More breast changes after breast clinic appointment

Hi there

i would definitely go back...I’m not saying that because o think it’s anything to worry about as may well

be nothing but it’s vital to go and check any changes you have and That’s what the doctors are there for

i had a lump for 25 years which I had biopsied when I was 20

and it was all clear / a fibroid ..this made me complacent and resulted in cancer cells attaching themselves to the original fibroadenoma..so it’s always best to check!

good luck and I’m sure you will get the all clear again 

Nicola 

Thanks Nicola,

I am so reluctant as its so close to my last appointment and don't want to be a bother.

The people at the breast clinic were so lovely and did say they'd happily see me again if I saw any further changes.

Maybe a chat with my Dr would be ok and put my mind at rest if she doesnt think its anything to worry about.

Thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciated x

hi

call the breast unit that saw you and explain that there are further changes

what did they say had caused the dimple ?

I have found the radiologists to be very good at talking through what they are looking at, more so than surgeons or oncologists

In my case I had had a mammogram in 2012 which was just reported as clear, then I had all sorts of symptoms but none were classic breast cancer, I always had lumpy breasts and none of the lumps felt any different until I went bra shopping and my inner arm brushed my breast and it just felt different, different to checking with my hands. 

From May through to June I was put through the diagnostic process and scheduled for surgery on the 1st July 2015 but a week before that surgery an actual lump popped up one morning and it was painful.

I did laps of the house with a phone in each hand trying to get hold of the GP and the breast care nurse in a blind panic.

In the end all the nurse said was you're scheduled for a mastectomy on the 1st anyway so in my case it shouldn't have made a difference

But it did because the surgeon followed the original MRI report and cut neatly around the new lump, leaving it in my breast slightly obscured by the implant reconstruction 

If it hadn't been painful I wouldn't have realised it was still there. 

Dimples and lumps are classic signs of breast cancer but they can also be caused by cysts, the only way to know for sure is to get them checked and get an accurate assessment from the professionals 

Breast cancer is scary but it's much easier to treat and cure when it's caught early.

You had a good experience don't feel like you're imposing or wasting their time, you're not. 

https://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/information-support/have-i-got-breast-cancer/benign-breast-conditions

that's a link to get you up to speed on other breast conditions

I hope that helps

let me know when you've made the call, please

hugs

Carolyn

xxxx

Hi Carolyn28

Thank you so much for your reply. Really appreciate it.

They said the dimple was probably just general breast changes due to age.

I am 38

I only noticed the peasize lump/lymphnode last night in bed as when I laid on my side it feel achey so I had a little feel and found it.

The 2nd dimple has appeared about a week ago.

I do feel with the additional changes a full breast screen/ultrasound is needed now.

I will call the clinic tomorrow. Thank you so much for putting my mind at rest that i'm not being silly.

I will let you know how I get on

Thank you xxxx

Hello you could contact your GP or just contact the breast care clinic you went to before direct. I know when my daughter went about a lump, which turned out to be nothing synister, she was told by the breast care nurses to contact them any time if she had any worries about anything and they would have her in even if it was just to put her mind at rest.

You will not be wasting anyone's time & you are not being silly.

let us know how you get one, hopefully they'll tell you the same as last time. 

I don’t understand why they didn’t check the whole breast st the first appt.  when I had a swelling in my arm pit at 40 they did a mammogram of both breasts followed by US of armpit with swelling and then a manual examination.  The swelling was a fat pad so no issue but a full check was reassuring.  

Morning Carolyn28 and Grogg

I have just called the breast clinic who advised I would need a referral from the Dr again. So am now waiting for the surgery to call me back.

I guess its just a case of showing the Dr the new changes and possibly being referred all over again.

Grogg I am not sure either why the whole breast wasn't looked at. I had a full examination of both breasts but the ultrasound concentrated only on the area around the dimple nowhere else. Like you say it would have been reassuring to have had the whole breast screened.

Hopefully it is nothing and just me overthinking but thank you all for giving me the courage to call and to get checked again 

Xx

let us know how you get on

Carolyn

xxx

have you had a follow up appointment