I am 35 years old with 3 young children.
For the last week or two, my left breast
has been feeling tender to the touch
including the nipple. If one of my kids
brushes againest it, my automatic reaction
is to push her away. When I am
excercising or running it still feels
tender, even almost like it is throbbing.
I can't even hug my husband too tight
because if feels bruised. My right
breast is fine. My period is due in the
next week or so. I am hoping it is a
premenstral pain although I don't remember
feeling like this any other time.
I have been giving myself a breast
examination every morning looking for
lumps. It does feel lumpy but nothing
stands out at me, nothing really hard.
My last physical was in september when my
doctor felt my breasts and didn't notice
anything. Should I wait until I get my
period to see if this goes away before
running to the doctor? Has anyone else
ever felt this and how did it turn out?
I know, I know, am a worry wort! Thanks
so much.
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inezrina
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 174
Posted: 11-04-05 12:21pm
Ok I don't know if I will be of any help
but I will tell you what I know. I had a
cyst in my left breast once and it was
really painful but I am thinking that is
different because there was a really
obvious lump. The good news is that your
breast hurts because breast cancer doen't
usually cause pain. Is the breast red or
swollen it could be an infection (have you
breast fed recently?) also if you do
exercise like jogging sometimes the breast
can become chaffed and cause a little
infection. Definitely if it doesn't go
away soon I would get it checked out I
guess it could be premenstrual but I
always have pain in both breasts. Good
luck
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dreamerinkw
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 21
Posted: 11-07-05 17:34pm
Hello....I have had a really sore left
breast as well lately.
I told my doctor at my phsyical and she
said yes it's more cystic than the other
one.
What does that mean?
I am worried sick.
I am trying to recall when it is more
painful, late in the day or early and I
think it's usually later in the day.
Help...
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inezrina
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 174
Posted: 11-08-05 00:27am
More cystic just means that the tissue
responds more to changes in your hormones.
No worries it is no big deal.
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sincere_angel18
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 42 Location: houston
Same Thing Happing to Me Posted: 01-11-06 16:25pm
See the same thing is going on with me but
my right side, I have pregnant before and
both sides hurted, im 18 and my nipples
are leaking to I got my period and stuff I
dont know what this could be please
somebody give me advice im scared that it
is breast cancer I have inverted nipples
and to me this is just really weird please
help me
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menomom
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 7 Location: wisconsin
Posted: 01-12-06 09:07am
I was just reading the above comments. I
discovered a lump after experiencing pain
in my left breast. I have pain around my
nipple and pretty much just noticed it on
my way home from work the other day. When
I was in the shower yesterday, I was
wondering where the pain exactly was and
felt a lump just below my nipple in front.
Of course I saw my life flash before
me...!! I gave myself the day to think it
through and do some research. I do have
cystic breasts. Mainly on the left side.
There is no breast cancer on either side
of my family. I am calling the doctor
today to have it checked. I am hoping
that it is just an enlarged cyst. I will
report back to you all next week or as
soon as I find out. I am 47 years
old...Have 3 grown children and I breast
fed all of them....I don't do
drugs.....Hardly take ibuprofen...Don't
smoke...Never have....And only drink
socially. Cross your fingers. It kind of
feels like the time that I had
mastitis....That is painful!
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Sodoffbaldric
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 1
I have something similar Posted: 05-19-08 10:34am
For the past few months I have noticed
that my "leftie" has been a bit more
sensitive, both go through stages of being
painful and feeling hard and tender
though. Leftie has always been bigger than
my right and a slightly different shape
following when it got stretched by
breastfeeding my daughter! I have had a
feel about but they both feel lumpy but
always have since I went on the pill, I
can feel no hard bits or lumps in either
of them or in my armpits. I also noticed
about the same time I started having mood
swings and I went and got my pill changed.
It has been a bit better since then, of
course I am worried but it is both sides
that ache and get tender not just one and
its not all the time. Sometimes I dont
have any aches or tenderness in either. I
do worry, what woman doesnt when there is
something odd with their boobs! I dont
have a history of breast cancer in my
family but I keep winding myself up that I
have a huge cancerous thing growing inside
me and I keep having to check.....your
mind can play terrible tricks on you.
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