After spending hours reading posts on here and seeing how worried some women will be, when they find themselves in the same position I was in. I promised myself I would come back and write a post once I had gotten through my consultation, mammogram and ultrasound. Because I know how it feels to be constantly googling at 3am in the morning, seeking some kind of reassurance.

I had been experiencing a pulling feeling on my right armpit in December . Not constant and not painful to the point I needed pain killers. But enough to notice it when it came. Thought I had pulled something at work, didn’t think much of it but then in April I experienced a burning/ pins needles sensation in my right boob which travelled down my arm. So I googled and of course ‘breast cancer came up’. So anxiety set in but I contacted the doctors straight away , whom gave a physical examine and said he could not feel any lumps and there was no other red flags. I had probably pulled a muscle and it was all linked to the sensation I was feeling. I got reassurance from this and walked out of the doctors feeling better. Then in May I experienced it again (ignored it) and it came again in June. Something told me to go back to the doctors, (that day I had started my period). To which she found a lump I hadn’t felt before but she said it was more than likely due to my period. But she put me on a 2 week path way. I saw a consultant 10days later, he couldn’t feel the lump and he was confident I was suffering from hormone changes but for peace of mind put me forward for a mammogram and ultra sound. I left the appointment feeling positive and relieved but deep down I kept thinking ‘he can’t see what’s going on inside and what if it is?’. So I pushed it to the back of my mind and waited 3weeks for my appointment to come through. I had my appointment today and everything was absolutely fine. They explained it can be due to hormones or muscular pain and it’s very normal to only experience it in one breast, as one breast can be more sensitive than others. So to say I feel a weight has been lifted would be an understatement.

The point of this post is, if you’re reading this now. I completely understand the anxiety you are riddled with and you’re probably thinking it’s the worst case scenario. Please always go and get checked if you’re worried but take reassurance from my story. That not all lumps and sensations are automatically cancer. Don’t ignore any symptoms, get them checked as soon as possible. But stay away from google and social media because it will send your anxiety through the roof. I am so thankful my result was a positive one and I hope yours will be too 

xx