My little sister has just found a lump in her breast......

I am so sorry to hear this. I hope your sister is going to be ok, that it isn't malignant.

thank you.  She is waiting for the hospital to call and schedule her appt. I hope it is soon.

I'll be Praying for all of you HUGS

thank you fot the pray and the hug!

sorry I ment to say prayer, not pray.

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Sending up prayers for your sister. 

thank you for the big hug! and for the prayers

HUGS to you! I have everything is okay.

thanks Desiree, just waiting to hear from the hospital on when she can get in.  thanks for the hug!!

When I was thirteen it was a possibility that I had ovarian cancer because I bled so much during a period that I passed out. Luckily it was just a hormone irregularity. When I was 21 I found a lump. I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I literally couldn't breathe. Luckily that turned out to be hormone related too. However, I had many reasons to be concerned, seeing as how almost every relative on my mom's side of the family had battled cancer. I really feel for your sister and I hope that it is nothing serious.

thank you Holly it sounds like you know what she is going though.  she is acting like no big deal yo me but I know she is worried.

Tell your little sis to try not to worry.  When i was 20yrs old my gyn found a lump in my breast.  Due to my age she didnt know what to do with me so she sent me to a breast surgeon.  He set me up for an Ultrasound of my breast and it turned out that i have fibrocystic breasts.  Lots of cysts but nothing to worry about.  However due to the size and changes in them i have had ultrasounds almost yearly on them:(  After i had my son they found a new lump that they said was not fibrocystic and it scared them so based on that U/S i had to go have a biopsy, that was really scary but the results came back that it was scar tissue from having non infectious mastitis.  So there are many things it can be and not all lumps are cancerous.  I will say a prayer for her as i know this is a scary time.  Oh and my grandma had breast cancer, and my mom had ovarian and vaginal wall cancer so i know how scary family history is:(

wow, Ashley sorry to hear you had all these terrible problems.  I have heard a lot of people talk about cysts today.  I didn't know you could get them in your breast.  My mother-in-law passed away from breast cancer.  So when I hear my sister say she found a lump it scarys me.  Thanks for calming me some.  I am going to her house tomorrow to spend the day with her. 

Cysts in breasts are fairly common and most go away on their own.  I was told to limit my caffine intake as caffine makes them bigger.  And that due to hormones most cysts get bigger around the time of your period.  The ultrasound should show if its fibrocystic or not.  It's good that her dr is sending her for that and not a mamogram.  Mamograms are great but will not show much on a younger woman.  The younger the woman the denser her breasts are and mamograms dont work as well on dense breasts thats why i had to have the ultrasound and not the mamogram.  If her ultrasound looks suspious still try not to worry, i know i freaked after my last one when i needed to have the biopsy.  But it wasn't to bad.  Just keep in mind that there are many things lumps can be and most are non cancerous. 

Please try not to worry, although that's impossible.  Your sister will be fine, with proer treatment.  I found my lump October 1, 1999.  The biopsy was done that day, and the lumpectomy was October 11, 1999.  It was growing so fast, people told me they could actually see it getting bigger through my clothes.  Naturally, I was terrified!  After the lumpectomy, chemo wasn't easy, but I found that going to work every day kept me too busy too worry about it, and I had the treatments after work (teachers' days end at 2:30), through a port that was surgically inserted. I had a wig made to match my hair, and nobody except my husband knew I was bald. I was very small at the time, and they made me gain weight before radiation because that's so harmful that a sort of cushion of fat is needed.  I had all sorts f complications, and they even burned and permanently damaged my lung, but I still worked to be too busy to care about it.   I even had to have skin and muscle grafts because of the severe burns becoming infected.   A horror story?  No!  I hinestly didn't miss a single day of work except when I was on the operating table, and my students kept me too busy to think about being  sick.  They did know that, if I took off running, I needed to get to the restroom in a hurry to vomit.  They kept me laughing, and encouraged me through it all, and I know my experience alleviated a ot of their fears.  I teach high school seniors,  so they're old enough to deal with it.  A horror story?  Still no.  It wasn't fun, but being so busy with so many people giving me support and encouragement and wonderful doctors got me through it without any real trauma.  They operated again after a couple of years to remove the port from my shoulder, and I've been absolutely fine ever since.

