Or could it be as someone said, that it was there unnoticed until an injury (or tea spillage!) causes you to look at the area a bit more closely?
I must admit, I orignally thought this as several months before being Dx my dog well more like a donkey in size jumped up me and caught my boob, it was black and purple bruised… food for thought!
hi all
came in on the tail end of this post. I believe that there are many factors that can trigger the growth of breast cells [which we must remember are unable to be seen by eye they are so tiny]
environmental factors such as trauma may exacerbate the growth of faulty cells [but they were faulty in the first place]
I have been told that one of mine may have been there 10 years -good god ! I have been through loss of pregnancies ,death of close family memebers and bumped myself everywhere as I am clumsy and have an active life with two kids and dog !I work in a very stressful occupation [with breast cancer ladies to name but a few]
I do believe that to help us we need to do everything in moderation ie stress,exercise ,diet,lower alcohol -no smoking and this will give us the best chance !
I quite like a heated debate -so long as everyone feels listened to .I agree that we cant see each other and therefore comments can be misconstrued- I have read everyones post here and feel that noone is really out to upset anyone else and we all need give each other a little slack… Im now going out for a Mcdonalds whilst smokng a cigar and swigging my whiskey !!![LOL]
I think that for some, there may be something in the “injury” possibility - This sounds really stupid but a couple of years before I was dx I ran without a bra and really jolted my left boob - which needless to say is the one that developed the bc. Had quite bad mastitis after this but because I was on holiday abroaad did not seek treatment and it was better by the time I came home. Have often wondered whether this was a factor… but will never know, I guess.
enaid46-hope you didn’t wear your yellow wellingtons as well !!! was very interested in this post-as my boobs are quite large and i sit with my laptop on my lap (!)i have been wondering secretly if that was why i got bc-i’ll put that worry to bed now-as i have lots of worries since finding this fab site-off to see the oncologist today-wish me luck-stella x
Good luck Stella!!!
thanx djoo7-went ok x
I think it’s circumstance. You just happened to hit your breast in the area and found a lump. Or you put a band aid on where your underwire bra rubs and you found a lump.
My aunty was leaning over a fence feeding a carrot to a horse.Unfortuately the ungrateful equine took a big bite at aunty’s[44G] boob.Many years later she developed bc in that breast and subsequently died.She felt it was related to the bite but all the doctors said definitely not.It makes you think though.In my case I had cysts for over 30 years[regular fna]and believed there was a correlation between them and my bc but according to docs cysts are usually hormonal and my bc was tn.
Interesting thread.
V[I just said today that I was leaving the forums for good!]