HeatherThompson

I am not sure if this is related to whats going on with my breast, but since its in the same area and very strange I thought I would ask. So yesterday I was with my best friend at her house when I felt an extreme sunburn like pain in my right breast near where the tissue thickening is located. Naturally I looked to see what it was and I saw that my skin was red and in the middle of a reddish purple streak my skin had busted open. Of course I freaked and showed my friend. I went and washed it out with alcohol and figured it was some freak thing, but kept my eye on it. Well now my right breast is red in a big patch around the lump, its usually a pinky red color near the lump except right above it where its red, and more of the skin around the lump is trying to burst open. I am so freaked out. The local hospital can only handle things like the flu, x-rays for broken bones and thats about it, they do not have the staff or knowledge for anything like this, and the nearest hospital that would is about an hour away. If its worse before bed or in the morning I am going straight to the hospital. Has this ever happened to anyone?  Was it serious? Thanks alot for any ideas in advance.

Symptoms I had the day it happened: Swelling, 99.0 Fever, Dough-Like Skin. 

Shirlann,

 I asked him if he could just take a sample of the fluid and he changed the subject so I am going back to my ob/gyn and get him to do an mri with contrast and see if they will see if its a cyst by trying to aspirate it, that way if its not a cyst they will know and we can mark that off the list. :) 

Ivtwoqlt,

Thank  you. My doctor got a mammo done and they said I have a lot of nodes, and that they saw something. Well I went to the breast surgeon and he said that if it doesn't get better in 3 months they are going to remove my ducts, but I am not okay with that since he doesn't know what it is, he is just playing the guessing game, so I am back at square one. Lovely.

What exactly are Nodes? I know that sounds dumb but yea.

I am 21 and it took me a year to finally get someone to check me out. I do agree that you should take someone with you, just know that taking a mother or friends doesn't always help. I took both my mother and my husband, both of which and be very intimidating, and I was still refused. 

Finally after moving away I went to my old obgyn and he found the knots, one in my right breast, the other in my underarm, without me telling him where they were. He also took a sample of the fluid leaking from my nipple and said it was abnormal and sent me straight over to get a mammo. The radiologist refused me saying I was too young, so I called my doctor and he had them do it anyways, I got a call and a letter saying that the mammo showed abnormalities and so I am off to see a breast surgeon Thursday for a biopsy.

I am not telling you any of this to scare you, just to let you know it can be hard to get them to listen, but you are not alone and someone somewhere will listen and do something. You have to be determined, do not back down, if they start talking about your age tell them cancer knows no age or color and you demand a mammo. Talk to this doctor one more time, and go to another if he refuses you again. Keep going until someone does something. I know this may be hard as your medical care is different there, but keep trying hun. Ask around and see if anyone knows a good obgyn that will see you and listen to you regardless of your age. Its hard and it may take a while, but possibly saving your life is worth it.

 If you ever need to vent PM me and I will give you my email address. :)

Best of luck! 

Mary-Lou

I checked out her page, her story was scary and uplifting at the same time. Thank you so much for posting it. :)

I am new here, this actually my first post so if this is in the wrong section sorry. Also, this may be a little long. So sorry.

This is questions for people who had these symptoms.What symptoms did you have and what was your diagnosis? What was your treatment if any? Did you find anything to relieve the maddening itch? Anything else helpful would be greatly appreciated.

I have had trouble with my right breast/underarm for about a year and have tried to get doctors to check it, but they say I am too young, I'm 21, even though breast cancer runs in my family, and send me on my way. 

My symptoms started out with my breast and underarm swelling and feeling tender, having fever and the most annoying itch around where I later found thick tissue. Then I started leaking clear fluid that soon turned brown, then bloody. Around the time the fluid turned brownish red I found a area in my breast that was thick and sore,so I kept checking it ever so often and never once did it go away.

Also, when I would put my arm down it felt like there was a ball in my armpit and it was sore so I kept an eye on that as well. Other things I find strange is when I would get a heat like rash (no bumps, just a red patch near the thick tissue) and purple-red freckle sized bruises all on my breast especially near my nipple. I also noticed that when I lay down and gently press my skin the dent slowly rises back like dough ( the other breast bounces right back) and my pores are enlarged compaired to my other breast.

I went to several doctors and without checking me they would give me antibiotics and send me home, there was never any change with the symptoms other than when it would get worse or a new one would appear when I took the antibiotics. 

I am so worried because when my grandmother told the ladies in her church meeting about what was going on two of them started crying and said thats what happened to them when they had breast cancer. 

I have had lots of female trouble so I do not take this lightly at all because the problems I already had were not "supposed" to happen to someone my age.  I know I probably sound like some spazz that looks up the symptoms for attention, but my husband, mother, grandmother, and best friend have all seen the visible symptoms, and I keep up with my temp which is almost always a low grade fever without me being sick. Can someone please talk to me just so I don't feel so alone or something. I feel so alone and worried. Thanks.