A good GF has had fibrous lumps removed from her breasts over the last 10 years. She has had quite a few surgeries - I think she has adopted the I want them out approach whilst another GF is currently using a watch and wait approach - she has had this observed closely for the last 9 months after biopsy came back negative. In both cases the surgeons gave the girls the choice of both options. xx
Mak thanks very much for that. I can appreciate the decisions behind both surgery & watch'n'wait. Gawd I wish someone had given me the choice three years ago. I've also speculated the the surgeon may discuss a few other things like having a MRI (which medicare doesn't pay for) or going on tamoxifen which is a 50-50 decision for women in my cohort.
Trill I'll admit to being in a bit of lather yesterday when I revisited the scene of the crime & waited to get the US done - but realistically this is a little hiccup even if I need surgery - it will be a much lesser thing than my first lumpectomy and with a much quicker recovery. Besides the lump has changed shape after the dr aspirated it yesterday so it might even be a cyst. Gonna ring the breast care nurse today and debrief/pick her brain.
Hi MD. I totally get where you are at right now. Like you I have a watch and wait lump under my left arm just underneath the original scar line. I have had it scanned and biopsied and whilst it's "OK" right now it worries me constantly. I sometimes wish my surgeon would just go ahead and remove it but she doesn't want to do anymore surgeries unless really necessary. So for now, I check it monthly, have it scanned yearly and hope and pray that it continues to be OK and doesn't have a change of heart and become a nasty lump.
Gosh Kris I don't know if I could handle the ongoing stress! At my treatment centre they tend to be quite surgically aggressive in young women (found a paper my surgeon wrote on that very topic when I first found out his name and googled him ). My surgeon is also aware that I was misdiagnosed 2 years before he saw me (which cost me my breast) and have given me a very heartfelt assurance that he will never let me "fall through the cracks" again. Which is one of the reasons why I suspect it could result in surgery.
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I hope it can be resolved easy enough for you my love
). My surgeon is also aware that I was misdiagnosed 2 years before he saw me (which cost me my breast) and have given me a very heartfelt assurance that he will never let me "fall through the cracks" again. Which is one of the reasons why I suspect it could result in surgery.
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