I would prefer people with first hand experience to answer this question please. No answers from someone who knows someone. Not to be rude, just wanting first hand answers.
Ok, so I am 21, with a LARGE family history of cancer hitting in the 20s and 30s. About 2 months ago I started having breast pain in the left breast. Didn't think anything of it. It wasn't bad so i figured it was a pulled muscle. (I have an 11 month old and a 2 year old so it was my first thought) It actually felt at times like my breasts were engorged with milk. (haven't breast fed in over 9 months) Last week the pain got so severe and moved to not only my breast but my arm pit as well, and I couldn't move my arm much. Concern kicked in. Last night I felt under my arm and found a knot, that didn't move around (as lymph nodes usually do) and it was hard as a rock. It is tender to touch as well. I went to the dr today and they were very concerned, and also found a 2nd knot in my breast that I didn't know about till they found it and it hurt. They wanted to send me for a mammogram today, but I along with the dr decided to just do an ultra sound Tues. and if anything looks suspicious, go for further testing. They said it did not have the same feel as a lymph node but didn't want to say it was anything bad until they know for sure.
So my question is, has anyone had this happen prior to being diagnosed with breast cancer? Does this sound anything like it, and what was your experiences before finding out? I only want mature answers and only from people with 1st hand experiences please.
AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, I HAVE BEEN TO THE DR AND ALREADY HAVE TESTING APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED.
Answer:You are the smart one taking charge of your health care. I am very much the same way. My own cancer journey began in September of 1999. I noticed a hard, painless lump my right breast and mentioned it to my Dr. He agreed there was cause for further investigation and before I left the office he had booked an appointment for mammography the following week at our local hospital. The day of my mammogram I got a call at home to come back to the hospital the following day. The radiologist wanted me to have an ultrasound of my breasts. Ultrasound gives a much clearer view of any breast mass, and shows if is vascular or not. Mammography will not do this. Ultrasound is an excellent choice in diagnostics for women with large breasts or dense breast tissue. It is also painless. Our radiologist is a friend of mine and he was more than happy to go over my ultrasound with me. The mass in my right breast stood clearly. It was the size of a quarter and clearly vascular. Ultrasound also showed a fibrous mass in my left breast .One week later I had surgery to excise both masses. The one in my right breast was cancer (stage 3). The other was a fibroadnoma. Further surgery, in mid November, revealed clear lymph nodes. I started four cycles of chemotherapy in January of 2000. Then onto 25 radiation treatments starting in March of 2000.
Given your familial cancer history, I'd say you and your Dr. are right to take an aggressive approach. You might also want to be tested for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations.
There are surgical options, I had lumpectomy. That is only the mass and the sentinel lymph nodes are removed. Other women have a radical mastectomy, removal of the entire breast and underlying tissues, followed by using a prosthesis. One friend of mine is a thirty year survivor due to this. Other women opt for a modified mastectomy followed by reconstruction. Another item of discussion for you and the doctors is adjuvent therapy. I took tamoxifen daily for five years and am currently finishing up five years of femara. Tamoxifen is an estrogen suppressor. Femara is an aromatase inhibitor. Unlike you I was 43 at diagnosis therefore chemotherapy put me into menopause and fertility ceased to be an issue. You are unlikely to go into chemo induced menopause, however your doctor may want you to use birth control so you don't get pregnant during treatment.
I wish you the best of luck with your diagnosis.
Answer:When I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, I felt No Lump, No Pain, No lymph Node enlargement, Nothing. If it weren't for my yearly mammogram, I would have never known I had breast Cancer. As far as I know, Breast Cancer does not hurt. You are probably looking at a blocked milk-duct or a simple cyst that they can drain. If anything is suspicious in the ultrasound they will send you for a biopsy. That's the next step. Good Luck to you.
Answer:I'm assuming you've done your homework and you know that the chances of breast cancer at your age are tiny (fewer than 0.1% of all those diagnosed with it are under 30, and in women your age it's almost unheard of).
And that pain is rarely a sign of breast cancer, most people diagnosed with breast cancer having felt no pain at all.
This is therefore unlikely to be breast cancer, but you have a very good doctor – many doctors don't take younger women's concerns about their breast health seriously or refer them as emergencies because breast cancer is so rare in their age group. You have been lucky in your doctor.
Hereditary breast cancer is rare; only 5 – 10% of breast cancer cases are hereditary; in fact fewer than 10% of all cancer cases, all types are hereditary. You don't say whether it is breast cancer that your relatives have had; unless several members of same side of your family have been diagnosed with breast cancer, it is unlikely that one of the rare inherited faulty genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer is present in your family. Those genes can only be passed down from parent to child; if one of your parents carries one, you will have had a 50% chance of inheriting it.
Several family members having had different types of cancer is not hereditary.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 50 (and was allocated to the breast care nurse whose special interest was 'breast cancer in younger women'). I noticed the lump only because it had started to hurt; I also developed pain in my armpit where several lymph nodes where (it turned out) several lymph nodes were affected.
My cancer was stage 3, which is quite advanced; it is usually only when breast cancer is that advanced that pain is felt. It takes several years for breast cancer to develop to that stage, and so it's unlikely to happen to a very young woman. In common with most people with breast cancer, I had no symptoms at all in the early stages.
I had a mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and five years hormone therapy and have been in remission for over 6 years. I'm fit and well with no sign of cancer.
While you wait for your tests and the results, bear in mind that the odds are very much in your favour.
You have a mature attitude , a supportive husband and a good doctor. I wish you the very best.
Answer:I had my breast cancer 3 years ago. I found a hard flat round lump below my nipple and I did not even suspect that it would be something more serious. My Gynecologists send me for a breast ultra sound and they discovered a 1 cm lump. I was frantic and went to another oncologists for his opinion. They took a biopsy of my lump which was my mistake and the result was that I had malignant cancer. Due to the biopsy my cancer disturb and spread fast. after 5 days my bust became brown in color that scared me more than ever so I submitted myself for a mastectomy. They found I had Stage 2 b cancer. My cancer cells invaded my lymph nodes. I underwent 6 chemo therapy and 30 radiation therapy after that. I also underwent bone scan twice already to see if it has spread to my bones. They found out so far that I am clean. I am now under life long maintenance for my breast cancer.
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