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Breast lump - worried

jessdaisy
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Hi

I feel a bit bad posting on here as I've not been diagnosed with cancer or anything. I have a significant family history of breast cancer on both sides of the family. I recently noticed a solid lump in my breast and went to the doctors today who advised that the hospital will call me within 24 hours to book an appointment with a consultant. 

I have just turned 29, and honestly I'm so scared. I have a past history of being abused and terrified of examinations, plus the worry of not only going to have that done, but tests done and the worry about whether it is cancerous. I've spent the last two hours crying. 

The doctors said it felt like a rock, and weren't particularly reassuring which doesn't help. But then again they can't give false hope I guess, and they won't genuinely know what it is. 

I hope its okay to have posted. And if anybody has any reassurance or advice/tips/can let me know what to expect at the appointment that would be helpful. I'm autistic too so the not knowing about what to expect really isn't helping the nerves!!

  • Offline in reply to jessdaisy

    Hello Jess,

    Glad you're feeling less stressed and upset today.

    You can cope with this situation if you just take one day at a time,do what you have to do on each day and it will be the 7th before you know it.

    I hope you have arranged for someone to take with you and talk about this with in person but in the meantime keep chatting on here if you are struggling.

    Best of luck with the viva tomorrow...sounds like you'll be OK if you focus on that :)

    p.s. What type of medical course are you doing? 

     

  • Offline in reply to jessdaisy

    Hi Jess,

    I'm doing ok thanks but this has well and truly been the slowest week of my life.  Best of luck with your viva today, you'll be great 

    xx

  • Offline in reply to jessdaisy

    Hope your viva went well today :)

  • Offline in reply to gracemac123

    Bless you, I can imagine. I think if I hadn't had the uni deadlines it would have gone painfully slow for me too. The viva went well thank you. Now to manage the anxiety until my appointment on the 7th!

  • Offline in reply to Plumlet

    It went really well thank you! 

    Now I've got a break before placement so got to try and keep myself occupied until the 7th April when my appointment is. I keep flitting between thinking I'm being completely overdramatic and I should cancel the appointment as its probably nothing and I don't want to take up time which other patients could have, to being worried sick. Seems to be nothing in between! 

  • Offline in reply to jessdaisy

    Well done! Don't want to sound patronising but with all the pressure and extra stress you did it!

     Please go ahead with your appointment, if you avoid it you'll never know either way and that will be another worry.

    Not all breast issues are due to cancer but some cysts need removing etc...

    The majority of lumps are benign according to statistics but in my mother's case a routine check saved her life.

    Get some much needed rest in your break xx

  • Offline in reply to Plumlet

    Ah thank you. I'm going to try and rest and just do things which I've wanted to do but not had time to. 

     

    I just don't want to put myself through the appointment and tests when it is most likely nothing. I've very much talked myself into believing its probably just some cysts. Which I'm aware is also probably a way of me coping with the uncertainty of it all by trying to get rid of uncertainty altogether and self-diagnose!

  • Offline in reply to jessdaisy

    Hi Jess,

    Thinking of you today, hope you get some reassurance :)

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    Hi Jessdaisy,

    I have just come accross your posts and hope that all went well for you today. How on earth you have managed to keep your studies going whilst waiting to be seen, I just don't know - I am totally in awe of you!

    Please let us know how you got on, when you are able to and remember, that we are always here for you.

    Kind regards,


    Jolamine xx

  • Offline in reply to Jolamine

    Hi Jolamine

     

    Thank you for your lovely reply. I think the studies have been a helpful distraction to be honest! My appointment got changed to tomorrow at 9.45am. I'm really starting to worry about it now, but keep trying to remind myself this time tomorrow it will be over and whatever happens, happens. I'm really worried about how I will cope after the appointment as my Autism means I have delayed information processing and so it usually takes a good couple of hours for anything to sink in. I've got the weekend home alone so I am worried how I will cope. Hopefully it's a positive appointment tomorrow and then the weekend will be okay. 

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