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27 With Fibrocystic Breasts

From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:07:49 -0500 (CDT)

Is it necessary for a 27 year old to have an ultrasound every year due to having fibrocystic breasts?( No doctor has suggested this to me, I just came up with that thought on my own) I am 27 and my mother had breast cancer when she was in her mid 40's. 2 years ago I was diagnosed with fibrocystic breasts.I went for a diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound in 2001 which came back fine. Then last year in June i panicked myself and ran to the breast surgeon and got another ultrasound and exam and was told I am fine.But I didnt belive it, so I went to a 2nd opinion surgeon and he told me I am fine.I have severe ocd that makes me check and recheck things. Then in Sept 2002 I went for my annual gyn exam and he did my exam and said it was fine. I have ocd and when I get stressed I fixate on my breasts and doing self exams, sometimes I can even bruise my breasts. I become obsessed with lumps. I have noticed though that most, but not all, of the lumps have a similar type lump on the other breast. My ocd specialist advised me NOT to do the self exams in my case, b/c they only bring about severe anxiety for me, as well as running to the breast surgeon all the time.I was advised not to run to the breast surgeon all the time, b/c it is not my breasts that is the problem, it is my ocd and anxiety that is my problem. I had a stressful time recently and i wound up fixating on my breasts again, and thought I found something. But it moves around just like the other ones, and I cant even remember if they were always there. What is the likelihood of something growing large enough for me to feel now, in just 10 mths, even though my dr. examined me manually in mid september and I was fine, just my usual fibrocystic. The breast surgeon I went to last year told me that most cancers take 20 years before they can even be felt, and that is why women go for mammograms when they get to a cetrain age. My own gyn nurse told me that we wont be starting mammograms for me until I am 35, b/c that would be 10 years before my mother was diagnosed. Is this correct? I always go for my annual exam with my gyn and everything is fine. I am not on the birth control pill. I take luvox for my ocd and anxiety and I also a taking valium b/c I have worried myself so much.

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