Urgent referral up to 12 weeks wait

Hi,

I'm new to this forum. My nurse has sen urgent referal to to local clinic after I found a lump in my armpit. This was over 2 weeks ago. As I haven't heard anything I called the hospital and was told that the wait was upto 12 weeks for appointments. I realise this is probably due to the pandemic but I am absolutely terrified at the thought of this thing sitting in my body festering for potentially 3 months. It's been hard enough getting through these 2 weeks so I don't know how I am going to wait this long. I can't sleep and my anxiety is through the roof. I'm 31 with three young children. My head is going to worse case scenario and I really don't know how to cope with this. Any advice appreciated x

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  • That's awful I suffer from anxiety and already have medication for this but feel like I'm having to up the dose everyday. One minute I'm telling myself everything's fine and the next I'm going through horrible scenarios in my head. I think I'm going to phone every other day to ask if there is any cancellations. Really hope your ok xx

  • Aw thankyou x you too.

    Your probably like me, walking around with a I'm ok face when inside your going out of your mind..

    I had a melt down the other day in the bathroom banging at my head, sobbing etc.

    Its like you want to know but you don't because you don't know if they can help you or are you to far gone xx

    The biggest hug is being sent to you

    I will send you a friend request too