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Help. girlfriend has lump
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i am happy for your good news...and it's also good that you are getting it checked out
routine mammograms are being suggested for younger women these days
routine mammograms are being suggested for younger women these days
raggedjimmi said:INCIDENTALLY... she lives in Hyde, Harold Shipman used to be her GP
Yeah, congratulations, although it is a little bit early for it, I guess.
Anyway, your gf survived visits to Harold Shipman, so she'll probably survive this as well.
She definitely should have the lump checked out by a physician. That is standard practice for any breast lump. Her age, the fact that it varies with her menstrual cycle, and the lack of a family history are all reassuring. However, I've seen a 24-year-old woman with recurrent breast cancer, and most breast cancer occurs in women without a family history. Most lumps of the type you are describing are fibroadenomas, which occur with equal frequency on each breast but are most commonly found on the left, with the reason being that most men are right-handed.raggedjimmi said:Panics over, i think. just got off the phone to caroline, she says that its going down. also told me she had this last month too! that it went down to nothing!
leads me to believe its a swollen gland. shes still going docs tomorrow though, i mean anything like this needs to be checked out.
So the panics over. I wish she would have told me that its happened before last night! I might have had more than 3 hours sleep!
I honestly wouldn't fart around with student health, because your probably going to wind up with a biopsy and they almost never do those at student health.
For what it's worth, dietary history has been found to have very little, if any, relationship with breast cancer.
Good luck.
Dave
Abstract said:Yeah, congratulations, although it is a little bit early for it, I guess.
Anyway, your gf survived visits to Harold Shipman, so she'll probably survive this as well.
yea AND she survived a broken neck! I swear shes the most unluckiest girl around. had Shipman as her GP, broke her neck flying a stunt kite, had a lump scare. its like a living breathing soap opera
On the contrary, I'd say she's been lucky to survive a broken neck and Harold Shipman. Had she been unlucky, she wouldn't have survived.
Fingers crossed she'll be equally lucky this time and get the all clear.
Fingers crossed she'll be equally lucky this time and get the all clear.
Haha wow, sounds like a wild one! Glad to hear everything's alright though. Stuff like that can be pretty scary, especially when you're in that waiting period when you don't know who to tell, or what to do, and all you can do is uncontrollably plan out 37 versions of the worst outcome!
Glad to hear everything's alright though. Stuff like that can be pretty scary, especially when you're in that waiting period when you don't know who to tell, or what to do, and all you can do is uncontrollably plan out 37 versions of the worst outcome!
Littleodie914 said:Haha wow, sounds like a wild one!
yea, i mean it might be something sinister. but the combination of it slowly going down and caroline being quite... well she seems very hyper/happy/excited right now so that's easing my mind a little.
Glad to hear things seem to be better, just to reiterate though, it's definitely worth gettting checked out. My dad's a general/vascular surgeon, and he said that when a breast lump is discovered it's usally malignant about 5% of the time (and I'd imagnine that it'd be much less for someone so young). But don't let that stop her from getting a mammogram, just something you can tell her to make her feel even better. Best wishes for you both.
Well that was a load of nothing. A few weeks ago she had a biopsy that said it was nothing more than clumped up fat. funny, she's only 7 stone too, made a joke about fat talking to each other "hey there's no fat here, let's get together!", in which she laughed and then slapped me.
anywho. so it's all over
sorry to bring up this old topic, just wanted to give the results and be on my way.
the end!
anywho. so it's all over
sorry to bring up this old topic, just wanted to give the results and be on my way.
the end!
raggedjimmi said:Well that was a load of nothing. A few weeks ago she had a biopsy that said it was nothing more than clumped up fat. funny, she's only 7 stone too, made a joke about fat talking to each other "hey there's no fat here, let's get together!", in which she laughed and then slapped me.
anywho. so it's all over
sorry to bring up this old topic, just wanted to give the results and be on my way.
the end!
wait it took them THIS FRACKING LONG to do anything about it?
That is absolutely fracking horrible.
My girlfriend had a lump like that too. She was only 16 and it was not cancerous, it was just a cyst that they left and it disappeared after a few months. Seriously, go to the doctor ASAP. You never can tell what it is so get a professional opinion and stay by her. Go with her to the doctors every time she needs to for this and comfort her if she gets upset or depressed.