Hi all,
l’m a cardiac patient on blood thinners. My heart attack was in April, and lots of other heart mischief was found which has been dealt with over the last few months.
i had some complex work done on my main coronary artery last Thursday, immediately after which they did an echocardiogram to check the arteries weren’t springing a leak! To get the right view they had to be pretty brutal - and last night my husband was aghast at the massive bruise on the underside of my left boob. Obviously, being on the blood thinners makes me a professional bruiser so no surprise really.
However, since all this has cropped up I’ve not even thought to do any boob exams. Last night I lifted up the breast to have a gander and felt a 2-3cm long very bobbly (not smooth) hard lump, very near the chest wall. Would this be part of the bruise? (it’s huuuuuge and very black!). I’ve lost almost 2 1/2 stone since my heart attack and honestly can’t remember the last time I did a check. I’m 51 and had a clear mammogram last year. I was on HRT until my heart attack and fingers crossed it now looks like I’m through it - periods stopped and not feeling too hot or murderous!) I’ve previously had a fibroadenoma, cyst and 2 clusters of microcalcifications in 2012 (not all in 2012 just the microcalcifications) all in same breast.
my current plan is to wait 4 weeks and see if the lump disappears as the bruise resolves. I cannot go straight-faced into my surgery with a breast lump after 3 trips to hospital on blue lights with heart problems! Hopefully that’s all fixed now apart from a dodgy mitral valve!
surely I couldn’t be this unlucky?!
thanks for being patient with my ramblings!