Mondor's Cord

by MrsMartini 15th February 2009, 4:08 pm

I'd never heard of this, but saw a post on SoFem, so read it as I was intrigued, and turns out I flippin have it!!

I noticed it a week or so ago, but thought nothing of it & certainly didn't realise it's an official thing...

Here's a link incase you don't know what it is... nothing to worry about apparently!

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Anyone else had it / got it??

Realised you can see it on the close up pics I took of my scars... ewwwww! Looks like something out of Alien!! Doesn't hurt though!

Xx

by BoobiePrize 15th February 2009, 4:09 pm

How wierd, I've seen this and just thought it was the skin strecthing

by MrsMartini 15th February 2009, 4:10 pm

Yeah, that's why I thought nothing of it!! I just have one under my left boob & it's only little, but some peoples are pretty long apparently! Xx

by **nads** 15th February 2009, 4:13 pm

Yeh they're like swollen veins, i've heard alot of girls get them, they go down eventually x

by **RoxyChick** 15th February 2009, 5:28 pm

Very interesting!

xx

by mariajw 16th February 2009, 1:35 pm

Hey

I got two of these - one on each boob, and I could only see them when I stretched my arms up. They were only small, about 1-1.5 cm long, and I thought they may have been internal stiches!!

When I saw my surgeon he told me to massage them, which I did. They soon disappeared after that.

Maria
xx

by moonmar 7th April 2009, 12:53 pm

Aaargh I have one of those too! on the left but only if I lift my arm... weird! Hope it goes soon!

by mariajw 7th April 2009, 12:58 pm

moonmar wrote:Aaargh I have one of those too! on the left but only if I lift my arm... weird! Hope it goes soon!

Sounds like mine, hunni. It will go ... start massaging it as soon as you get the OK to massage your scars.

Maria
xx

by Mia 7th April 2009, 1:01 pm

Thanks for sharing that info, interesting, I am off to have a peek Rolling Eyes

by moonmar 7th April 2009, 1:01 pm

yeah, will do... my check up with the PS is in a couple of weeks so I hope I can start massaging then :)

by MrsMartini 7th April 2009, 4:41 pm

I didn't massage mine actually... they vanished after a couple of weeks :-) Xx

by carol_s 24th December 2010, 4:03 pm

I think I am getting these too - but only in my left boobie when I lift my arm up. I was going to send a picture to my PCC, but as it is exactly like the pictures in the link given here, I think I'll wait and see if they disappear soon sad smile

xx

by Carrie 21st March 2011, 9:25 am

I think I have this! Have been feeling some tightness under my left boob over the weekend and this morning I have 2 raised lines going from my scar down my ribs about 3cm and 2cm long - freakin me out sick

When I raise my arms they are so tight, it's like something's gonna snap.

Anyone else got this? Carol, did you speak to your PS? xxx

by **COOKIE** 21st March 2011, 9:29 am

Modors cord isn't something to worry about girls, it's common after a BA
and the advice from surgeons given that I've seen from the many who've
written here about it is that it will settle on it's
own. xxx

by Carrie 21st March 2011, 9:40 am

Thanks Cookie x I was worried I'd done something to cause it - I was trying new underwear on this weekend and wondered if the tighter bands and underwiring could have aggrevated something?

by **COOKIE** 21st March 2011, 9:43 am

Awww, no, nothing you've done sweetness, it's just one of those things that some women will get, others won't - The good news is it's not something that needs a re-op and settles all by itself Mondor's Cord 907337

xx

by Carrie 21st March 2011, 9:46 am

Phew, thanks again Cookie - and so lovely to have you back with us xx

by **COOKIE** 21st March 2011, 9:47 am

by carol_s 21st March 2011, 10:06 am

It wasn't a long term problem for me Carrie, they disappeared gradually over the course of a week and haven't been seen since. I spoke to the nurse about them at my 7 day check up, but to be honest she didn't even seem to recognise the term 'Mondor's Cord', but they had virtually disappeared by then.
I shouldn't worry too much about them sweetheart at this stage, but if they persist then have a word with you PS about them.
xx

by janeybird 21st March 2011, 1:33 pm

I had it, i left it alone, it went away :) x

by Crystal 21st March 2011, 2:47 pm

I had one under one of my boobs and it was SOOOO painful! The one pain I cant stand is stingy vein pain! lol......I held Ice on it and it wuold take away the pain and the swollen vein would calm down but if I moved my arms about it would balloon back up again..

It took 3 days of ice and rest to get rid of it

x

by melloumaw 21st March 2011, 2:59 pm

i still get it now and again and find ibuprofen gel rubbed in circular motions helps
mel x

by indy 10th June 2011, 6:22 pm

Hello ladies. I cannot even tell you how glad I am to have found this topic being discussed as i started reading about it in a midnight panic last night when i felt twinges in my ribs about an inch below my right implant- went to the bathroom to take a look and lifted my arm up and saw what looks like a thick white vein thinking "what the hell is that?!EEK!" One website said it was a "rare disease". Very comforting. I realise now this not an uncommon thing with BA's. I think I defo have it :( good to know from those with experience that it does go away and doesn't require re-op action. thankU, Indiana x

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