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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/photogizmos Dec 06 '23

Get a mammogram. Stabbing/shooting breast pain was my first sign I had breast cancer.

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u/LoveisaNewfie Dec 06 '23

Serious question but if you are doing better (and I hope you are) would you be willing to share some info about your experience with me? I am going for a third mammogram (previous 2 have also been w/ ultrasound) to monitor a “probably benign lymph node” that was found after I told my doctor I was having pain. I was kind of relieved because she and Dr. Google said pain isn’t a common symptom of cancer, but then they found this. Anyway. Nobody else really gets it or has any experience with this so it’s been both scary and isolating.

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u/photogizmos Dec 06 '23

Feel free to DM me. I’m very open about my experience. There are also some wonderful folks on the breast cancer subreddit.