A few breast cancer questions

Hi Becks001xxx

so sorry to hear about your grandmother’s situation. I hope she gets all the help and care she needs. 
As far as your lump is concerned, what was the outcome of your ultrasound report ? As you have family history, you should be on the 2 week pathway and investigated . My lump felt like a bean shaped rubbery firm mass and was tender at times. Lymph nodes do grow with time if cancerous. Please take this seriously and follow it up with your GP and breast consultant both. Feel free to ask any further questions. Will be happy to help as much as I can. All the best 

Hi Becks001xxx, so sorry for your grandma can't imagine how she must be feeling.  It doesn't sound like she is being treated very compassionately.  Can you call her palliative team instead of waiting for them to get in touch?

With regards to you it's best to keep complaining to your doctor about your breast issues and push for them to investigate thoroughly so that you get a definitive answer.  You have everything to gain and nothing to loose.  Chances are high it's nothing and it could also be mastitis I imagine.  The infection which is what mastitis is could well have caused your lymph nodes to swell because thats what happens when there is an infections that they are dealing with.  I had mastitis and the pain was excruciating.  Interestingly I think I had mastitis in the breast that developed cancer but 22 years after the mastitis.  Best to be safe and get checked.

I couldn't feel a lump and neither could my surgeon. My cancer was picked up by chance as a result of my first routine mammogram.

Hope it all turns out to be nothing. xx

Hi there,  and I'm really sorry to hear about your grandma.  When best cancer has spread to other parts of the body they rarely operate,  but will give treatments like chemo,  hormone blockers (if it's oestrogen positive) and sometimes other newer treatments. She shouldn't just be left like that.  Do you know the type of rate cancer it is,  because some responds to these treatments better than others.  Personally I'd go straight to PALS and make a complaint about her treatment, and ask for a second opinion. 

A far as you are concerned I'd point out that breast cancer runs in your family,  and women do get breast cancer at your age (increasingly so). I had mastitis in my naughty breast whilst and a few years after breast feeding.  It messenger produced thr same milk as the other one for either daughter,  both if whom were freed for other a year sho it had the chance! I went for tests on it 3 years before diagnosis because I was concerned about it,  but thr scan and ultrasound were clear (not unusual in some cases) and no biopsy was done.  They are interesting breast clinics.  I had an ultrasound in January at mine on thr affected breast as I'd felt a small lump, which was thankfully scar tissue.  I'm in London and at the time 62% of beds in the hospital were occupied by covid patients!!

Good lick,  and let us know how you get on. Xxx