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A question about breasts to the ladies (specifically the transwomen)?

No! It's not about my soon to be lobbed off tissues, this is a question for a friend of mine.

She's transitioning, and it has come to her attention that there is a mass in her breast, sitting under her armpit and her nipple is producing a brown discharge.

Her doctor is already pretty much saying breast cancer without so much as test results. He says it "feels like a tumor".

She's been undergoing HRT since March '08... 1.25 mg of Premarin and 200 mg of Spironolactone.

Does anyone have any sort of ideas (other than the C word) as to what might be going on? I'm of the opinion she might have a cyst or two... does that seem likely?

And yes, she is getting it checked out proper. This is just a "in the mean time so as to not worry" sort of asking around the internet.

Thanks to everyone who answers with helpful answers. The trolls will be fed to the kitties!

Update:

Yes, her HRT is approved by her doctor. She's not doing street hormones.

Update 2:

Her estrogen levels are so low because she's had a pretty strong reaction. Her body's really making use of the amount it's been given.

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  • 1 decade ago

    First off, it is VERY irresponsible for that doctor to have said what he did. There SO many things it could be. It could be just a cyst, it could be an infection in the breast glands or ducts, it could be a lymph node infection . . . . so many different things. I had myself totally convinced that I had breast cancer because almost the exact same findings and it turned out to be an infection that settled in my milk ducts . . .go figure. Pray for peace and healing and remember God loves us ALL!

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    1 decade ago

    did her doctor prescribe the premarin? the only way to know is to do a biopsy. i'd have that done immediately.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    She should go get checked out

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