One thing after another - breast lump

[Elen]

Hi

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[pulisa]

I would question whether you really need another mammogram so soon after the last one-mainly in view of the additional radiation. I hope that an ultrasound will be sufficient to put your mind at rest, particularly as your GP reckons it's just breast tissue. I had a similar problem a while back which was diagnosed as glandular tissue after ultrasound. The breast specialist didn't want to subject me to unnecessary radiation.

[carriewriting]

Update: I had the mammogram and ultrasound today. After the first two images were taken the operator went to show them to the radiologist and then came back to get one more image from a different angle. She said there was a small area in the right breast that the radiologist thought was a lymph node and wanted to check. She did the right breast and then said she might as well do the left as well. After that I had the ultrasound and the technician said the radiologist usually liked to see anyone who had a lump so not to be concerned if he came in. He did come in and asked me to show him the area in my left breast and he went over it again and said it's a ridge of tissue that didn't look suspicious. Then he said the mammogram had shown a spot in the side of that breast and when he found it he said it was a cyst. I asked about the lymph node in the right breast but he didn't seem to know what I was talking about. He checked the notes and said no, it was just the cyst in the left breast that showed up and that from his point of view everything looks okay, but to check in with my GP. Of course I am struggling to put the lymph node thing out of my mind, but on the whole it seems like a positive result. I see my GP on Wednesday to discuss the report.