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That splinter feeling sounds like something to do with a hair follicle. But
if there is no inflammation or lump or heat or anything except sensitivity I
don't know what you can do about it. If it persists I'd keep pestering the
gynaecologist..
Tim Jackson
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Do you land in one place long enough to gett a mammogram? It might have
to be ordered by a physician in whatever town you are in, but a
convenience or walk-in clinic could do that. You could have the results
sent to your physician at home. If there were a problem, she could
advise you on best course of action.
Traveling - 17 Jan 2004 14:14 GMT
Thanks for the response. Had a mammogram just 2 weeks prior to the start
of the problem.(no Problem found) I thought it may have been related to
the ball bearings but my Gynecologist checked the area. There is no
inflammation or any external signs of a problem.

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Kaye301 - 17 Jan 2004 15:27 GMT
Traveling wrote: << Had a mammogram just 2 weeks prior to the start
of the problem.(no Problem found) >>
Yikes...um, 9 months before I was dx'd I had a 'normal' mammogram. Within days
(wk?) I noted a hardened area, almost above my breast--or at least high up on
it, towards the center. I thought it was a bruise or tissue damage caused by
the compression of that 'normal' mammogram. I showed my ob-gyn who flippantly
reminded me that my mammogram had been normal. I felt embarrassed for even
showing him 9 months later I woke in the middle of the night (wee hours of my
50th b'day) to a severe burning pain. 2 days later it ached--sort of reminded
me of a mastitis infection I had 15 yrs earlier while nursing my youngest
child. 10 days later I noticed a change in my nipple--on a Wed nt. and I was
leaving to go out-of-town to a work related conference at 5:00 a.m. I was not
able to get to a dr. until Monday--5 days later. Between the time I first
noted the change in nipple and saw the dr. (5 days), the nipple was changing
daily.
I had a new mammo the next Monday and had a core biopsy that day. The area
that was biopsied was that same hardened area that I noticed within days after
the mammogram. Before the results were in the surgeon was talking like it was
malignant (biopsy rept said highly suspicious of malignancy).
I was dx'd with stage II breast cancer. 3 weeks later I had a bilateral
mastectomy (bad family hx and type that was most likely to recur on other
side). It turned out that I had 3 different types of aggressive breast cancer
going on and later was re-staged (to stage III) although am not sure it wasn't
stage IV...I had 9 of 12 lymph nodes and extensive lymphovascular invasion.
I don't mean to scare you--each of us is different--but if you noted a change
soon after a mammogram and it persists, I would get it checked out. I had the
type of cancer that doesn't show up on mammograms until it is advanced. I had
many normal mammos before that--was getting them almost yearly for the past
several years. The mammogram didn't cause the cancer--but if there is a large
enough cancer there it does have the propensity to result in changing the
area/mass to something one can then feel.
From what you describe, I think it woud be a good idea to get a 2nd opinion
from a good breast surgeon. Perhaps an ultrasound or MRI or ? may be needed.