For months, my left breast has evidenced something amiss.
Here's the background again: First, there was the bat-shaped, suspcious mass which I noticed because there was pain. This was verified on ultrasound. The mass changed in one week's time to a more benign-looking one, and everyone was satisfied with a clear FNA biopsy.
Then, I developed a superficial, indurated, erythematous lesion on that same breast, nowhere near the FNA site. This began after I came across what felt exactly the way a cactus 'thorn' feels, and I rubbed it. The lesion then developed in three days.
It was surgically removed and the biopsy, of course, was normal.
Yesterday, I saw the GP because I have had a reaction to the suture materials -- and, following the removal of the spitted-out knot, on June 5, and the incision became inflammed and remains so. I am experiencing intermittent, shooting pain in the area.
Here is my question: The left breast was palpated yesterday. During the exam, I experienced the most stunning pain, but it was not reproduceable, when the painful area was re-palpated. This morning I awoke with substantial tenderness in the left axillary region, and the sense of fullness. This has to be caused by SOMETHING. Blocked ducts? An underlying systemic illness? What? It is not just, as the physician stated, that, "Some women have very sensitive breasts." Something is not right.
Our bodies do not indicate pain unless something is out of balance. Where would you start to figure out what's going on? Thank you.