Mammogram

At a visit with my family doctor last week, I mention tenderness, swelling, and pain in my left breast. I was surprised when she ordered a mammogram, but I said "OK," and yesterday I had the procedure done.
The technicians were wonderful and kept the whole thing light hearted. They told me they do about half a dozen male mammograms per month. The procedure was identical to the way it would have been done on a woman, and the results were available almost immediately. They followed up with an ultrasound, the results of which were also available in 10 minutes. So, I left the hospital knowing the results. No cancer or suspicious growths were found. The report mentioned asymmetrical gynecomastia.
I wasn't very worried about the test, but I have seen some discussion about a link between prostate cancer and breast cancer, so there was that to think about.
I saw a statistic yesterday that claims one in 762 men will develop breast cancer. I have trouble believing that, but that's what I saw on the internet, so it must be true.
So...gynecomastia. At least the last technician, who was a lot of fun, actually, told me "Well, at least you have the cute, pert boobs."
It seems like cancer never really goes away. It just hides in the corner, biding its time.

I also had a mammogram in 2021. I had been on Lupron since March 2020 and the hot flashes turned into serious night sweats and we used Estradiol patched to control them. After 4 months my left breast became very tender and I felt a hard lump there, just gynecomastia so we stopped the patches and tenderness went away but it took over a year till the lump shrank and went away.

When I was on ADT I had three bone density tests. The testing is done at the “Women’s center” at our hospital. The receptionist told me they only saw 1 or 2 men a month, all with PCa on ADT.

I, also, had swelling, tenderness and thought there was a lump when on ADT. My uro said of course you do, that is what happens. While the tenderness and all went away after the ADT left my body, it did leave my profile a bit different than before. No tight t-shirts for me anymore.

At least she didn’t tweak them!