Having had a previous history of fibrous cysts, Tina was not too worried when she noticed lumps.
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Well when I first suspected something was wrong was after a 2-month period where I had thought it was fibrous cysts in the breast because I used to have those quite a bit. And one time, I went to a surgeon and he suggested coming off coffee because the coffee was causing the fibrous cysts. And once I came off coffee they were gone. But this time, after 2 months, they didn’t go away. So I knew something else was going on and it was so prominent because it was right beside the nipple and it was a hard, big hard lump. So then I decided I better go to the doctor and see what’s going on.
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