Question about big, fibrous(?) boobs

[Bernadine]

My boobs are generally lumpy when I feel around, but I found a small, defined knot right below my nipple last week.  It's still there.  Tell me to get my ass to the gyno.  Right?

ETA- it's about pencil eraser-sized.

[wambam]

Absolutely, you need to get it checked out. Immediately.

[speckledfrog]

Call now. They'll get you in and then you don't have to worry about it anymore.

[dottyblue]

Go to the doctor. When you have fibrousy boobs it can be hard to notice changes or feel lumps which is why regular mammograms are a MUST, but I presume you would have recognized something this noticeable before. Call your doctor just in case.  I'm sure it'll be nothing.

[trafficgirl]

Yes. Better to get it checked out and have peace of mind.

[karmasabiotch]

Gyno

[Bernadine]

Ok, I made an appointment.

I've never had a mammogram, and I rarely even do self-exams. I can't even remember what made me feel around last week.

[Muddled]

Call for that appointment. There are a million things that it could be, but it's best to know what.

[alm0nd88]

Yup, you gotta go! I have super fibrous boobs myself, so I have all kinds of lumps and bumps. But one more than one occasion my dr has sent me into have certain lumps looked at more closely. If you feel anything different, it's definitely essential that you go in and have it looked at. Every time I have been in, it's been nothing but more lumpy tissue, but it is far better to be safe than sorry.

[Bernadine]

Mar 26, 2015 12:53:18 GMT -5 alm0nd88 said:

Yup, you gotta go! I have super fibrous boobs myself, so I have all kinds of lumps and bumps. But one more than one occasion my dr has sent me into have certain lumps looked at more closely. If you feel anything different, it's definitely essential that you go in and have it looked at. Every time I have been in, it's been nothing but more lumpy tissue, but it is far better to be safe than sorry.

Did you have to have a mammogram?  I'm wondering if that's what they'll do.

[Deleted]

Gyno and mammogram. Also start a course of Vitamin E and cut down on caffeine. This is what my gyno told me after years of lumpy breasts and mammogram's every 6 months. The Vitamin-E helps to break down cysts which can be caused by excessive caffeine intake. I am now down to one mammo per year.

[snorky]

You will not necessarily have to have a mammo. I found three lumps a few years ago and when I went to my gyno, I was sent for an ultrasound (and then, ultimately, a needle biopsy). My lumps were not cancerous, btw. Good luck and try not to worry too much- there are so many benign things that it can be!

[spitforspat]

I have fibrous breasts and found a lump a year or so ago. I went to the gyno and then had an ultrasound. No mammogram.

[cleo29]

I have had two mammograms and several u/s. Definitely get it checked out and if anything, get a baseline for how your breasts look. Mine are like a sea of white on the mammo film, so it is something I will get checked on regularly just to make sure things are not changing.

[cleo29]

Oh and try to keep track of size. If it is a cyst doing something like cutting back on caffeine can help reduce the size.

[alm0nd88]

Mar 26, 2015 12:57:36 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Did you have to have a mammogram?  I'm wondering if that's what they'll do.

No, they ended up doing an ultrasound of the area in question.  Oddly enough I have never had a mammogram, despite having these repeated issues.