Found a lump

[Anonymous]

Sorry, haven't had time to read through the other posts but wanted to respond. My twin sister (38 years old)has just finished up with BC treatment and it's important to go immediately. But since my sister had her diagnosis I too had to get a mammo and I also had to do a MRI because if you are young your breast are dense. My mammo came out totally clear but my MRI had bad results (found two masses that were false positives) so then I had to do a sono. So if you are on the younger side a mammogram probably won't show anything. My sister had a significant sized tumor (stage 3) and it did not show up in a mammo. So an MRI is IMPORTANT!!! I'm sure you'll be fine as I was. Just scary

[Anonymous]

OP here. I'm 36 with fibrocystic breasts (this lump is very different). Spoke to the doc about the mammo vs. sono thing. I was told that sono is better about sussing out a cyst, and if that's not what it is, a mammo will follow. After this is a biopsy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'm 36 with fibrocystic breasts (this lump is very different). Spoke to the doc about the mammo vs. sono thing. I was told that sono is better about sussing out a cyst, and if that's not what it is, a mammo will follow. After this is a biopsy.

OP, I've responded a few times in this thread already, but I just want to assure you that there's a broad range of strange but harmless irregularities w.r.t. lump shape and texture, and that primary care doctors (appropriately) order imagery but decline to speculate further.

You do need to get this checked out, but try to rest/eat/enjoy your family until your appointment... and even afterward, since the imagery often raises more questions than it answers. Unfortunately, the diagnostic process can be drawn out for weeks, but know that lots of us have shared the experience of getting spun up for ultimately false alarms.

Best wishes.