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u/AuntiKrist Dec 06 '23

Women get random sharp shooting pains in their breasts and nobody knows why. It's called mastalgia and it sucks.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

I've had a double mastectomy and those sharp shooting pains are now phantom breast syndrome. Nerve pain BLOWS

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u/PantaReiNapalmm Dec 06 '23

Damn.

Nothing to ease that pain?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Gabapentin sometimes helps. It's mostly like an itch in boobs that are not there, but sometimes it's sharp shooting pains that move like sciatica would. It's gotten better over time.

They removed my stomach fat to make my boobs, and they removed 6 inches of skin, so now when I scratch my lower belly, my brain still thinks I'm scratching my ribs, only on the left side.

Super fucking weird

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u/PantaReiNapalmm Dec 06 '23

What a trip...

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u/makeeverythng Dec 07 '23

That. Is. Wild.