Lump, pain, unexplainable bruising.

Hi, I'm 16 years old. Over the last week it has been hell for me. Everytime I breathe in I get a sharp stabbing pain in my left lung so I went to the hospital as my gp was closed. They said it could just be costochondriitis. I was prescribed 15mg of codeine(1 weeks worth) which helped releve it but it was still there. A few days later I found a boney lump which I can't tell if it's on my last rib on the left side of my rib cage about 4 inches from where I get the pain when I breathe in. So I went back and I was told they can't point a finger at what it is as I had only found it a few hours prior to this and that if it's still there within a week I had to ring my gp to get a scan. 2 days later I started getting yellow/brown bruises on my left leg below the knee. So I have been back in touch with my gp and I have to get blood tests done and he said he needs to do some other things which he didn't say also I never got told a referral date for my scan or nothing just be to at the doctors 9:30 tomorrow morning. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this sort of thing and if I'm just making my self paranoid or not?

  • Welcome to the forum Ttt2882 although I'm sorry about the symptoms you've had over the last week.

    I noticed you had your doctors appointment the other day so I just wanted to see how you got on. I hope they were able to answer your questions and put your mind at ease but if you have anything playing on your mind since you spoke then you're welcome to discuss this with our team of cancer nurses. They're available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

    Hopefully you'll hear back from some of our members soon.

    All the best,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator