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Sinking in breast when lifting arms

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I'm originally from the UK but living in Ireland at the moment. I noticed last Thursday when getting out of the shower that when I raised my arm I got a dent appear at the bottom of my left breast. 

I wasn't sure if I was seeing things so I asked my partner on Saturday if he could see it as well. When he said he could, I went in to panic mode.

Unfortunately the health care is shot in Ireland and we haven't got a GP so I had to go and see an out of house on call doctor. Luckily I was seen that afternoon (Saturday) and I was seen by a doctor and a nurse. Both got me to raise my arm and immediately said, yes you need to be seen. 

We spent the best part of Monday calling clinics in Ireland that will accept a letter from an out of hours doctors and luckily found one to be told that the wait is 6 weeks unless the nurses deem it necessary to bring you in early. 

A letter arrived yesterday asking me to go for my appointment next Thursday and now I'm not sure how to feel. Happy I don't have to wait but also scared they feel I need to be seen. I've had a right wobble today. 

How does everyone else deal with waiting. Has anyone got puckering as well? 

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  • Offline in reply to Jolamine

    Hi Jolamine, thank you, they’ve decided as my oestrogen receptor is negative that I now need chemotherapy first, so instead of my  pre op today I had my meeting with my oncologist instead. He was lovely though really lovely and explained both possible chemo routes (results depending). He also told me to leave my cancer worry at the door as I walked out because it was no longer my worry and it was his….which I thought was really nice xx

  • Offline in reply to Lebell84

    Hi Lebell,

    I'm sorry to hear that you have to have chemo first. Your oncologist sounds really reassuring. I like what he said about leaving your  cancer worry at the door and he is quite right, you are in his hands now. It really does help to have confidence in your care team, as you travel this journey.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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