Breast pain for 18 months

Hello17

It sounds as if you are very scared. It also sounds as if you don’t have breast cancer. Believe me, after three scans they would know if you did. I’m replying because, yes, I have suffered with breast pain in the past. (Completely unrelated to the breast cancer that I am now being treated for) I think it was related to the contraceptive pill I was taking at the time because when I stopped taking it the pain went. 

I don’t think breast cancer is painful so I’d stop worrying about that. Maybe focus on sorting out the anxiety instead?

I hope you can find some peace.

M x

Dearest ,

I am sorry you find yourself here, however, so far you have had good news and in reality you don't need to be here..... but, in your world, which is the real world 'you are worried and concerned' - thankfully you have done something about these pains, but, somewhere in your mind you still have cause for worry - with this said, I think you should either go back to your doctor 'a fresh' for them to look at 'all the options this break pain could be' and if need be go for another scan - hopefully all will be well and then you can feel confident that you have been checked and re-checked.  It sounds like this is the only option for you, you can't carry on worrying daily over this, and you will if you don't get it checked.  

Thankfully you are doing something about this, it is better to have everything checked and it be nothing than to leave it and find out later that it was the start of something.

xx

I think part of the problem is I’ve never been told what could be causing the pain apart from the private specialist who said some women just have this. 
so I no left not knowing what it is.

and if I went for another scan I don’t know if I would then in another few months want another and another. like when would I be satisfied?!

lois xxx

Hi 

There is an extensive page covering 'Benign' breast conditions including pain at BreastCancerNow (link) you could have a browse through to see if anything there could be a helpful pointer ?

Hope you find an answer, G n' J

This is helpful there are a few things i could try. 

I have put on a lot of weight over this time (3 stone ish)  and my diet is poor.

i am wearing an ill fitting maternity bra still.

my breasts are large and quite saggy (can’t think of a better way to put it) so th get in the way a lot and I bang them a bit 

I think I’ve had all the reassurance possible, and my breast have been examined twice in the last three months. There was nothing of concern. 

thank you, lois xx

Hi , sorry you’re having this ongoing pain and anxiety. I think any pain or ‘difference’ which is unexplained can cause huge worry. The only vaguely similar experience I’ve had was in my thirties, when breastfeeding my son who was by then 9 months old. I developed what can only be described as a tearing pain - as if someone was trying to rip by boob off (!) - in my right breast. It would start shortly after feeding him on that side and could last around an hour from what I can remember. GP gave me antibiotics in case it was mastitis but ended up referring me to the breast clinic. The doctor there did a manual examination and said it was duct ectasia and that I should stop breastfeeding. I stopped on that side but carried on with the other for a further 9 months, and hey presto the pain stopped. Since then, the right breast has had cysts and ‘benign changes’ but has otherwise behaved itself. 

Wish I could offer more reassurance, it’s horrible having a pain that can’t be explained (you want it to have a name with the word ‘benign’ in front, don’t you?). Breastcancernow (one of my ‘go to’ sites rather than Dr Google) lists a benign breast condition called Mastalgia(Breast pain) but you’d think the specialists would have said if they thought it was that? 

Hope you get this resolved in some way, uncertainty is so exhausting. Gentle hugs, HFxx

Yes that’s the name I was looking for, mastalgia- ive been diagnosed with that twice now By the breast specialist and the gp.

its just so scary and weird to feel pain isnt it? Your mind thinks the worst! 

I didn’t breastfeed my daughter as I was so scared it would make my pain worse. Then we had a lot of stress as my daughter had a milk protein allergy so I wished I had breast fed as we had months with a screaming baby until we found the best milk for her.

anxiety must contribute to my pain as I am so tense, I ha to remind myself to relax, my shoulders are always raised and I have to sit sometimes and let my body relax as it goes around in a constant tense state!

i am due on my period (well I am two weeks late!  Not pregnant!) so maybe it feels worse at the minute because I just need to come on!! Something hormonal going on if im

late? I’ve had regular periods since my baby was born. 

im just rambling now lol

thank you for your kind message xxxx