I had a mamogram 2 years ago and the report said that their was slight calsification on the right breast but nothing more was said, ive always had sore breasts before my period but it has always gone away after, but to my horror on tuesday i felt a little lump plus during my night shift my right breast went rock hard and very sore, it felt like id been kicked, ive been to the doctors today who has confirmed their is a lump and swelling and ive got a mamogram booked for tuesday 21st, im trying to keep positive and everyone is telling me not to worry but its very difficult not to,  has anyone else had these symptoms and what was the outcome, thanks all,. my mom gets her results from her kump in her neck on wednesday, phew get me a tissue

oh tessisbest, i'm so sorry! don't freak out (though i know, easier said than done!) it could be loads of different things.

best of luck with it, i am sure you'll be fine.

ment to say lump not kump !!!!

Aww hope all's OK.  I've got a lump in my neck at the moment, hopefully it's just a cyst or an infection, if it's not cleared by Tuesday then something will have to be done about it!  Thankfully I work in the ENT Department.

Hoping that everythings OK for you both.

Usually, if something has got suddenly hard, sore and swollen, it can be down to an enlarged or infected milk gland...so try not to worry too much until you have to! I have had 'lumpy' hard nodules for a few years but it's down to fibrosed tissue related to my Arthritis they think xxx {{hugs}}

keeping fingers and paws crossed it will be well. x

how old are you tessiebest? mammograms can be misleading and inconclusive if you are under 50 due to hormonal breast changes so they are not done as routine till over 50. obv its different if you found a lump but i wouldnt rely on mammogram alone.

((hugs))) I am sure everything will be ok- just think positive- don't get yourself all worried.

This seems to have come on very quickly - did your GP consider mastitis ?
It could be so many things , please try not to worry .
I found a lump in my last pregnancy and it turned out to be a milk gland ( after a needle biopsy ! ) A friend who has had BC said that pain is a good sign as she had no pain in her lump .
I also get very sore , lumpy boobs for 2 weeks prior to a period .

I've had the 'rock hard and sore' breast caused by mastitis - it was horrifically painful. I have also had a breast lump removed many years ago - it was benign - no further treatment needed - no problems since. Never had a mammogram as i'm on the wrong/right side of 50 :-D

try not to worry too much, (hard I know)

marion

Well done for promptly going to the doctors and getting the lump investigated. I can understand you worrying and the wait until the 21st will seem like forever but will be here before you know it. Its easy to say try not to worry - I know that I would. It does seem to have come on very fast - I had an awful pain in my breast a while back brought on by lifting a heavy coat hanger that holds multiple pairs of jeans. I felt like I had been kicked and moving my arm gave me shooting pains into my boob for days after. It could be lots of things but the fact that your boob went hard and sore sounds muscular or maybe infection. ((Hugs)) and lots of love and luck - I'm sure that you will be fine and once again, well done you for addressing the matter. xx

Hi Donna

Hope I can make you feel more positive!  I had an extremely sore lump under my nipple, quite some years ago now.  It was hot and painful.  The doctor that I saw must have been pretty positive that it was hormonal, as opposed to anything nasty, but, at the time being a bit cynical, I thought his answer to the problem was a load of tosh! 

How wrong I was!!  Being so painful, I was willing to try anything.  He put me on 1000mg of Evening Primrose Oil 8 times a day.  I really thought what a load of rubbish.  Within 10 days it was clear.  I went back, and he told me that he wanted me to continue for another 2 months, which I did.  Several years later I had the same problem, so went to the same doctor.  He told me that his answer would be the same, but he could no longer give me a prescription for EPO as the powers that be had decided that it hadn't been proved! 

It was obviously more expensive to buy such high doses myself, but I did, and it worked.  I took them for 3 months, and it has never happened again. 

