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Worried about secondary cancer

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I had a biopsy done in my left breast a week ago. They saw 2 lumps in my breast and my lymph node was enlarged, so I had 3 biopsies done in total. Since then, my anxiety has been through the roof and I'm picking up on every ache and pain as the swollen lymph node really scares me. Since the biopsy, I have had sore muscles in my upper back and shoulders and feel slightly out of breath (I had Covid a few weeks ago so my husband tells me I'm still getting over that as it was a particularly bad bout). 

Has anyone else felt like this. I'm so scared it has spread to my lungs, even though I don't feel ill in any way, apart from a little tiredness, but I have not long ago been diagnosed with anemia. I'm still carrying on with day to day life and it doesnt stop me from doing anything, so am I overthinking?

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    Hi Cheryl. Easier said than done, but try not to over fret about things.

    My wife went through this 2 years ago. A tumour around 5cm, and another one behind it around 2.5cm were found in my wife's left breast. Two of her lymph nodes were also positive. Before her diagnosis, she had awful fatigue, a horrid cough (which i had nagged her for ages to go see about), and back and leg pain. When she got her initial cancer diagnosis, but before the scans, I was bricking it. I assumed all the other things meant only one thing. After her scans, it was staged as locally advanced, which meant it was all local. Her cough was allergies, her back pain was mechanical and her fatigue was put down to stress. She was working full time and running around after her very elderly and infirm parents.

    The human body is complex, and the chances are, you have separate things going on. Anxiety can give you all those chest symptoms and more. You tense up when stressed. It's a well documented and common symptom of anxiety. When your chest is tight, you get breathless because you're not breathing properly. It's a vicious cycle.

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    Hi Cheryl. Easier said than done, but try not to over fret about things.

    My wife went through this 2 years ago. A tumour around 5cm, and another one behind it around 2.5cm were found in my wife's left breast. Two of her lymph nodes were also positive. Before her diagnosis, she had awful fatigue, a horrid cough (which i had nagged her for ages to go see about), and back and leg pain. When she got her initial cancer diagnosis, but before the scans, I was bricking it. I assumed all the other things meant only one thing. After her scans, it was staged as locally advanced, which meant it was all local. Her cough was allergies, her back pain was mechanical and her fatigue was put down to stress. She was working full time and running around after her very elderly and infirm parents.

    The human body is complex, and the chances are, you have separate things going on. Anxiety can give you all those chest symptoms and more. You tense up when stressed. It's a well documented and common symptom of anxiety. When your chest is tight, you get breathless because you're not breathing properly. It's a vicious cycle.

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