Hello all, a couple weeks before Easter while in the shower I found a lump under my left breast towards the bottom of my ribs that didn't hurt at all. I phoned my PCP for an appointment but was informed my insurance switched my provider so they couldn't see me. I called my insurance company and they told me my PCP was no longer in network and gave me the number to the new Dr they assigned me to. When I called them I was given an appointment for May 1st which was almost 2 months away and when I explained my situation and asked for sooner I was told May 1st was the soonest they had open for a new patient, so I had no choice but to wait. On April 17th I go to the emergency room because while drying off after my shower I notice the lump has gotten a little bigger. The ER Dr feels every where except where I tell her to feel and orders a cat scan without contrast of my chest. Cat scan comes back normal, she tells it's a Lipoma and to follow up with my PCP.
On May 1st I finally get to see my PCP. He feels the area and says he doesn't feel any Lipoma where the ER Dr said she felt it but he does feel something further left in the exact spot I feel it and tells me he is sending me for basic labs, a chest x ray, x ray of my ribs (despite the fact I had a cat scan of my chest already) and a cat scan of my abdomen without contrast to check for an abdominal mass. I had the blood work and x rays done the same day and the cat scan done on May 3rd. On May 6th I start to get ringing and numbness on my back on the left side, a tad left of my spine, a tad below my shoulder blade down to the bottom of my ribs and goes slightly into my side but it's on the exact level that the lump is and it would come and go. Around this same time I notice the lump has gotten bigger and was now uncomfortable, I no longer have to touch the area to feel it. I'm guessing it's because it's under my breast, when I move or sit certain ways I can feel it there and it's very akward but still no pain at that point.
On May 9th I go in for my follow up, Dr tells me blood work was good except for high triglycerides, x rays were normal and cat scan was also normal except for a kidney stone and a very small umbilical hernia. I explain to him that the lump has gotten bigger and the other symptoms I'm now having and he tells me he will refer me to a general surgeon. I was and still am very confused that this lump hasn't shown up on any of the cat scans. I wonder if it's because contrast wasn't used. So, I get the appointment for the surgeon for May 17th.
On May 11th the tingling and numbness decides to stay. I get relief mostly only when I'm laying down and sometimes when I try to get myself into a different position but it for the most part it's constantly there. Yesterday was May 17th and off to the Surgeon I go. He tells me he looked at the cat scan and sees nothing, he felt around a little bit and said he didn't feel anything, he told me to find it but he was very impatient without even a few seconds going by which made me feel very uneasy and nervous and I couldn't find it. I thought for a minute that I maybe was crazy but when I got home and was calm and relaxed I checked and sure enough I found it right away a little to the left of where the Dr was feeling for it. I have been having pain off and on in my chest area and in the area the lump is in for about 3 days now. As the day went on today May 18th the pain has gotten worse and worse, the numbness is getting pretty bad as well for sure more prominent. I do not know if perhaps the pain is worse today because of all the pushing we did in that area yesterday but it didn't really start hurting bad until around 6 this evening.
I am beyond frustrated. To be honest I am pretty scared as well. I called and got an appointment with a different surgeon for this coming Monday May 22nd but with how this pain is progressing tonight I am wondering if maybe I should go back to the ER. Has anyone been through something serious or maybe have some ideas? I know no one on the internet can diagnose me, I am here just looking for ideas and hoping to connect with someone/someone's who are or have been where I am now.
Thank you, Tanya