Drgoogleaddict
23-04-18, 06:42
About two months ago, I randomly felt a small lump on my chest (in the rib area). It's pretty small and not visible, but definitely can be felt. Not that soft, but very mobile and just under the skin surface. I don't think it's grown since.
I visited two doctors. The first one felt it, acknowledged it, and then said it was nothing. It was too small to cause concern and nothing I needed to do.
The second doctor felt it and said he was 95% sure it was a harmless lipoma. Just to be sure, he sent me for an ultrasound.
At this point I was pretty relaxed about the whole thing. The ultrasound tech told me he didn't know what it was, but it was benign and the report would be at with my doctor in a few days after the radiologist writes it up. Great, I thought.
During the follow up visit at my doctors, he reads the report out to me and it pretty much says just the size (less than a cm), well defined and a couple other things I don't remember. But in the very last sentence, the radiologist writes something along the lines of: Cannot confirm what this is, patient should either surgically remove lump or get an MRI to rule out Sarcoma.
I agree to get the MRI, knowing it takes 6-12 months to get one done if not paying out of pocket. I get a call saying I have an MRI appointment in 7 days. This spooked me, as I know for a fact you can not get an MRI that fast where I live. Now I wonder if there was something in the report that was a red flag.
Have any of you gone to see a doctor for a lump and have the investigation get this far? If so, what was the size of your lump? I have a feeling my healthcare providers now are not going to stop until this thing is removed and biopsied. Part of me thinks I should have stopped after seeing the first doctor, but part of me feels I should be grateful that I'm getting all this testing to rule out anything serious.
I visited two doctors. The first one felt it, acknowledged it, and then said it was nothing. It was too small to cause concern and nothing I needed to do.
The second doctor felt it and said he was 95% sure it was a harmless lipoma. Just to be sure, he sent me for an ultrasound.
At this point I was pretty relaxed about the whole thing. The ultrasound tech told me he didn't know what it was, but it was benign and the report would be at with my doctor in a few days after the radiologist writes it up. Great, I thought.
During the follow up visit at my doctors, he reads the report out to me and it pretty much says just the size (less than a cm), well defined and a couple other things I don't remember. But in the very last sentence, the radiologist writes something along the lines of: Cannot confirm what this is, patient should either surgically remove lump or get an MRI to rule out Sarcoma.
I agree to get the MRI, knowing it takes 6-12 months to get one done if not paying out of pocket. I get a call saying I have an MRI appointment in 7 days. This spooked me, as I know for a fact you can not get an MRI that fast where I live. Now I wonder if there was something in the report that was a red flag.
Have any of you gone to see a doctor for a lump and have the investigation get this far? If so, what was the size of your lump? I have a feeling my healthcare providers now are not going to stop until this thing is removed and biopsied. Part of me thinks I should have stopped after seeing the first doctor, but part of me feels I should be grateful that I'm getting all this testing to rule out anything serious.