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s/o breast lumps

zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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Do you do regular self-exams?

I try, but my boobs are really lumpy, bumpy.  I'm always paranoid that I wouldn't recognize a tumor even if my fingers were right on it.
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Re: s/o breast lumps

  • arbolitaarbolita
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_breast-lumps?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:2d95b533-5675-4abe-bb2e-1f251c53e684Post:0ec2e4a6-351a-4b2e-ba43-cb99c0ef3a06">s/o breast lumps</a>:
    [QUOTE]Do you do regular self-exams? I try, but my boobs are really lumpy, bumpy.  <strong>I'm always paranoid that I wouldn't recognize a tumor even if my fingers were right on it.</strong>
    Posted by zsazsa-stl[/QUOTE]

    I do them regularly as well, but I have the same concern.
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah.  I have an enlarged lymph node in one armpit that has been there ~4 years.  Scary at first, but it's normal.  As long as you know what your breast feels like when it's "normal", you should recognize anything that changes.
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  • tawillerstawillers member
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    edited December 2011
    I try, but don't know what is supposed to be normal.  DH found a lump in my breast in 2007.  He noticed something felt different.  I had it checked out and they said to keep an eye on it and come back if it gets bigger.  DH felt it, the doctor(s) felt it, but I never could find it.  I still can't.
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    edited December 2011
    Nope. I mean, I manhandle them a lot, and yeah, they're lumpy, but I've never been able to find information on how to do a self-exam on breasts shaped like mine, so I'm a little lost, here. "Make circles around the nipple" - Yeah, you try that when your nipple is the bottom of your boob. 

    But we have absolutely no history of breast cancer, and I breastfed, and I'm pretty sure the doc will find something before it kills me. I am not the least concerned about losing these things.
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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    edited December 2011
    I do, but I'm not sure how effective it is.
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    edited December 2011
    I do--I have reason to be paranoid.
    And mine are lumpy, I'm just looking for 'abnormal' lumps--things that change.

    Although while BFing?  I don't think it works so well.
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  • MinMMinM
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    edited December 2011
    I don't, but I know I should :/
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