Why do they make me feel crazy? Sorry this is long?!
Question: Why do they make me feel crazy!? Sorry this is long!?
4 yrs ago, my partner found a pea size lump under my right nipple!. I went to my Ob gyn who referred me to a surgeon who did an ultrasound and said that it was gone!. Fast foward about two years and my right nipple leaked on and off for a month!. My ob said that it sometimes happens and wasn't too concerned about it!. Last November I had my first baseline mammogram early because I had found another lump and my sister had just had one removed that was pre-cancerous!. They did a mammogram and ultrasound said that there were masses in both breasts and wanted me to have another Mammogram in 6 months!. I just went back in May and again, same letter from the hospital, masses in both left and right breasts and to come back again in 6 mths!. My OB said we can wait until my annual which is in Feb (9 mths)!. My nipple is itching and buldging!. I called my primary care doctor who just called in a cream for the itching and said that my breasts are dense!. I can't get my either doc to order a digital mam!Www@Answer-Health@Com
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First off, let me just preface my answer by saying I am not a Dr!. nor a medical professional, so all of my advice comes from being a cancer patient!. I complained to my GYN for YEARS about abdominal pain, horrific PMS, cramping, excessive bleeding etc etc!. An ultrasound was ordered and showed lots of fibroids!. Still!.!.!.so much pain, not just monthly, but daily!. My Gyn was convinced my pain was from abdominal adhesion's from a previous surgery (which HE did by the way) and ordered another abdominal surgery to remove them!. I was told everything would be just fine after that!. Well it wasn't, and to make an already long story short, he ignored my symptoms, my pain, my complaints, my numerous trips to the ER, and I ended up spending a month in the hospital (a month before my wedding no less)!.!.!.!.well it turned out I had a rare uterine sarcoma!.!.!.with metastasis to the lungs!. I've been on chemo for a year (with another Dr!. of course) and I'm doing well!.!.but I'll never have children, my ovaries are fried!.!.!.no egg harvesting for me, as well as the pain and heartbreak my family and I are going through!. My cancer COULD have been detected with a simple blood test for tumor markers!.!.!.!.but they were never ordered!. The bottom line!.!.your GUT is telling you something!.!.!.insist!.!.!.cry!.!.switch Dr's!.!.!.cause a scene!. It could be the difference between Stage 1 or Stage 4 (or hopefully none at all and your Dr, is correct!)!. Best of luck to you :-)Www@Answer-Health@Com
It sounds to me that you have fibroid cysts in your breasts that is what dense breasts means!. This is not in the least bit dangerous and can last until after menopause!. But because of the fibroid cysts (dense breasts) it is more difficult to detect tumors in your breasts!. Because of the family history I would see another doctor for a sonogram!. That is an exact picture of what is in your breasts and cannot miss anything!. Your doctor should be concerned about the fear you are experiencing because of the history in your family!. Good Luck!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I think you feel crazy about your doctors' recommendations because you aren't talking with them enough!. You aren't asking them for the reasons behind their recommendations, and they aren't volunteering the information!. Ask your doctors why they are making their recommendations!. Make sure they know about risk factors like your sister having precancerous lesions!. Sometimes something that seems ominous and alarming to a patient is known to the doctor to be of negligible importance!. Doctors are reluctant to order expensive tests that will reveal little new information!. Often insurance plans will not cover such tests, and then the patient (you) is saddled with a large out-of-pocket expense for a test result that provides very little information!. Talk to your doctors and make sure they answer all your questions and concerns!. Make them earn their high fees!Www@Answer-Health@Com