A Little Embarrassing
Hi I'm Matt A male with breast cancer, I came across this site a couple of days ago, I've been reading a lot of blogs and has been very helpful wish I found this before I started my treatment :-), ...
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I am thinking of you as you go thru this treatment, @Matt .... great that the lymph nodes have reduced in size ..... bummer about the lymphoedema tho! :( I hope the compression & physio helps.
Thank you so much for writing about your 'BC discovery' experience .... I have now copied this & sent it to both my brothers & my sister, advising them to send it on to all their children, so that it reaches all the males in my immediate family. Hopefully, it will be sent on to others as well - as a timely reminder to get checked out!
it should be stated there is a high probability in men if they feel a lump or hardness around there breast it is cancer, in my case I felt something almost two years ago a little lump close to the nipple, I passed it off as a fatty tissue, over time it grew not that I noticed to much, about six months it became about a 6cm diameter hard lump around the nipple I passed it off as a infection, it will go away so I thought, to make it worse I did notice a lump in my underarm over a year ago so I thought it had to do with my shoulder reconstruction I had a few years ago, I never heard of lymph nodes before :-), I had physical two weeks before ii found out I had cancer, my results came back near perfect, the wife kept pushing me to see the doctor about the lump in my breast, finally I gave up thinking just go and get some antibiotics, but I ended up with a stage 3 boarding stage 4 invasive, aggressive and few other words they used spread to lymph nodes and what ever else, anyway may point is it should be drummed into men that if they feel something in their breast get it checked out asap, just like they do on commercials for women not just there is a chance that men can get cancer but its rare
I also sent them the copy of the Loo Pic, too, @traveltext ! Brilliant! I wonder if that sign is in other loos all around Aussie!?
Take care, xxxxx
Thank you so much for writing about your 'BC discovery' experience .... I have now copied this & sent it to both my brothers & my sister, advising them to send it on to all their children, so that it reaches all the males in my immediate family. Hopefully, it will be sent on to others as well - as a timely reminder to get checked out!
it should be stated there is a high probability in men if they feel a lump or hardness around there breast it is cancer, in my case I felt something almost two years ago a little lump close to the nipple, I passed it off as a fatty tissue, over time it grew not that I noticed to much, about six months it became about a 6cm diameter hard lump around the nipple I passed it off as a infection, it will go away so I thought, to make it worse I did notice a lump in my underarm over a year ago so I thought it had to do with my shoulder reconstruction I had a few years ago, I never heard of lymph nodes before :-), I had physical two weeks before ii found out I had cancer, my results came back near perfect, the wife kept pushing me to see the doctor about the lump in my breast, finally I gave up thinking just go and get some antibiotics, but I ended up with a stage 3 boarding stage 4 invasive, aggressive and few other words they used spread to lymph nodes and what ever else, anyway may point is it should be drummed into men that if they feel something in their breast get it checked out asap, just like they do on commercials for women not just there is a chance that men can get cancer but its rare
I also sent them the copy of the Loo Pic, too, @traveltext ! Brilliant! I wonder if that sign is in other loos all around Aussie!?
Take care, xxxxx