The silent cancer - has anyone been through this without knowing the cancer had started?

I suspect I have been starting breast cancer and possibly ovarian cancer now for two years. With a chance visit to two A and Es inside 7 weeks I was told about the cyst from a scan and now the breast tissue also. My 1st clinic appt is May 14th. Online it's suggesting I'm at a stage 4 already.  I've checked symptoms and I have them though no nausea or bleeding yet. Bone pain elbow to shoulder has now struck as well. Anyone here been through the silent stage without knowing cancer has started?

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  • Hi AngelaK2,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. It's good to hear you have an appointment coming up soon - it sounds as though you're waiting for more information including on any potential next steps, so I hope it's not long to wait for this.

    My reply here should give your post a little boost so a few more people should see it, and hopefully you'll get some more replies.

    I hope that the forum can be useful for you.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hi AngelaK2,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. It's good to hear you have an appointment coming up soon - it sounds as though you're waiting for more information including on any potential next steps, so I hope it's not long to wait for this.

    My reply here should give your post a little boost so a few more people should see it, and hopefully you'll get some more replies.

    I hope that the forum can be useful for you.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Thankyou Ben,  what interests me is whether I've actually been on this silent killer path for some time or if it's very new. It's certainly newly discovered and only by chance. Last night I saw a new brown mark next to the long time brown mark. If so and the new brown mark is the cancerous invader then it has to be very early days which is good. Thanks to the midnight scan at the hospital of my suggested ruptured ovarian cyst. But now I think they're linked.  2 weeks to go for more investigations!