I am no Superwoman!  I am fortunate eough to share a loving relationship with my husband and my students, and it really wasn't all that bad.  PLEASE be aware, very few women have all the complications I had, so it's even easier for them.  Advances in both chemo and radiation have done away with almost all the problems I encountered.  Prayers and love are really the best medicine, along with a lot of laughs supplied by my loved ones.

I hope this didn't sound scary, because I'm not exaggerating when I say it wasn't bad. Ot'll be OK.  Give your sister all the love and support and prayers you can muster, and she'll be fine, even if it turns out to be the worst case scenario.  I know many other women who have gone through it as relatively easily as I did.

Bless you and your sister.

Thank you so much for sharing your story with me.  You are an amazing person.  You say you are no superwoman but I bet your husband and the seniors would say you are!!  I am going to her house tomorrow to go swimming and to make a scrapbook for her.  I am hoping that it will be a great day.  I am just waiting for the hospital to call and schedule an appt.  My husband and I went to the relay for life meeting tonight with her and her boyfriend.  She was letting some of the women look at it.  She has no problem letting them feel the lump either.  So right now she is in good spirits and I am hoping that it is nothing to worry about.  Thank you again and I hope you are okay at this time.

My sister just went through the same thing. It turned out to be a benign cyst. She had it drained. Not pleasant, but not deadly. I hope it turns out as well for your sister, or if not, then at least she caught it early and they can treat it. You are in my thoughts!

Thank you Alicia, I posted this earlier but I didn't know you cyst in your breast.  How is your sister doing now? 

sending you and your sister hugs over the wire....  and also positive thoughts....

thank you for the hugs!

So sorry to hear this about your little sister. I'll be praying for you and yours.

thank you for the prayers.

Sending good thoughts and prayers for your sister......Please keep us posted on her condition.

thank you Sandra for the good thoughts and prayers!  I am hoping to hear something soon.  thanks!

This is scary news.  I hope your sister will be okay.

I agree that it is scary. I think that worst is waiting to hear from the doctor.  Thank you!

Oh I am so sorry. I will be praying it is nothing

Thank you Minipin for the prayers.

I'm keeping your sister in my thoughts!  I hope it turns out well for her.

I see that a few people have shared their stories. I hope that helped. One thing I didn't see mentioned was the type of 'lump' that I had removed. In my mid-20s I had found a lump, and had it checked out. Because I was young, my breast was too dense for a mammo to see through it, so I also had an ultrasound. It was biopsied and found to be a fibroadenoma. It isn't a cyst, but it is benign. I did have a lumpectomy because it was rather large and growing. I haven't had any other problems.

I hope your sister has similar findings! Oh, you didn't mention the location of the lump, but my surgeon told me that most all cancerous tumors are on the top of the breast (mine was on the underside). I hope that doesn't worry you further, hopefully it will ease your mind.

Information on fibroadenomas.

The lump is on the underside!!!! Thank you for this information.  I am going to her house today and I will share it with her.  This actually eases my mind ~ I hope it is true in her case!

am praying for good results

http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/cysticbreasts/a/fibcysbrlubupan.htm

 info on fibrocystic breasts:)

Ashley thank you for all the information and help ~ you have made me feel more at ease and I am going to share with information with Amanda this afternoon!  Thank you!!!

 I hope it turns out to be ok, Robin. My family has a history of fibrocystic, going back a few generations...none has had the big C yet, tho it always exites the Docs doing exams and they want more tests done. Click on Shannon's link up there. perhaps it will relieve minds?

thank you for sharing your information I am surprised at how many people have cysts and the fact that I never new any of the information.  I think it will make her feel better to know the facts about it and I am hoping for her doctor to call soon.   thanks!

that is scary!!  ping pong ball size is large, how did she miss it?    You sure are reminding me that I still haven't made my appt. for my mammogram yet!

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It's feels so good to read the comments on this subject. Breast cancer IS scary, but the great strides made in dealing with it have helped keep the death rates down. You'll definitely need to keep us posted.

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sorry i am late, i hope all is well with your sister