My Husband Scheduled for Mammogram and Ultrasound

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cherylgrrl
cherylgrrl Member Posts: 5
edited October 2016 in Male Breast Cancer

I'm scared to death.

My 61 year-old husband found a lump in his breast sometime between his last regular doctor checkup and now (6 months). He told his doctor about it, the doctor agreed there was a lump, and now he is scheduled for a mammogram and ultrasound. My husband is treating this in his usual, stoic way. I'm scared to death, because I've now researched MBC and found that because of his age and because he had a testicle removed in childhood he has two of the important risk factors. I've also read that lumps in mens' breasts are almost never benign but haven't been able to confirm this from other sources.

He has almost a week before these tests are done. Then I expect he will have a biopsy, and if it is MBC a mastectomy.

I don't know if he's researched this the way I have, but he shows no signs of wanting to talk about it. He did say last night that he didn't want to have surgery, and I told him that I would take good care of him if that happened.

The one thing that makes me hopeful is that I read the average time between discovering a symptom and reaching a diagnosis is 19 months for men.

I'd like to ask whether other forum participants would recommend that I talk to my husband now about my worries, or wait until we're further into this process and (God forbid) there is some real medical evidence that we should be concerned. I'd also like to ask what the recovery process is from a male mastectomy and what to expect. It's the unknown that is most frightening.


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