Hello all.  I'm looking for some input.  I am 33 yrs. old - and I have
had 3 benign lumps removed in the past, and 1 core biopsy - all I'm
assuming were fibroadenomas.  About 4 months ago I have felt 2 new
lumps.  The one in my rt. breast feels just like the ones from the
past - quite large and uniform.  I'm not worried about it.  The one in
the left is a bit different feeling.  Its smaller - like a pea, more
located closer to the side of my breast than my nipple, and it is also
a bit sore.  Not so much tender, but achy.  And it doesn't depend on
the time of the month.  I have just had a mammogram and then a
follow-up ultrasound.  Next week I'm having an ultrasound guided
biopsy of each lump.  The dr. thinks these look like fibroadenomas.
Now, about the same time I noticed the lumps I began having earaches.
In both ears at once, or sometimes just one.  Never super serious, but
again "achy".  I went to a head/neck dr. and she couldn't see any sign
of infection.
My concern is that the earache is somehow a lymph node thing.  And
that the rt. lump is a lymph node, not a fibroadenoma.  I'm totally
worried about this.  I haven't mentioned it to the dr. because I've
not seen the same dr. yet.  They don't seem to even look at my prior
issues.  Anyway, a couple of questions.  Will a needle biopsy be able
to accurately test a lymph node?  Is it even a possibility its a
swollen node?  If they get some cells from it, and they test it for
"breast cancer", and what if its a lymphoma type?  Will they be able
to tell without specifying to look for that?  Could my ears be
related?  Thanks.

Lorene