In 1988, I developed a lump in my right breast. I was in my mid twenties and while I pointed it out to my doctors -- no one was alarmed.
Finally in 1991, I started to have some pain a...
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"lumpy breasts"
Bethany
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 11:01 PMre:
Ann Bartlett
Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 08:51 AMThe trick will be to find a clinic that is interested! I had to go through a very aggressive doctor to get to my goal of understanding "am I at risk for cancer". While the current answer is no, tissue can change as we age so it's really important to have records and follow ups. Diabetic Mastopathy gave me a direct cause and understanding I didn't have before.
It's fantastic that you took the initiative to explore what it was! I was 14 years of searching for medical answers before I go the bottom of it. Any lump should be suspicious to a doctor! Take the internet information in with you to share with the doctors, don't count on them to "just know". The medical field is sometimes overloaded and under prepared. Based on their response, it will tell you whether you want to stay with them.
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I'm 22 years old and since I was in high school have had "lumpy breasts." I finally got really scared when I found a large one and went to the doctor's 2 years ago for it. They were nervous and I had mamograms and ultra sounds ... they set up a biopsy and decided against it. Finally the doctor's gave up and told me that they weren't really anything to be concerned about and that I was fine that I most likely just had cysts in my breasts. I still think about it all the time and it scares me. On tuesday I went back to the ob/gyn for my annual and expressed my concern ... once again I was told I was just going to have lumpy breasts and that they are of no concern ... I felt like I was blown off ... but after reading you're post I realize being a type 1 diabetic this may really need to be looked into.
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