However, now that I'm ancient, I automatically get sent for a mammogram, and at my first I had a recall, which rocked me sideways!  No good saying don't worry, I couldn't sleep waiting for my appointment.  The lady doctor took so long that I was shaking!  She showed me loads of dots on the screen, and told me that they were cysts.  However, to be 100% about it, she called in another doctor to examine me.  The same answer!  What a relief!  To reassure you - I have recently had my next mammogram, and received a letter last week saying that it's clear.  :-)

While I know you will still worry, in my experience, loads of ladies get the all clear.  I am sending positive vibes for you.  Jean

thankyou all for your kinds words, the swelling had now gone down but i have these reddish marks that come and go, and i can still feel the lump there, quite alot of people have mentioned mastitus to me or a milk duct infected, but i will wait axiously till next tuesday and let all of you lovely people know, also did i mention that on my last mammagram that the report said i had calsification of the right breast,, anyone know what that means and is it somethink to worry about?   xxxx

Approx 8 years ago I felt lumpy in my breast and it was diagnosed after mammogram and biopsy as gritty. I take that to mean calcification. I have had 2 mammograms since and always come back clear of anything nasty. Do try not to worry and hopefully you will have good news.

i don't think in itself it is much to worry about but of course it needs attending to.i think calcification,because milk has a lot of calcium doesn't it,must be milk that has been produced because of hormone levels and doesn't come out and stays in the duct and gets troublesome.think it's the same principle as kidney stones only thats uric acid gathering.can't help feeling that you'll be fine when you get a proper diagnosis and advice.be brave,it won't be too long before you get sorted.x

Ive just got over a scare had 4 mamograms (on the day to check) and its what you said "calsification" just a thickening and an age thing.
I had another scare about 15 years ago it came up, Dr booked a biopsy and it went down a little cyst!

Its all sent to make us worry I think, though I did sort out my life a bit saw a nutricianist and joined a ladies only gym, feeling better now but i still check weekly in depth and visually daily.

Im just starting another 5 year drugs testing for breast cancer on 21st April. I completed 5 years for tomixifen in 2002. Im checked, weighed and blood tested 6 monthly and feel very safe and pampered!!

I feel the need to reply to this thread, although it's many months old.
My aunt recently had a lump and lymph glands removed (precautionary) and underwent a small amount of chemo and has since had the 'all clear' for now thankfully, however ...... I got a phone call today from my Mum who has just been diagnosed, literally 4 months after my Aunt, with breast cancer. 
I have lots of questions and lots of worries and am having a pretty rough time understanding and dealing with the news...
My mum was offered a full mastectomy of one breast, but was also offered a lumpectomy (sp) and has opted for that, she is also having the lymph glands / nodes removed on the left side of her body.
Having only moved to the other side of the world 4 months ago, you can imagine how I'm feeling.....
We have free breast screening here in Queensland, Aus.. though I don't know if it will apply to me being just under 40, I shall be phoning the GP on Monday morning and the free breast screening place... it is the first incidences of breast cancer in my family...
I want to see my Mummy... gulp.... bad day :(

Oh Tessies Tracey! :( you must be so worried right now.  I don't know much, if anything at all about what you must be going through, wish I had the answers to all your questions & that I could ease you worry but I don't.  I will be thinking of you & I hope your mum gets the all clear soon.  It must be harder not being close by to her but I'm sure she knows you're htinking of her & will do anything to help. So sorry.

thanks gembo... I don't know what to feel at the moment..but yes, worried sick is a starter... just that every time I cry, I feel really selfish....
feel I did totally the wrong thing for moving away.. Mum and I are very close, so it was a big move anyway, but now... well... now I just feel like I've done the wrong thing :(
Mum has more tests on Wednesday and the op on the 21st,when we'll hopefully know a bit more....
I don't like putting things on forums like this, it's not my 'thing'... but just feel like all my friends are so far away... I'll pull my socks up shortly...
My Mum and I have been through worse (I think!) and we're strong.... I hope I can find the strength...
thanks for your reply gembo x

> feel I did totally the wrong thing for moving away

Please try not to feel this way, you moved away because it was the right thing for you & your family, there is absolutely no way you could have predicted this. It is difficult when terrible things happen & you can't be close by, you do feel helpless but we cannot live our lives thinking what if, you sometimes have to be selfish & think of ourselves.

