Last night I felt a lump under my nipple and my heart stopped. Perfectly round, doesn't hurt and moves just a little. I kept checking it, hoping each time it would disappear. I called my GP first thing this morning and received a telephone appointment and was asked to attend the practice straight away. The doctor was lovely and she could feel exactly the same as me but she also noted that my right breast felt lumpy and that was normal for some women. She said she would refer me but she wasn't 'overly' worried. She said sue my age I wouldn't be catergorised as an urgent case and I could be waiting up to two months for an appointment. The thought of waiting that long sends me into a tailspin. My sister had Ovarian cancer at my age and she was an anomaly then too. I wish I was being taken seriously despite being under 30 years old.
Can anyone offer any peace or advice on how to deal with the anxiety this creates? The lumps scares me but I fear for my mental health waiting on the exam and then the results. In my mind these two months could be the difference in a manageable diagnosis or not.
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