A bit of advice
Hi,
Not sure that I should be writing here, but just looking for some advice. A number of months ago I found an area of redness on my left breast with a small lump underneath it. I was referred by my GP to a breast clinic and was seen by a breast surgeon. He felt it was not concerning as he said 'it was in the skin'. I have bad acne on my breasts and I think he felt it was the same as this. I left the clinic happy with this but the months past and the redness was still on the skin and the lump was still underneath the skin. I was concerned and on a visit to my GP for a different reason and I mentioned it to her again and she said she would refer me for a mammogram/ultrasound(these were not done on the day I was in the breast clinic initially).
I went back to the same breast clinic and had the ultrasound and mammogram and again I was told again it was not concerning and it is within the skin and is in keeping with a skin insultation/skin lesion (really not sure what this means?). I was delighted and left without asking any questions.
I am now a few months later with the redness and the lump still there. While I have been given good news so far I am now starting to think that something has been missed. I know I have to go back to see my breast surgeon as he is the only person who can answer my questions, but I was wondering has anyone heard of a similar diagnosis. I can clearly feel a lump.
If anyone has or knows of someone who has been told something similar, I would be interested.
Thanks for reading,
Sincs
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I would be asking for a biopsy at this stage or even an MRI. You don't say what age you are but if say you are less than 40, a mamo might not show anything up.
Until they can tell you it is nothing (and they won't as they cannot do that since they don't have a complete picture).
Referrals to a breast clinic should have a tripple assessment which IMO included a biopsy so I'd keep asking until you know that it is NOT anything to be worried about.
If they fob you off, ask them what they would say to you if you were their wife or sister who had this lump that no one could determine what it was.....this sometimes gets them thinking differently.
Good luck, I really hope it is nothing!
Hi Sincs,
I sympathise with your worries, though I cannot claim to have any experience of what you describe, nor would I claim to know much about breast lumps and cancer apart from my own experience.
What I would say to you, though, is that my lump was very promptly identified for what it was, and a mammogram/ultrasound was immediately followed by a biopsy, which confirmed the cancer diagnosis.
I believe that our breast cancer experts know their onions, even if we sometimes get very frustrated with them.
What is not satisfactory, is that you are not being given a definite view as to what your problem actually is, and some way of treating it, even if it is a benign occurrence.
I would go back to my GP and make a nuisance of myself until I got a clear answer.
I wish you the very best - do keep us posted on what you find out!
Catherine