ktdid2000
05-08-17, 13:19
Hi everyone,
I've posted quite a few times on this forum about my BC fears starting almost a year ago last August. I was examined several times by my GP and my OB, and got 2 ultrasounds spaced about 4-6 months apart as a result. Both ultrasounds came back negative, but found a few simple fluid filled cysts. One of them, on my right breast, is quite large and I can feel it any time I do my self exams. It was detected on ultrasound last Dec.
Last night I committed the mortal sin of health anxiety sufferers and started looking up stories about people who's suspected cysts turned out to be BC. I honestly have no idea what led me to do this as I knew where it would lead me - I must be temporarily insane or something. :(
Now I'm panicked once again about this stupid cyst that I can feel. I keep poking and prodding at it (again), and it feels about the same size and shape as it always has but maybe even more noticeable since my little guy has decreased his nursing and the boobs aren't as full as they used to be. I am worried that this thing has not gone away in so long, and I keep having back pains and such on that side and it's driving me nuts.
Everything that I've read says that simple cysts are SUPER easy to diagnose via ultrasound with a specificity of like 97% or something like that. In other words, it would take a really poor radiologist to diagnose a simple cyst when it was something else (there are other types of cysts which are questionable and should be checked out). My report specifically said "simple cyst".
I have no clue why I'm freaking out again other than it hasn't gone away and it's so obvious that I feel like it MUST be something worse. Why is my HA kicking up again?? Why do I seek out information that contradicts what I've been told?!?! :(
I've posted quite a few times on this forum about my BC fears starting almost a year ago last August. I was examined several times by my GP and my OB, and got 2 ultrasounds spaced about 4-6 months apart as a result. Both ultrasounds came back negative, but found a few simple fluid filled cysts. One of them, on my right breast, is quite large and I can feel it any time I do my self exams. It was detected on ultrasound last Dec.
Last night I committed the mortal sin of health anxiety sufferers and started looking up stories about people who's suspected cysts turned out to be BC. I honestly have no idea what led me to do this as I knew where it would lead me - I must be temporarily insane or something. :(
Now I'm panicked once again about this stupid cyst that I can feel. I keep poking and prodding at it (again), and it feels about the same size and shape as it always has but maybe even more noticeable since my little guy has decreased his nursing and the boobs aren't as full as they used to be. I am worried that this thing has not gone away in so long, and I keep having back pains and such on that side and it's driving me nuts.
Everything that I've read says that simple cysts are SUPER easy to diagnose via ultrasound with a specificity of like 97% or something like that. In other words, it would take a really poor radiologist to diagnose a simple cyst when it was something else (there are other types of cysts which are questionable and should be checked out). My report specifically said "simple cyst".
I have no clue why I'm freaking out again other than it hasn't gone away and it's so obvious that I feel like it MUST be something worse. Why is my HA kicking up again?? Why do I seek out information that contradicts what I've been told?!?! :(