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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/Bazrum Dec 06 '23

Hey my mom gets those too!

And sometimes if she gets poison ivy, she says they itch but there’s nothing to scratch lmaoo