Do you have a hug or positive words??

I am just really nervous this week. It was my 2nd mammogram (now recommended after 40) and while last year was clear..they saw what *may* be a mass on left side. I do have a feeling it is a cyst type mass as I do get pain there occasionally, and most tumors do not hurt in the breast. But I am STILL nervous. I am going back for a second mammogram with ultrasound this week. 😟

Then I will be emailing my doc after THAT about a cyst like lump in my stomach. I do feel pain with that too and I have put it off many months to get it checked. My sister had a benign cyst that hurt as welll years ago and it was a lipoma that they cut out. I hope it is that. Either way I am pretty nervous all around so any hugs welcome 💓

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Northwest · M

Breast cysts are benign. They're just fluid filled sacs. They usually don't hurt, unless you start poking them, and usually insurance does not pay for draining them, unless they're painful to the touch by bras/clothes.

But they always send you back for a second mammogram, just to be sure. After s few those, your doctor may stop asking for a second mammogram.

If your sister had a lipoma, then the genetics say that you may be going that route, and you should stop delaying.

Good luck.