Diagnosing Breast Cancer
How do you forget a day like that?Sunday morning - time to get up - and we were chatting in bed. Pleased that our recent money worries were easing and planning ahead. Out of the blue Marjory found a lump in her right breast. I felt it too but it felt smooth and mobile. At the time - like all couples we consolled ourselves with the thought that it was “only a cyst” or a simple benign lump.
She saw her family doctor the next day who arranged a referral to the Edinburgh Breast Unit - highly regarded as one of the best in Europe. The appointment came through. Six weeks waiting list! We again reassured ourselves and settled down for the wait.
Three tumours in one breast
A menstrual period came and went with no change in the lump - we phoned the clinic and asked for a cancellation slot or an earlier appointment and were eventually seen on Easter Monday 2006. A consultation was followed by an ultrasound scan and we were soon back with the specialist who gave us news that just floored us completely. Marjory had not one but three suspicious looking lumps in her right breast. The largest about 1cm in size, the others much smaller.
Painful Core Biopsy
Core biopsies were done that day too of all three lumps - one of them extremely painful deep in the breast near the chest wall. Marjory struggled to cope - both with the news we had just been given and with the trauma of the procedure. Nine samples in all - leaving her bruised physically and battered psychologically.
Next appointment five days away to get the results but the specialist had already warned us to expect the worst - particularly with the largest lump.
posted by Marjory @ 2:51 PM
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i am a 21 year old girl who found a lump in my right breast 5 months ago. and until now. it is very painful. i am so worried, thinking that it is a cancer. i did see a doctor, i also had my ultrasound. my surgeon says i have to come back this november after my period. i have check it out myself and the size of the lump is not changing in size. my surgeon says that if it gets bigger, it has to be removed. i hope you can help me with this. what do you think i should do?
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