CONCERNED NEWBIE

I don't want to scare you, but I thought I had a swollen lymph node, and it was cancer. Please just go get it checked.

For the record, I now have no evidence of disease.

6 months is a VERY long time to wait on diagnosing the cause of swollen lymph nodes. In my own case I never felt any breast lumps. My first sign that something was wrong was the swollen lymph nodes in my right underarm. After mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy it was determined that the causes of the swollen nodes was cancer that had spread from my breast tissue. Mind you, there ARE causes of swollen lymph nodes other than cancer but you need to find out asap. Please don't wait.

IRENE

This is all I would advise:  Get it checked out ASAP.  Either it will allay your fears OR get you in the fight before things get more serious.  The sooner problems are caught the better.

please don't waist any time and go to your dr.I am sure they will order a mammogram maybe a ultra sound.Time is valuble.Good luck.Prayers

Hope all your results are negative findings. Best wishes.

Chivone~~I could never feel my lump either!  It was caught very early on my yearly mammogram.  The only time I ever felt it was when I was having the ultrasound done and the tech rolled over it with the wand.  Glad to hear you're getting checked out!  Best of luck and praying you get good news!

They had me wait after the mammogram and then did the ultra-sound. I was shown the results immediately and they pointed out the lump.  I was told I needed a biopsy and made the appointment the same day. Some things you never forget. I had no symptoms and couldn't feel the lump either.

Chivone~~I never had any symptoms whatsoever.  I had my yearly mammo and got a call 3 weeks later that I needed to come back, that they thought they saw something.  I went 2 days later and had more mammo shots.  I was told to wait while the radiologist looked at the shots.  Then the nurse came back in and said he wanted to do an ultrasound.  When the tech rolled over my lump, I knew I was in for some bad news.  The radiologist looked at the ultrasound, came in the office, took my hands and said we see a lump.  Biopsy was a week later.  You're in such a shocked state that you really don't know what to ask.  I waited until I met with my surgeon the first time to really ask any questions.

I never felt anything either.  Went in for my routine 3D mammogram and was called the very next day for an ultrasound.  They sent the report to my surgeon,  from there a bx was done.  I was dx with her2+ last July.  BUT God is Faithfu!!!!

Hi Chivone, I have been experiencing the same symptoms.  I have had breast tenderness on the left side for several months.  Each time I felt the pain, stabbing, soreness, or what felt like episodes of increased warmth radiating in my breast that would pulsate I would just attribute that to what my body thought was my time of the month.  I have had a hysterectomy so I no longer have periods however I still have my ovaries so I guess my body thinks it goes through the stages still.  Either way I was just pass it off as nothing really until this past month I finally started documenting each time it happened.  I have discovered that more days than not out of the month I feel these pains or sensations.  I too have the same breast larger than the other but again I have been told that that really is quite normal so I have thought nothing of it.  I don't know anything about lymph nodes however I cannot feel any obvious lumps in my breasts either.  Just pain on more occasions than not really.  I feel silly going to get a mammogram and be told there was nothing wrong.