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mummyw2016
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Hi

I'm not really sure why I'm posting as I know I need to face my fears and book in with the gp

A few weeks ago, I found, what I thought was a bite on the left side of my breast. Im a fiddler and it ended up swelling up to almost the size of a marble. It's now shrunk to the size of a grain of rice, but feels hard and still hasn't gone. 

I've also found a lump in my arm, close to the armpit, but more in my bingo wing if that makes sense? I'm trying not to mess with that and was just hoping that it would shrink in size too, like the breast lump has.

I'm terrified. Both of my parents have passed away and I don't really have anyone to talk to, as whenever I try to talk to my husband he just plays it down. I'm only 35 and have a 3 year old daughter. I'm petrified of something happening as she won't remember me 

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    Hi there - well you're clearly worried & thinking the worst. I can't offer any medical advice at all - no-one on this site can. I've no idea at all what the lumps might be, however, I can maybe offer a bit of commonsense & try to put your mind at rest. You say you know you need to see your GP & of course you do. No 2 ways about it & the reason you haven't I suspect, is that you're afraid you'll get some awful news. 

    I've recently had a 'real' cancer scare & was sent for immediate tests (1 still to go). My GP told me that 9 out of 10 patients sent for these tests come back clear. So, we know that figure is correct so why, oh why, would you think you have it when you haven't even seen your GP?

    I understand fear. truly after that experience, I do but believe me when I had the appt. for the results I almost ran into the surgery to find out because the not knowing was AWFUL & this is what you are feeling.

    If you can't see your GP for your own sake you must do it for your daughter's sake. She'll be picking up that things aren't really ok with mummy & I know you don't want that. :) So, go pick up the phone, make the appt. & put this awful fear behind you. You'll feel soooooooo much better once you've done it. Truly you will.

    Let us know how you get on. All the best x

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    I don't know how to word it properly, so I'm sorry if this comes across as short, I really don't mean it that way

    I don't think I have cancer. I'm scared of the possibility of having it absolutely. And when I try to talk to my husband, he just plays it down and says to just leave it and stop worrying

    I've had a spot on the side of my breast before that turned into a lump and it went away fully in the end. This time it hasn't, which is why I'm so apprehensive

    I'll try and get an appointment booked in the morning, if I can get through to the gp in time x

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    Hi - no I know you don't mean to be short & it's not taken that way at all.:) I imagine very many people  are scared of the possibility of having it & no shame in that. It's a pity your husband doesn't seem to understand perhaps he's just one of those eternal optimists who sees the positive side of things? 

    It's good you've decided to see your GP it's the right thing to do - really it is. Fear is like a nasty little worm in your ear telling you nasty things to make your life miserable & the only way to get rid of it is to rid yourself of the fear. Look at it this way - suppose you don't go to your GP & down the road you find out your worst fears have come true. It may be far worse then that it is now if (IF) something is wrong.

    Let us know how you get on. x

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