Anyone have these symptoms and diagnosis???

I would insist on an MRI or ultrasound.  I had bilateral breast cancer and the cancer in my left breast hurt and kept waking me up at night, which is what prompted me to go to the doc.  It may be nothing, but do what you have to do to make sure:)

Good luck and hope you find out nothing is wrong.

Patti

Angie2U said:

I don't want to scare you,

I don't want to scare you, but, some pink sisters here did have pain in their breast and that's why they went for a mammo etc.  I think it would be the best to get a MRI also.  It is expensive and your insurance will have to approve it, but, it should, so you will know whether it is just dense tissue for sure or something else.

Good luck,

Angie

An ultrasound and MRI would be good things for you to try and get Amber.  Something is wrong and it needs to be found out and taken care of. 

Keep updating us,

Debby

Gabe N Abby Mom said:

First, please realize that

First, please realize that you have come to place of people who have breast cancer.  Because of our experience with it, we go to 'breast cancer' first and other possibilities second.  We don't want to scare you because those other possibilites still exist...there is a good chance it is a virus or an infection causing the swelling.

I did have swelling in the armpit, no pain though.  I saw my PCP, had a mammo, and ultrasound all in the same day.  Never even went to the GYN.  The biopsy was the next day.

  My thought is that your docs don't have the same urgency mine did, so that's encouraging.  If you really want to see the breast specialist sooner, just call every day and ask if they've had any cancellations.  It might not work, but it might work too.  Definitately call if you have any changes in your breast...redness, swelling, skin changes, a bruised look, change in the shape of your nipple, etc.  If you do have changes in your breast insist on getting in right away.

I hope it all turns out to be nothing...I look forward to your post telling us that!

Hugs,

Linda

 

 

We just want to be sure that you don't have bc.  It might be an infected milk duct or node.  It could be something very simple that can be treated easily.  But, you do need to get this checked more thouroughly I think. 

Please do and keep us updated.  And, I don't, nor do the others, mean to scare you.  We just want you satisfied with the answers and to feel secure.

Hugs, Rose

Pink Rose said:

We just want to be sure that

We just want to be sure that you don't have bc.  It might be an infected milk duct or node.  It could be something very simple that can be treated easily.  But, you do need to get this checked more thouroughly I think. 

Please do and keep us updated.  And, I don't, nor do the others, mean to scare you.  We just want you satisfied with the answers and to feel secure.

Hugs, Rose

it posted twice. 

Amber_Lyn,  maybe find another specialist that thinks this is a serious matter.  I had my mammo done (the new 3D) in April 2012 with a marble sized lump in armpit.  Also during the prior year and after mammo I had been having sharp pain in breast.  It came back negative.   The last week of July I noticed a lump protruding from my breast and immediately made an appointment with breast specialist.  I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. So I for one don't trust mammos.  Don't forget the doctors work for you so if the mammo and ultra sound came back negative you demand and MRI or CT.  I hope it's not bad news 

 "cancer usually doesn't cause pain and my reports were clear".

The receptionist who you spoke to obviously doesn't know much about cancer.  I had pain and my mother had said that very statement before I went to the surgeon who told me that the pathology report stated my lump was malignant.  

Please as your primary care physicial to order one of those breast MRI's or seek another place whose receptionist doesn't make stupid comments.

Keep us updated.

Best wishes to you,

Doris

Hi, I am sorry you are going through this. If no one has explained what Fibroglandular density is, in a nutshell, it means  you have dense breasts scattered in spots in the breast. It is harder to see some breast cancers in dense breasts. And some think that having dense breasts is linked to a higher relation to breast cancer. It is better for someone with dense breasts to have an MRI and/or ultrasound to pick things up as issues can hide in dense breasts.

That being said, I know it is hard, but don't automatically jump to cancer. No sense worrying about that until you hear the words that you have cancer. I know its hard.

So you have an appointment scheduled with a breast specialist? Is it a breast surgeon? Oncologist? And when is it scheduled for? If you choose to still see this breast specialist, I would certainly let the department manager and the breast specialist  know about the receptionist's  callous remarks. If she isn't a doctor, she has no right giving out medical advice like that. Some breast cancers certainly do cause pain, and you probably (in my opinion from what you have written), have a higher risk for developing bc by taking HRT, dense breasts, and the fact that your grandmother had breast cancer.I am not a doctor, so that is just stuff I have learned since I have had cancer.

Unfortuneately, there are people in the medical profession who shouldn't be there whether it be drs, nurses, receptionists, etc.

I found it the hardest to wait when I was waiting for appointments like you are now, waiting for test results, and then waiting for a treatment plan. Living in limbo is very difficult.Try to think about the plan you have set now. For now, they don't see anything that alarms them which is good. If they were rushig you in, it would be worse. You have an appointment schedule. Not all things that happen in the breast are cancer, although I can see why you are worried. Once you see the breast specialist  you will have a plan and you can always get a second opinion elsewhere.

I had a spot come up on  presurgical MRI that turned out not to be cancer. It was a benign growth. When I had my mammogram (it had already been established I had a lump), I had to wait because one of the radiologists were on vacation so they were back logged. Since they knew I had a lump, I was scheduled for a mammogram and ultrasound after. They saw something suspicious in the mammogram. When I had the ultrasound, I knew it was bad because the ultrasound tech left the room right away and brought back the radiologist who said it didn't look good and she wanted to do a biopsy right away, which she did.

So take it as something good that they aren't seeing anything as of yet.

I hope we help you through this.

Please do what Patti and Angie suggested.  It really could be something or nothing but our gut feelings are usually right.  Be aware I had pain, itching, swelling. And mine does not show up on mamos.  I had one every year.  Now double mastectomy.......  You are not me.  Insist on MRI it is more thorough.  Good luck.  Lets hope this is just a nasty infection