Awareness for male breast cancer [Video]

Brian Lynch noticed an odd change to his body after shoveling snow around Christmas in 2020.

“When I took my sweatshirt off, I noticed that my right nipple looked flat and inverted,” he said.

He began doing research, and a few months later as more symptoms began to present, fears that this could be cancer became more likely.

“I was showering for work one day in April and I felt a lump. The lump was fleshy, about the size of my baby finger pad, and movable.”

Lynch booked a doctor’s appointment the following week.

“He (the doctor) felt the first one and [he] didn’t seem that concerned, but certainly concerned for my health. And I said, ‘No, no, no, no, go to the other side and dig in.’ And he did. And his eyes just stared at me. It was a completely different look.”

A CT scan and mammogram confirmed the diagnosis, and Lynch opted for a mastectomy …