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April 22, 2010
I haven't talked about my boobs in a while
So I haven't said anything about this boob deal, because I've had this one really silly symptom. But it's a symptom that keeps coming back, so I added it to my list of issues to bring up to my doctor at last week's physical. I figured at the best, I can stop worrying about it for the summer (I would have brought it up to my gyn in August) and at the worst, at least we would have caught whatever it was early.
The symptom? My left nipple itches.
It doesn't itch all the time, more like a few days on, a few days off. It doesn't look different. It's not red, or flaky, or dimpled. In fact, aside from the inconvenience of regularly trying to itch the damn thing in public without being considered uncouth, it's no more or less than a minor discomfort.
A stinking little itch that my doctor took seriously enough to do a breast exam, which I expected. And to sign me up for a mammogram and breast ultrasound, which I didn't.
I instantly felt a little worried that such concern was warranted, relieved that my doctor was taking me and my itch seriously, and very, very old, because the doc said something to the effect of "you're old enough to get a baseline, anyway."
Wha?
When did I get old enough for mammograms?
Nevertheless, yesterday I found myself wearing a less-than-stylish wrap gown, and having my boob molded like playdoh, then squashed like, well, playdoh. Two sets of images later, I was laying in a dimly lit room with a ceiling covered in pulsating starry lights, waiting for another physical exam, followed by an ultrasound of the offending boob. The concern, Paget's disease, is so far unfounded. No calcium deposits under the nipple, no lumps found either by touch or imagery, normal lymph node, no visual abnormalities.
Barring any flaking, redness, puckering, discharge, etc., I'm good to go until I turn 40.
Which will be here sooner than I think.
Posted by me at April 22, 2010 10:20 PM