Breast Mass After 4 Years of Oral Steroid Treatment

[bradfordvero]

I suffer from adrenal insuffeciency.  My adrenal glands do not work anylonger because I was treated with very high doses of steroids when I had spinal menengitis four years ago.  Because I have no adrenal function I have to take steroids for the rest of my life or my body can not fight off infection and disease.  Steroids have so many side effects.  Some of the side effects that have attact me so far are:  edema and weight gain, bone loss, bone necrosis in both knees and one shoulder, cataracts, just to mention a few.  I wonder what role taking steroids have in breast cancer if any.  Also if the steroids are a reason for this mass.  I also have lipomas.  I have them all over my arms, sides, back, abdomen and thighs.  My father has them also.  I am told they very often can be heriditory.  I had them even when I was my ideal weight of 125 lbs.  I have had them all my life, as far back as I can remember.  So I am hoping this is a lipoma also only it does not feel like one at all and my doctors that have felt the mass don't think so either.  My doctors also do not think it is a cyst.  I am not too worried as I know that most breast masses turn out to be benign and I have no family history of breast cancer at all.  I also have very high triglicerides (triglycerides) (sp?) 494.  Just found that out a couple of days ago.  This is also heriditory as I eat a diet of yogert and fruit (that's it), oh and Diet Pepsi.  So it is not my diet.  I am constantly nausiated due to the adrenal problem so I only eat this and about one meal a week if I go out to lunch with my parents.  Oh, and one more sad story to add, I became blind about 4 years ago.  If I didnt have bad luck, I would have no luck at all.  Now I have gotten off track.  My concern is the steroids, adrenal function failure and lipoma with relation to this 3" long x 1/2 " wide and 2" deep.  It feels hard, solid and oddly shaped.  Any help out there would be appreciated.  I go for the mammogram in 2 days.  Thanks  D

[bradfordvero]

I forgot to mention, I am 46 years old and stopped having periods about 1+ years ago due to the steroids or adrenal function loss, no one knows.  D