Is That Symptom?

I have lumps on my breast, and when I touch them it's very painful. I'm scared because of that!!! Is that mean that I have a Breast Cancer?

 My mother died from breast cancer 5 years ago, btw...

I searched some links where I found some informations, but is not much to me...

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer

Dear Antia

The following link speaks about breast lumps and pain, and as with most breast lumps the cause is usually not cancer.  Still, with your family history it is SO important that you get checked regularly SO THAT YOU CAN STAY ALIVE.  I am a two-time bc survivor and am alive because of early detection.   Please don't let fear paralyze you--take your health in your hands and get your breasts checked regularly.

Jamie in California 

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/breast_lumps_and_pain/article

On 4/2/2008 antia wrote:

I have lumps on my breast, and when I touch them it's very painful. I'm scared because of that!!! Is that mean that I have a Breast Cancer?

 My mother died from breast cancer 5 years ago, btw...

 

I searched some links where I found some informations, but is not much to me...

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer

 http://www.diseasesarchive.com/Breast+Cancer

Hello I read your post with personal alarm - I was diagnosed with BC in 2001 and had a painful lump too. The funny thing is that before the biopsy the nurses aid brused off my worry saying that canerous tumors usually do not hurt. That is not true in all cases!

 Additionally, I would run not walk to get a mamogram and ultrasound - from my experience. My painful lump grew really fast and went from a .5 cm to 2 cm in about a month. That means from early dection to stage 3 with lymph node involvement and surgery/chemo/radiation.

Good luck! Stay on the message board so we can get your update!

On 4/2/2008 antia wrote:

I have lumps on my breast, and when I touch them it's very painful. I'm scared because of that!!! Is that mean that I have a Breast Cancer?

 My mother died from breast cancer 5 years ago, btw...

 

I searched some links where I found some informations, but is not much to me...

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer

 http://www.diseasesarchive.com/Breast+Cancer

You should make an appt immediately with your doctor for a thorough breast exam, and if the doctor does not order mammogram, you should insist they order one, to be done as soon as possible.  If you do not have insurance, call the local hospital and ask them if there is a charitable organization in your area that assists women in getting mammograms.

 Do not delay.  When pain does accompany breast cancer, it is quite often a late symptom.  On the other hand, If the pain is resultant from fibrocystic disease, that is quite treatable, and you need not suffer from lack of information.

Good luck, and be good to yourself! 

On 4/3/2008 BonaireClaire wrote:

 

On 4/2/2008 antia wrote:

I have lumps on my breast, and when I touch them it's very painful. I'm scared because of that!!! Is that mean that I have a Breast Cancer?

 My mother died from breast cancer 5 years ago, btw...

 

I searched some links where I found some informations, but is not much to me...

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer

 http://www.diseasesarchive.com/Breast+Cancer

 

Hello I read your post with personal alarm - I was diagnosed with BC in 2001 and had a painful lump too. The funny thing is that before the biopsy the nurses aid brused off my worry saying that canerous tumors usually do not hurt. That is not true in all cases!

 Additionally, I would run not walk to get a mamogram and ultrasound - from my experience. My painful lump grew really fast and went from a .5 cm to 2 cm in about a month. That means from early dection to stage 3 with lymph node involvement and surgery/chemo/radiation.

Good luck! Stay on the message board so we can get your update!

Anita:   I too was diagnosed with bc in 01 and I do remember that I had pain..and I didnt know there was a lump there until my yearly mammogram showed a suspicious area that turned out to be invasive bc..so that old story that it doesnt hurt, I dont know who keeps saying that..  If there is pain anywhere in the body for a considerable length of time it is always best to get it checked out because pain I understand is the body's way of telling us there is something going on that isnt right..

I would have ignored the pain too if I hadnt already been going to have a yearly exam and mammogram..thank goodness things do happen for a reason sometimes.  I went through chemo and radiation in 01 and was able to stay cancer free for 6 years.. this past year it came back and was again discovered from another ailment that I had going on at the time that they did a chest xray for and found a nodule in my lung..that was all biopsied and I am now fighting stage lV disease that has gone into my lung area..  so far so good though and the treatments I am having now are successful in slowing the beast down in my body..it was caught early enough that thank goodness it hadnt spread to any other vital organ yet..

but, I just wanted to let you know that the dr.s brush off things that they should pay attention to and try to over test and treat things that arent..it seems that way to me anyway..  thank goodness my primary listened to me about this lung xray as being suspicious to me cause he is the one who sent me on for a ct scan and then on to a pulmonary dr. who did a pet scan and discovered all the cancerous areas in my sternum and lung area..  we have to be proactive sometimes..even when we are made to feel like we are being paranoid..sometimes it pays off to be vigil and paranoid.. 

I wish you well, and I hope things turn out for the best for you..and you can come here to just keep us breast cancer fighters company and not as a patient..God's blessings.

Jodie