The American Cancer Society, or ACS, recommends that women ages 40 to 44 have the choice to begin yearly breast cancer screenings with a mammogram. In other words, a woman should carefully discuss the risks versus benefits of undergoing a mammogram with her doctor.
We referred her to this topic, said that post-stent pain was not uncommon and that, assuming nothing is amiss with the stent, this pain usually goes away in time. She replied today: ...you are correct about 2 days after my post the pain stopped, which made it about 6 weeks after stenting.
  It shouldn't be too bad after about 12h or so. Along with the steroid, you should get some local anesthetic that should take care of most of your pain. If you have persi â¦ stent pain or certainly worsening pain, you should be concerned for infection and contact your doctor.