Fibroadenoma?

Hi Ishy32 , I thought I’d pop in with my fibroadenoma experience. I don’t know if it will be helpful for your situation though as mine was dealt with about 18 ish years ago and protocols have no doubt changed. Mine presented as a lump which I found myself, and it felt like a pea. My GP referred me for a mammogram (my first one as I was late 40s so hadn’t joined the screening programme yet. There was no ‘one stop shop’ back then so I had an appointment at a different hospital to discuss the mammogram. It was inconclusive so the doctor did an ultrasound and a needle biopsy. She did say that it looked suspicious so I instantly assumed cancer. The results came back as ‘atypical cells’ so I had another ultrasound and core biopsy. When these results were also inconclusive it was decided that I’d have a lumpectomy. This all took weeks! Eventually I had my post op results appointment and I was told that it was a fibroadenoma, benign, and that was that. No further appointments or follow ups as it had been removed. 
So in your situation I really don’t know what I’d do. It looks like they are monitoring it from your account of its history. I think I’d want to know, as it’s grown, whether there’s a size when they’d consider removing it. As far as I’m aware (but only from my own experience), fibroadenomas are benign and are not a precursor to cancer or anything like that. 
Hope you can get this resolved or at least some reassurance. Love and hugs, HFxx

I found a lump which felt small and hard so went for a screening 3 years ago when I was in my forties. It was small enough that they removed the whole thing when they biopsied me under ultrasound and found it was a fibroadenoma. They confirmed it 10 days later after they had checked the histology and said that there was no issue. I never felt that lump again but here I am 3 years later with something completely different. I will say that the sizings can be off in ultrasound and mammograms so it might be that it is not getting bigger but is being observed from a different angle. With my lump this time they told me it was around 10cm but when they checked the histology after mastectomy it was 8cm which is quite a big difference. I did do some reading about fibroadenoma when I was diagnosed with it and everything said it was not connected to cancer and wasn't anything to worry about. I was just one of the "lucky" ones that developed new things to worry about. 

It never hurts to get anything you're worried about checked out. So if it is a real concern for you definitely ask to have it checked again. Better to be safe than sorry. 

All the best.

H