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Q: single duct nipple discharge watery yellow brown and sometimes pink tinge

I will be 51 next weekm, from my 50th birthday l have been on hrt patches 25 evorel, since january have two good weeks and two bad, nearly four weeks ago dr decided to up my hrt to 50 evorel, two days great ll was raring to go, then same day l felt my right nipple tingle and throb and wow a runny watery discharge from one duct, l met my dr the following tuesday she can find no lump but is sending me to the breast clinic on wed 25th april, the discharge wont stop some days dirty brown clear colour and dries hard on tissue to some days cream yellow brown or today a dirty yellow brown, l hve had a little pink also in the discahrge, there are no lumps but l am petrified in case they say happy birthday you have BC.  has anyone else had this experience

 

I had a hyesterectomy in 1997 and left ovary removed three years ago for cysts.

 

hope to hear

thank you

Caz

 

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Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide
4/21/12 5:56pm

Caz, nipple discharge can be a sign of breast cancer, but it has other causes too, so please try not to panic until you have all the facts.  Because you have had a recent change in medication dosage associated with the discharge, it sounds reasonable that there might be a connection. 

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By CAZ— Last Modified: 04/21/12, First Published: 04/21/12