I have a lump in my breast- currently am breast feeding. I saw a midwife friend concering this:

The good news is that it does not seem to be concern
for cancer. The cist is soft, mobile, painful, and
there is no blood in my breast milk. All good signs
that it is not cancer.

However, the not so good news is that this is a huge
cist. About the size of a hot dog, but it curves, and
is a bit wider than a hot dog---at the tip of that odd
shape, there is a plum shape, which is the hardest
part of the cist. Until today, the plum shape is the
only part I have felt. It is all one cist, just very
large and oddly shaped.

I have had it for about three weeks. Around the 18th of Oct., I had some bloody discharge along with a little cramping. No period
came, but it seemed like it might. I have not had a
period for two years with being prego and nursing.

The cist has been sensitive for the past five days and
painful for the last two days.

It is not attached to my breast tissue. It is taking
up a lot of room in my right breast making it very
sore. Anytime that breast fills up, even just a
little, it is very sensitive.

Since I have no health insurance, I could visit a
couple different clinics around here but be on a
sliding scale for a bill. I have to see an OB for a
refferal for an ultrasound.

My friends advice was to wait another month, if I can
stand it, to see if this goes away.

It is possible that this is a reaction from my body
going through the pregancy, breast feeding, and
perhaps just starting my period again.

I prefer the wait and see method. When I was first
pregnant, I had my first known cist on one of my
ovaries. They wanted to remove it. I was dead set
against surgery while being eight weeks pregnant. So,
I waited and within three weeks it disappeared without
a trace.

So, for now I am trying to think positive happy
thoughts and not be afraid. I think the most scary
part is the size of this thing.

Suugestions? Feedback?

-Rachel


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