Please help as I’m so scared

Hello, I noticed a red blemish on my breast on Sunday morning and for some reason I googled it. Inflammatory breast cancer Kept coming up. I went to my doctor on Monday and was prescribed antibiotics as he thought it could be an infection. I've been taking the antibiotics for 3 days now and the symptoms are worse. Clearly they antibiotics aren't working. My blemish now has purple bruising around it and the rest of my breast and my lymph nodes are still swollen and have become more painful. I am absolutely petrified that it's IBC and have made a private appointment for next Tuesday. All of my  symptoms are exactly the same as those for inflammatory breast cancer. Has anyone else experienced similar symptoms? I've cried for 3 days , can't eat or function. I'm totally consumed by it. I'd really appreciate your response. Thank you, laura x 

I am 41 BTW

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  • Hi

    so I had red right areola went to gp 2 weeks ago she wasn't concerned now I see about areola pinkish area like purplish blemish I keep on looking and checking tender too 

     

    what lymph nodes are swollen ? Is your swelling noticeable 

     

    I have sore lower back and neck 

  • Hello, my lymph nodes in my arm pit are painful and today this has also been in the back of the shoulder and top of my arm too. I can't see that they're swollen but the doctor said they were. My red blemish is in the side of my breast and is right where all the IBC diagrams show it to be. The faint purple brushing is all over my breast and my nipple seems to have a streak in it too. Im so worried, it's not an infection I can just tell. X

  • Can you see these swollen lymph nodes ?  Where abouts in your arm are the swellings 

  • Hello, the lymph nodes are up in my arm pit on the side it meets my breast. The red blemish is also this side of my breast too. You can't see they're swollen but I'm very aware they are tender when I move. The doctor said they were swollen.

  • Thanks for replying 

    I can't feel any tenderness or difference when I move 

    just this purplish kind of colour above areola but nearer cleavage 

     

    did your breast increase in size or nipple invert as I see that is the most common signs ?

     

    does your look like (if you google ibc rash) the picture the first comes up under health.com which looks like redness at side of breast ?

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  • Thanks for replying 

    I can't feel any tenderness or difference when I move 

    just this purplish kind of colour above areola but nearer cleavage 

     

    did your breast increase in size or nipple invert as I see that is the most common signs ?

     

    does your look like (if you google ibc rash) the picture the first comes up under health.com which looks like redness at side of breast ?

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