I'm sure someone will come along with a lot more advice on this issue, it's a terrible fact that more & more people are being affected by this horrible disease.  I'm sure they've caught it early enough & your mum will make a full recovery, try to stay positive & remember we're always hear if you want to offload a bit, it's not healthy to keep things bottled up.

Take care xx

thank you again gembo... no you're right.. not healthy to bottle up ....
I think I need to try and get some sleep tonight (although daytime for you guys) ... and try and be more positive tomorrow.
I hate not feeling strong ..
thanks again x

It does seem that I hear more and more of this recently.  :-(

But, on the positive side, in the last YEAR!  OMG!  3 females at work have been diagnosed, and all but one back at work after operations and chemo and total hair loss.

The most recent one is still having treatment, and the 2 that are back are just happy that it's gone away  and, although they will have regular checks now, they are so glad to be here, and their outlook is incredibly positive.  Rightly or wrongly, I do believe that state of mind is powerful, and a positive attitude is a powerful tool.

So sorry to hear about your mum and your aunt.  Fingers crossed they get a good margin with the op. 

Very similiar situation to yours, my aunt was diagnosed on 1st May 1999 with breast cancer in her right breast and she has a single mastectomy with full reconstruction.  She didn't need to have any further treatment.  One week later my mum was also diagnosed with it, again in her right breast.  My mum was offered the lumpectomy which she opted for.  2 weeks later she had to go back in again as there wasn't a clear margin and had to have a mastectomy and glands/nodes removed.  My mum then had to have 9 months of chemo and 3 weeks worth of radiotheraphy.

I of course went to the Drs straightaway to get checked out.  My aunt was 50 and my mum was only 46 at the time.  I was nearly 27 so was too young to have further tests (unless of course I had a problem) but that I would be called forward earlier than usual for the national screening programme, most probably from 45.  My mum, through her GP went for some genetic testing, along with her sister and they were found not to be linked.  I have since had an ultrasound (a couple of years ago) because I thought I found a lump but again I was too young to have a mammoram as under 40 the results can be inconclusive etc.  I now have an open appointment with the breast screening clinic if I do ever have any more probs.  I have had to fill out a few forms with details of family history etc and based on that I was added to the screening programme.

Hopefully your GP will be able to put your mind at rest on Monday, but just be prepared to give details of both your mum and aunt along with their treatment, dates etc and to perhaps have a check.  If you can, between now and then write down all the questions you would like answers to as it will help you focus more when you get there.  I know its going to be hard being so far away and easier said than done but please try not to worry, your mum will be in really good hands and will be taken good care of.

Thinking of you, your mum and aunt.
xx

> Rightly or wrongly, I do believe that state of mind is powerful, and a positive attitude is a powerful tool.

My mum never took a day off work (except for the two ops and recovery at the beginning) during the whole of her 9 months of chemo and radiotherapy treatment.  She works as a secretary in her local primary school and on treatment days would go in first thing in the morning to meet the children coming into school, work until around 1 ish then go to the hospital for her treatment, but otherwise she would be at work all day .  She would be in work again the following morning.  She felt that she wanted to continue as normal a life as she could otherwise it would have been so easy to stop, sit down and feel so negative about it all.  We even arranged my wedding in the middle of it all and we married 2 weeks after her final course.  She made my 1 year old twin daughters bridesmaid dresses, made the wedding cake, shopped for my dress and altered it, as well as making the table decorations and invitations.  She was lucky in that she didn't lose all her hair, although it did thin slightly, her hair is so so thick that to a stranger it looked normal.  Obviously we could tell that it had thinned but that was because we know her.

So yes, I do think a positive attitude is a powerful tool...........

