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Posted 5/6/2015 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
I have had for a couple of years a pain under my left arm, not armpit, that is sort of a burn. pain combo. Also left breast pain. I have some scar tissue in my left breast from something a pediatrician did when I was about 8. My left breast has always been sensitive and now in menopause and being heavier than when I was younger my bras hurt and it seem to have created this arm pain. Sometimes it seems almost muscular, I am very left handed, No pain on the right side. I also have a lot of heartburn. Has anybody had else kind of pain from bras and such?
Posted 5/6/2015 11:06 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome mimi, I do have pain in that very same area but in my case I had a severe case of shingles that attacked my muscles but from what you are describing, you can trace your pain back to something a Dr. did to you when you were younger. That is a painful area as the weight of your breast makes it hurt a lot. I am sorry to hear this happened to you and you continue to feel pain from what he did. Sorry I cannot help more but I do know what it feels like to have pain there. Maybe someone else will come along who knows more.

Does the pain come and go and is there anything you do that helps? Also, have you had any tests done like MRIs Again welcome. We may have different things but we all understand pain so again welcome. Rufous
Posted 5/6/2015 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
I brought up shingles because it does only affect one side of the body and that is a common area. Sometimes there is no rash either but I think it is a long shot. Rufous
Posted 5/7/2015 12:01 AM (GMT 0)
Not wearing a bra helps as does keeping ice on it . Some times it seems not to bother me but when I do a lot of work like waxing furniture or lifting or anything that uses the left arm it aches a bit more. It is a weird pain burn feeling and like I said only on the side with the breast pain ache. It feels tired sometimes and achy. I haven't been to a Dr. in a few years after the had me so scared of what this might be and when I told them a pediatrician had lanced a boil when I was little they said oh that's what it is, your fine.
Posted 5/7/2015 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
Lanced a boil. I can understand how much that would have hurt at the time but for it to still hurt that much, it may be more than the boil. Mine only hurts on the one side too and like you I feel better not wearing a bra so I just don't lots of time.

I have gotten so it is hard to go to the Dr. but you might want to find someone you can go to that you trust. You know I had a Dr. lance a boil in an ear when I was 3 and boy did that hurt and to this day, I do not like anyone looking in that ear. I have scar tissue in the same area as you do an on Dr. thought it was nerve endings trapped in the scar tissue. It is hard in that area. It hurts a lot to get a mammogram. How about you? We have to get beyond our fear eventually and find Drs. we can trust. Rufous
Posted 5/7/2015 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Mimi & welcome to the forum. I too urge you to find a dr that you trust & are comfortable with & have this checked out. I am having trouble connecting the dots on what you are telling us. Let me make it clear, I am not discounting what you are telling us, its what the drs have said to you about it. I too have had boils lanced, but I never was left with anything like what you have described not after all of this time. I think you are entitled to a better explanation than that after all of this time.

Take care....Susie
Posted 5/7/2015 12:11 PM (GMT 0)
When I went for mammo's they kept asking if I had had sx because something kept showing up but they couldn't figure it out why it was there. The ultra sound tech showed me her screen and said see this is black, black is good it means it is just fluid. When I finallly thought back to the boil the mammo tech wrote that on the report and the Dr.'s that review the mammo's said yes that would be causing what they saw so everything was ok. Like I said my left breast was always sensitive and now that I am 59 and probably about 30lbs heavier, most of which I gained in my chest I'm wondering if that and bras being to tight have caused nerve issues. My pain seems to be all along the outline of my bras. I stopped about 4 or 5 years ago wearing underwire bras because they would cut into me. It just seems like nerve endings are very close to the surface there.
Posted 5/7/2015 1:03 PM (GMT 0)
Hi mimi. When is the last time you were properly fitted for a bra? As our bodies change, so must our bra size AND type. Wider straps help hold up what must obey gravity! Subtle changes in fat distribution can make our 'stand by' size uncomfortable. Also, manufacturing is changing what qualifies for sizing!

When I was in HS (mid to late 70's) I was considered a size 5 in clothing, 4'11" and 82 lbs. In my 20's I was considered a size 3. After 2 children, and in my 30's, 5 lbs heavier, somehow I became a size 0/1! Now in my 50's and 94 lbs, I have to shop in the childrens section and buy girls size 14/16! Imagine what it's been like bra shopping!

Now, with the changes/deformities of my right shoulder, the only bras I can use are criss cross strapped as the regular ones slide right off the shoulder!

To get a truly good fit, don't rely on 'Victoria's Secret', go to a place that specializes in mastectomy bras. They understand the changes we go through! Hopefully, that is all you need!
Posted 5/7/2015 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't been fitted in years, last time at Macy's and she said a 38-40- D or DD. I was thinner then also. I bought last year those Genie bras, thinking they were just what I needed support without wire and that was when the trouble really started as far as pain and burning. They seemed to fold the breast up. None the less, it is still only the left side that is a problem. Just put on a short sleeve t-shirt and the burning under my arm is bothering me, like if you shaved to close, that kind of irritated feel. Again on the left side. I've read that painful breast's etc. are not unusual but tens to be with women when they get their period and should stop when you get older. I'm the opposite. My neighbor says that when ever she has pains it seems to be on the left side also, what she calls the female side? Has anybody else ever heard that before?
Posted 5/7/2015 8:46 PM (GMT 0)
Mine is on the left side. Rufous
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