Discomfort After Mammogram

[albaqwerty]

Went for one yesterday, just an 'invitation to take up as you've reached that age'

(gee, thanks!)

Anyhoo, since the right breast took 3 attempts to x-ray have since been in discomfort, not in the breast, just the chest area around it and the right shoulder.

I've just strained the muscles a bit, I think.

Has anyone else suffered similarly?

[albaqwerty]

Boxy, had a nasty smear result some years ago, so if anyone wants to smear me, squish me or prod for the sake of my health, I'll go.
Not willingly, but I will go :-)

Am glad your relative was spotted and treated successfully xx

[Sqad]

\\\I can't imagine any situation where a mammogram would be helpful in men.\\\

That was my question boxy......."MEN"

[boxtops]

Yes sqad - so what if there was no lump in the man, to give the advance warning, but some other symptom - is aspiration the only route to go? Not saying it has to be a (nigh impossible for many blokes) mammogram, what other scan might be used?

[boxtops]

This site says they'd use a mammogram or ultrasound for men http://www.breakthrough.org.uk/about-breast-cancer/what-is-breast-cancer/male-breast-cancer?gclid=CLigodeHkL4CFQUFwwod26gACg

[Sqad]

If there was no lump in a man......then why would he go to the dr.?

[boxtops]

well exactly, he wouldn't know, any more than my female relative did. If men don't get checked in that department, they could have a breast cancer (not a lump) and not know it.

[Sqad]

P.S...ai don't care what any site says........if i had a breast lump as a man i would want an excision biopsy.........*** to a scan.

[albaqwerty]

other symptoms maybe sqad?

But getting a man to the doc's isn't easy as it is.

Interesting Boxy, if they can ultrasound a man, why can't they do that for women? (Maybe they do, I honestly don't know)

[boxtops]

Of course - it's the lumpless people I'm currently referring to.

[Sqad]

\\\\\\they could have a breast cancer (not a lump) and not know it.\\\\

naaah!...that is fantasy.

I do not know the details of your friend, but almost certainly if this "thing" on mammogram had remained until it became palpable......the satisfactory outcome would have been the same.

However, I was commenting on MEN....as i mentioned.

[Sqad]

alba......what other symptoms?

Breast cancer in men......symptoms are .....lump in breast. Nothing else..is there?

[boxtops]

Possibly, sqad - she had no lump at all, no discomfort, nothing. Her cancer was only discovered by investigating the mysterious patch on the scan. I just wonder if that could be the same for men, too - I don't see why not.

[Sqad]

boxy.....naaah!

[boxtops]

Hmmmmm :-)

[Sqad]

LOL...boxy....tell me......why would a man with no signs or symptoms in his breasts go to a GP and ask for a mammogram?

[237SJ]

It would cost a fortune to routinely scan men for breast cancer wouldn`t it? The incidence is so low that it would not be cost effective, surely? If they find a lump, they get an ultrasound (as women do).
Alba, I had my first ever mammogram a few months ago and it only hurt while they were doing it but when I mentioned it to a friend of mine, she said she hurt for about 3 days after hers.

[woofgang]

Sqad I am just reporting what the tech told me.

[lilacben]

I remember my first mammogram...... and it really hurt.! I also had to have mine done 2 or 3 times. my leg was shaking with the pain and I hadnt realised it...very off putting. However I did go back again and theis time knew what to expect plus the lady was nicer..no trouble... I think prehaps the machine was slightly too high the first time which meant it was pulling. Sounds like the same has happened to you. Better next time for you also I hope. xBrenda

[albaqwerty]

Thank you all.

Am feeling less sore today, in fact, almost back to old self.

Brenda, that's what happened to me, the leg vibrating thingy.
The staff are really lovely.

[albaqwerty]

just to let anyone who might be interested, (probably no-one is, but hey-ho)
had a letter on Friday saying all was well and 'see you in 3 years time'
2 weeks from test to getting results, very good from the NHS.

I know some knock it, and some with valid reason, but I like the NHS :-)