Breast Worries

[AlwaysScared81]

Hi. I've been reading through all the "breast" posts on here, but I still feel in desperate need of reassurance.

To cut a long story short, I have terrible HA, and, about six months ago became very paranoid about my left breast, even though I couldn't actually feel anything. I went to a gynae and he said it was fine, but for some idiotic reason, a few weeks later I went to a different one, who found a tiny lump. She referred me to a specialist with more specialised equipment, and I had an ultrasound. The thing is he found NOTHING. No lump, nothing. When I told the other Dr she said, "well, there was SOMETHING there, but come back in 3 or 6 months." And that was that.

The thing is I have little faith in this gynae, as, if she really thought the specialist had made a mistake, she would have asked me to go back immediately, right? I really don't want to see her again, so have gone to my local private dr, who has checked me out 3 times, and done an ultrasound. He says everything is fine, but I can't get over what the gynae said. It's been almost six months now, and the truth is I can't feel anything strange at all, but I'm terrified.

My local Dr said the most likely thing is that it was a cyclical lump, and it's true the gynae saw it just before my period, but then why didn't the specialist see it? Apparently he is completely reliable and is known for being thorough, but I can't help wondering whether he made a mistake.

I'm going crazy with worry. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Oh, I guess I should mention I'm 30, with no family history of anything terrible.

[Mogwog]

Hi

You may have read some of my posts if you've read all the breast lump ones as I write a lot of them

There is nothing wrong with your breast believe me. The Gyne you saw obviously felt something and it was due to your cycle and disappeared. I have seen many breast specailists and all of them have said that a cyst can appear and disappear in a matter of days, sometimes overnight.

I know how awful it is to think the dr is wrong but you have been checked throughly, believe me - any doubt and they wouldn't have let you walk away.

You are fine

L.x

[AlwaysScared81]

Thanks so much for your reply. I had heard something about things popping up and then disappearing, but I've been too scared to look it up on google.

I think it's going to take ages for me to get over this fear, especially after the gynae freaked me out in that way, but I'm lucky in that my local doctor has offered to check me out once a month (just after my period) if it makes me feel better. At this point I'm so confused by the whole thing that I don't even remember what's normal for my breasts, but I have to say I can't feel anything too strange, and by this point, if it were something scary, I imagine it would be more noticeable.

This is the thing about HA. If you get anything remotely negative from a Dr you completely lose it, and I guess that's what happened to me. I keep thinking to myself "well, she did say it was hard to spot" and so on. But, as I say, the specialist seems to be perfectly reliable. I can't help wondering what if, though.

Thanks again for your help.