I was told recently that there is a way of keeping the hair but that the NHS don't do it.  There are caps that can be worn and I also believe a machine that can be used.  Sad that they don't do it when losing hair in a woman can be so devastating, as though she han't got enough to go through.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and support.
I can now type and speak properly without bursting into tears every other minute.  But of course, it's still a difficult thing to come to terms with, how my Mum has is just testament to how strong a person she is I guess.  She is still at work, and though has a cold on the way, is being ever so strong.
Well I went to my GP on Monday, very nice lady doctor checked my boobs and their ok and she said here they don't tend to start screening until you reach the age 5 years before the youngest person in the family who has been diagnosed, so that for me would be age 49.
I also called the number for free breast screening for Queensland, but they wouldn't even entertain screening me even with this new history because I have not yet quite reached age 40.
But to be honest, this was less about me and more about Mum anyway.
I will be speaking to Mum at the weekend about what other treatment after the op she will have to have, because I can't remember all of our conversation as it was such a shock, a lot of it didn't sink in.
However, I do know that other tests and screening that she had came back clear, i.e. bones, liver, kidneys, etc.  I guess that's a positive.

Sorry Tessisbest to hijack your thread.
And thank you again to all who have given me a bit of support.

I can understand how you feel but the first thing is cancer is not always a killer and keep that firmly in mind. My Mum had a lumpectomy in 1988 and died in 2005, My aunt had a full mastectomy in 1988 and died three weeks ago aged 84.

I have a dear friend who has had two masectomy's one in 1980's and one in 1990's and she is clear now.

I had cervical cancer in 1995 and Im still clear, and Im going to see my grandchildren and my two boys arent even married yet. Recent reserach says attitude is 50% of the illness be positive and excuse the words be bloody minded that this is going to be beaten.

I remember not being able to sleep wondering who would bring up my son's then I got a bit more backbone and beat it. Thats why I do drug testing to give a bit back and Im carefully monitored all the time as well.

I did as you will do had a breast scan straight away and I have one september every year I stared at about 36.

Chin up, if you are really lucky the lymph nodes will be ok, but be positive and it will be ok.

Thanks Whistler :)

It's being able to say all those scary things out loud.  I do feel a bit stronger about things now, and as I said before my Mum is being so so strong, but I'm sure she's had all those thoughts going around in her head too (i.e. not being able to sleep, her own mortality and those sorts of things).  We haven't actually talked about that side of it.  It's too negative if you know what I mean?

Mum has her surgery tomorrow (Wed pm UK time), so I'll be thinking of her of course and praying.
X

I know its scarey I had to sit and wait for my Mum to come around. I was lucky from diagnosis to op was 10 days! and no reaccurance. I religiously book my breast scan in Sep annually and I do self check after a shower.
Im sure she will be fine and I'll think of you and Mum tomorrow!!

> Mum has her surgery tomorrow

I will be thinking of you & your mum tomorrow & hoping for a speedy recovery. All the best x

Im 42 now and was diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer tumour when i was 37 :(  It had spread to my lymph glands and after a lumpectomy and all the glands were removed from under my arm, 12 lots of intensive chemo and 6 weeks of radiotherapy, I've just gone through my 5 years remission :)

The treatment was horrendous, but without it I would not be here.  The treatment for breast cancer is improving all the time and most women survive longer than 5 years now.  Your world turns upside down because you are going in to the unknown but you get through with the treatment and support from your family.

I still worry about it now, especially moreso because 2 years ago i lost my Mom suddenly over the space of two weeks to what turned out to be pancreatic cancer but I now try not to let it take over my life.  I just try to carry on as my Mom would want me to and enjoy life, although its hard without her.

If i can help anybody with support and advice etc, please feel free to PM me and I'll gladly help them as much as I can.

Be thinking of you and your Mom tomorrow Gembo. xx

Thanks all for your words of support.  Must admit my tummy is doing somersaults (sp)at the moment! 
I'm off to work this morning, got to keep busy, it's Tuesday night where most of you guys are, Wednesday morning here.
Going to be a tough day!  Even more so for my Mum.
Justine, my Mum's has been classed as grade 3 too, at the moment anyway until they operate.  Well done to you for being so strong and getting through it.
Will keep you all posted how it goes.
X

We are all crossing everything for your Mum.  :-)
((((  HUGS  ))))