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found lump in right breast and freeking out

anemoneblossom
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Hi every one kinda new but im a 33 yo male.

A few weeks ago I was experencing arm, neck pain and a bruse feeling in armpit on my right side (which has all but gone now still get twinges) and feeling tired all the time with night sweats, when I found a painless lump in my right breast which I have been to and have been refered to the breast clinic but.

But im terrified ever new little pain or twige I get I feel like its something new, im paranoid about everything I go from feeling like 1 seccond it will be fine to the next that im gonna be riddled with it, and I did the stupid thing looking online for answers which has opened up a whole new world of stuff to think about.

So I guess im just on hear to talk about things so there not just stuck in my head going round and round.

Today I found (what i think) is a new lump deeper in the same breast but this on hurts when I touch (which me and my DR dident feel a week ago and dident have pain there) and some tenderness in my left breast with some swelling under it on my rib cage, again making me think like iv found it to late and im riddled and iv still got about 2 weeks and 5 day for my apointment to come then im guessing another week after that for results im guessing.

So I just feel lost atm dont know what to do im hoping for the all clear but it feels more and more dobutfull that will happen eatch passing day and I feel like iv alredy had a not great life and iv wasted it sofar, sorry if this poast seems negative but thats just how I feel atm.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and ill also apologuise for grammer and spelling and im quite badly dyslexic.

 

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    Morning, it's so hard not to look up your symptoms, but like you say it really does open Pandora's box.  I can't comment on your other symptoms, but did you tell your GP about them when you had the lump seen? 
    You should get your clinic apt within two weeks of your GP referral, if you haven't already.  It's so difficult waiting and for me the head spinning and not sleeping just makes it so hard to function. 
    just try to focus on your clinic apt for now and post if it helps you. I'm learning that focusing on next apt is a good start. Xx

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    Hi yes told him all the symptoms apart from the bruse feeling seccond lump as only felt the bruse feeling last night, my appointment has come thrue although it was confusing I got told it was a 2 week appointment and got a leaflet saying what to expect in my 2 week appointment but the appointment is nearly 3 weeks time soooo not sure what's going on there.

  • Offline in reply to anemoneblossom

    Hi, that's good you told GP and you can say about the bruise /second lump at your clinic apt. 
     

    there seems to have been an influx of referrals lately - someone was told that was due to Sarah Harding's tragic death - but all the same, you should get that apt within two weeks and my GP told me to chase if I didn't. Can't hurt to call the unit and say this isn't within the two week standards and can they bring it forward ? They can only say no xx 

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