I was only concerned with family history for getting my mammogram done.

My bottom line worry is if any of my current symptoms have any possibly way of correlating with this Ultrasound, as doctors look at me quizzically when I say that my inflammation problems are primarily on the right side of my body.

That article has been helpful, thank you.

Another update, I saw my OB/GYN yesterday and he looked at the results and his opinion is that it may be Phyllodes Tumors, as I have too many for it to be fibroadenomas as the US suggested. He asked if I was already seeing a surgeon and I said yes, and he said that it's most likely benign but I do have an involved process with this. I guess I will find out more at my appointment with the surgeon.

Thank you, MTwoman!

dcdrogers

Thank you for sharing your story with me. I am so sorry that you had to go through so much with your health. I'm to the point where I know something is going wrong in my body and just need a definitive answer. Types of cancers have crossed my mind since so many of my specific Rheumatology tests are negative. Muscle weakness, inflammation, joint pain and severe fatigue can mimic SO many things. I, too, had a long episode of muscle weakness in my hands and had to go through Occupational Therapy for 2 months.

I am not scared about what you had written, since I am also having symptoms, I just want to get the bottom of this. I told my husband that it's quite ironic that my right breast shows all of these masses, since that's the side where all of my symptoms are. I need an answer and then a treatment plan. I am anxious to see what the breast surgeon has to say when I see her next week, as I want to inform her of all of my symptoms.

I saw that you mentioned that you have Hashimoto's, too. From my experience I feel like that started everything for me and it's been constant struggles to just get back to optimal health. I think that a tissue/mass biopsy from my breast and a scan may show what's going on. It took years for them to find my Hashimoto's because all of my blood work was "fine". Not until I had a biopsy did it reflect Hashimoto's. Again, thank you for sharing, I know it's not easy. Thoughts to you for good health and healing.