Worried and need advice
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I'm here as I'm worried about my mother, not myself. About 10 months ago, she went to the doctor because she had a lump in her breast. The doctor examined it but said they didn't think it was anything to be worried about, so didn't send for a monogram. In December, after I had a lump under my arm I was worried about, we sought advice from a nurse we knew. My mum mentioned she'd also had a lump in her breast to her, trying to reassure me it was fine and people just get lumps, but our nurse friend asked to feel it. She was surprised she hadn't been sent for a mammogram as she said if she had been under her care, she would have been sent straight away, so naturally that was a bit alarming. My mother planned to go to the doctors again ASAP, but very shortly after seeing our friend, the lump just seemed like it had disappeared. She couldn't feel it at all, in several different positions (standing, sitting, lying) so she didn't go as there was nothing for the doctor to feel. After a few weeks it appeared to come back again however. She said that sometimes she feels it really easily and it's really prominent, other times she struggles to find it, it seems like it shrinks or moves, or something. It's a fairly firm lump, I wouldn't exactly call it squishy, but it's not totally immobile. You can move it to some degree (not much, but it's not completely rooted still), and you can press down on it a little too. It's an oval shape, length wise probably anywhere between 3-5cm when you can feel it properly, and about 2cm up. She also said it always feels like it stings in that area and hurts when too much pressure is applied, even when she struggles to feel it, she said that's how she knows it's still there. It appears to be pretty rounded, nothing seems to be sticking out in odd places. About 5 years ago, she hit her chest on a lawnmower that stalled, and shortly after that a large lump appeared in her breast. She went and had a monogram for that and they said it appeared to be a cyst, but she's not sure if it was the same breast as this one.
She went back to the doctors and is scheduled in for a mammogram next week, but I'm worried sick.
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Spindles Emmyx
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Try not to worry for now, it could just be a cyst. Many years ago I had a lot of lumps in my breasts and was sent to a consultant who thought one particular lump could be a cyst. He stuck and needle in it and drained a load of stuff out of it and it hasn't come back since.