Symptoms of male breast cancer>

I am not male, so there is that but I felt a strange but not painful around the nipple area for about a year before I felt the lump.
I am hoping that one of these gents will chime in.
@malebreastcancer47 look forward to hearing from members like @northoftheborder @scottbeammeup @verol65 @katehedderich @mpirruccel @dick61
Have you mentioned this to your doctor yet?

I saw your post but didn’t know how to respond.
The only reoccurring experience I have is phantom pain where nodes were removed. A few female breast cancer survivors have said similar. The pain happens, I tolerate it as I cannot do anything to make it go away.

As for medication, I am taking 10 mg of Tamoxifen. I had 4 rounds of chemo initially.

Did you also have radiation?

@auntieoakley Thanks for tagging me. I do get sensitivity in my breasts (no lumps), but that's a normal side-effect of the long-term hormone treatment for my stage 4 prostate cancer (it also causes growth of breast tissue, or gynocomastia).

Since my metastasis was on my thoracic spine behind the breasts, I get frequent imaging in that area (MRI and CT, both with contrast dye), so I trust that if I developed breast cancer, I'd get an early warning.

Best of luck to everyone dealing with this disease. Breast cancer in people born with testacles (rather than ovaries) is a much underreported and misunderstood disease. 🫂

I am a male who had breast cancer with lumpectomy surgery and radiation. It was discovered almost by accident from a ct scan ordered by my kidney doctor to check on the glands around my neck. There was a tiny spot aboutr half an inch in daimeter on my left chest area.He called me by phone and left me startled !I had sevral mammograms and ultra sounds and scan . After about 7 mlonths of prepsmy cancer had gone from Type 1 to metastatic Type 2 involving the lymph nodes on my left arm. Had 23 epidodes of radiation and have no signs of recurrence so far. Two mammograms and ultra sound a year plus Tamoxifen are all I have to do.This stuff can spread VERY fast in males so go for treatment immediately if diagnosed. Good Luck and stay healthy .

@auntieoakley Never felt any pain but did feel a large lump near my left breast early one morning that startled me and awakened me from a half sleep state!! Tumor was large but not painful.

@dick61 when I first felt the lump, I assumed it was a bruise that is kind of what it felt like as it sat anchored to the chest wall.
My doctor did say that it usually isn’t painful. Thanks for chiming in here.

@auntieoakley I do not have breastcancer. I wonder why I was tagged here.

@verol65 I apologize, honestly I copied the tags from an older post from @colleenyoung to get the member names.

@auntieoakley No problem. I just didn't want you to expect an answer from me. I hope other people can help you.