My breast lump, need to ask

[casper24]

Hello, my name is Carol, I am a staff nurse. I am 24, and when i was 20 i noticed a lump on my right breast, right upper quadrant, it seems moveable and not too hard. Went to college doc, he told me not to worry by palpable examination, to make a long story short i visited about 3 more GPs who said the same thing to leave it.So being a student nurse at a hospital at one point i referred myself to the breast clinic to a consultant. He examined it and told me again it felt fine and when i asked for an ultrasound, he said rudely that he wondered why woman dont believe him anymore after palpable examination. So i was releaved for a while, but still a year later, not satisfied ,. So Again i changed GP who referred me for an ultrasound (at last!), so went for that ultrasound early last year, the radiologist there told me verbally it seemed like a cyst ,(even though this lump is always there no matter what time of month, so it suprised me he thought it was a cyst and not a fibroideoma. So he recommended to have it removed. So referred me onto another lady consultant. I was releaved it was going to be removed. So got to the breast clinic again to speak to my new consultant, she assured me after examination it was definetely not cancerous, but did a core needle biopsy. The result of that was FATTY TISSUE?? That is what the registrer doc told me when i went back for examination, but it was like as if the sample came back inconclusive, like should nt they of said it was either a fibroid or a cyst? So i did not say anything else as she had told me i should not have surgery.
Now a year on, im still not happy!!! Im gone off the pill as im afraid to be on oestrogen, the progesterone pill makes me dizzy, so i cant have sex with my partner anymore(i dont trust condoms on there own).
What should i do? the stupid lump still there, smaller since it was biopsied a year later..... but my life is suffering due to pill issue. i feel silly if i take oestrogen when i have a lump in my breast, as im aware it can become cancerous even if it is not now.
Should i go back to breast clinic and demand to have it removed? i thonk surgeon afraid to as it is so small and moveable..Hepl

[japdip]

After reading your post it seems that you don't have much trust in Physicians. I suppose if you are determined to have this lump removed you might find a Surgeon who will do just that. I'm not much for unnecessary surgery but if you can find someone then by all means have it removed .... it seems that only removal will restore your peace of mind. Good Luck ......

[PaulMD]

Hi.

I think you have been too hard and too paranoid about this whole thing, but it seems like nothing less than removal of the lump can restore your peace of mind.  It is really up to you on how this would affect your life.  All your doctors assured you of the benign nature of the lump, and even the core biopsy showed only fatty tissues, which is entirely possible in your situation.

You can try to ask other doctors who will agree to remove this lump for your peace of mind.  Keep it cool and God bless.