scared!!!

hi 

i wonder if anyone could help me. i'm in a right mess i have a 7 week old baby currently breast feeding and i went to the doctor because i could feel a tiny little lump felt bony so not a breastfeeding infection or anything like that 

the doctor said it was a nodule but could also feel a lymph node. i'm now so scared that i've got breast cancer snd it's spread to the lymph nodes. The doctor said not to worry and she referred me for a scan bevsyse she could see i was worried but this is taking over my life right now i can't sleep i can't eat i can't look after my children properly snd im ruining my relationship with my anxiety. please could someone help. 

  • Hi and thanks for posting

    It's easy to get into a real spin and think the worst case scenario, whereas the reality is usually very different. No one here will be able to tell you it's all ok,  as you need to get the scan done first and get examined , but the majority of people who attend a breast clinic do not have cancer.

    I'm afraid you're going to just have to wait to be seen which will be difficult waiting, but there's no way round it. Try and concentrate on your children and keep as busy as you can. Allow yourself to think about it for just a certain amount of time a day and then push it to another part of your brain until the next day. I know it's easy to say and difficult to do, but do try.

    I hope you get to be seen soon - hold your nerve and good luck

    All the best

    Wanda

  • Hi Chloe,

    I read this and just had to reply. 

    Just think that you have done the right thing getting it checked that took some courage to do that to begin with.

    I hope that it's nothing and a lots of these things turn out to be okay. 
     

    Try not to let you mind go to the Dark. and If they do find something they can sort it out. 

    Keep busy and think positive. Here if you need me 

    Love lots