I am a 53-year-old, recently menopausal woman, who was diagnosed with cellulitis of the right breast four weeks ago. I took antibiotics for 20 days and all signs of infection had disappeared six or seven days before I finished the medicine. I was left with a hard lump, which does not move and does not hurt. Both ultrasounds I have had do not suggest cancer, neither does the diagnostic mammogram. The mammo report says further testing is required; however, my doctor, a breast surgeon, has decided to wait another month because she says hard tissue can remain after an infection, and she thinks that is what this is. Basically, that means if the lump is still there in another month, I will finally get a biopsy and should it show something, I will have wasted nine weeks of treatment time because my lump isn't usual. To doctors who may read this: Don't torture your patients. If a lump is present without infection, or as in my case, if there is no reason for the infection, do a biopsy right away for the peace of mind it can bring. The Internet is full of stories of women who were assured from a mammogram and an ultrasound that they were fine. Published: August 19 ::

I was recently diagnosed with a benign brain tumor that increased my prolactin hormone. I discovered that while on the medication that my breast had gotten sensitive and feels slightly abnormal on the inside. I have had physicals where my family doctor initiated a breast exam on a yearly basis. But I feel abnormalities such as a mass nearly the same size of my breast. I have not had a discharge but I still produce milk from my breast. When I ask my endocrinologist about the medication that I am taking maybe the milk is drying up and she does not know and told me to see an OB/GYN. Published: October 07 ::

I was diagnosed with breast cancer nine months after I was told I only had cysts. That hospital did not do a biopsy, only a mammogram and ultrasound. Nine months later I was referred by a different doctor to a different hospital that did lots of tests, a mammogram, an ultrasound, and a needle biopsy. I was told they found a total of seven tumors via the biopsy, and I would need to have my breast removed. I wonder if those seven tumors grew in the nine months that I was absent from that first hospital or if they were there previously but misdiagnosed as cysts. Published: March 03 ::

I had a biopsy performed in mid-February on a small lump in my right breast. It came back non-cancerous. The lump has grown in size, and my second biopsy showed a small amount of cancer cells. Published: April 08 ::

I have been diagnosed with breast cancer twice. The first time was in 1997 and the second time was 11 yrs later. both times the lump was picked up by a scan. Lucky for me both times it was picked up in the early stages. I have regular mammograms every six months. Published: October 23 ::

I've had mammograms every six months for several years, since my breast tissue is dense. The last time I was told I could wait a year. When I had my mammogram done a year later, I was called back and told I had a lump. I had another diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound a week later and now I have to have a biopsy. Published: November 13 ::

I am a 21 year old lady who has a lump on my right breast in a 1 o'clock position. it is very painful at times that i really cannot sleep. it causes me too much stress thinking that it is a cancer. i've been to a breast surgeon many times, but until now they can't give me an answer. Published: November 09 ::

I am a 22-year-old girl with a lump on the left nipple. It brings out blood sometimes. It is not painful. Published: October 05 ::

Parenchymal patterns is heterogeneously dense. This MSY obscure small lesions. There is a group of microcalcifications seen projected over the superior aspect of the left breast near the chest wall. Published: July 21 ::

I had a biopsy on a small lump in my left breast and it came back non cancerous. That lump was not real big and it did not hurt and I have had 2 more of the same kind of lumps in that same breast occur, but they have gone away on their own. I now have a large hard spot in my right breast and it is very painful and feels nothing like the other ones that I have had. My doctor that I went to for this pushed it under the rug, as it was nothing just probably the same thing as the others and he wants me to wait a month and see what it does and if it comes back. Published: May 18 ::