Re: VERY bad breast pain
From: Alicia Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 26 Sep 2003 07:25:30 -0500 (CDT)
Somtimes these complaints are difficult to solve.Perhaps Vitamine A and
under prescription and approval of you Dr:Tamoxifene.
At Thu, 25 Sep 2003, cindy wrote:
>
>I have posted at breast forum but no one ever responds,I am sorry if I
>should not post here,I have no where else to go. I am 42 with saline
>implants under muscle.I have had them for 3 years and I don't think my
>left breast has stopped hurting since! I had very bad fibrocystic
>disease prior to getting them anyway. The pain is in the upper left
>outer quadrant of the breast-(mainly.) Also,I have very bad shooting
>pains that come and go. My pain appears ro be non-cyclic.It is always
>present. In the past year,I have had 3 breast exams and 2 mammograms
>due to my worry and fear of cancer. Everytime,it was "normal" except
>for fibrocystic,which actually had improved.Last mammo was less than 5
>months ago.I am not on any bc meds.I had a maternal grandmother with
>cancer in her late 60's.I am just concerned,if it were most likely
>cancer, 2 mammos and several exams should have found it,right? I just
>need reassurance! I am afraid and just moved to a new town,so I cannot
>see my original surgeon.I was told that any surgery to the breast could
>cause "stubborn pain" for years after,is this true? Thank you so much.
--
Alicia Lapidus MD
Head Obstetrics Division,
Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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