Hi everyone
I attended the doctors surgury yesterday after worrying since last weekend about a unexplained bruise on my right breast that is quite large and has not faded or anything. On Thursday another bruise appeared, again, unexplained. After googling ‘breast bruise’ I got an emergency appt at the GP who found a lump under the main bruise. I have been urgently referred to our local breast cancer clinic and have to call them Monday for my appt to have some tests.
I am absolutely distraught. I have managed to convince myself there is something wrong with me and as a single parent to two daughters, I cant help thinking what will happen to them. I know this is totally irrational. I can only hope appt is Tues, Wed or Thurs and I know something more concrete because its then long bank holiday and I am going on holiday for a week.
Im sorry to unload on this forum, I dont feel comfortable talking to family/friends about this at the moment.
Hi Sarah,
Sorry I cant help you with bruising on the breast as I’ve never come across this but I can identify with the emotions you’re struggling with; It is so life-changing when you’ve found something wrong and are in the inbetween stage of waiting for an appointment—the uncertainty is so hard to cope with. I am several years (5) down the road now from diagnosis–I found a lump —and even now I can still vividly feel the panic/stress/ loss of sleep/ loss of appetite/nausea as the thought that the “bubble” of my life was about to be popped took over everything.
But, please dwell on the fact that you’ve acted early on this, and got yourself checked out. Hopefully it will be nothing sinister , as most lumps are not cancerous.
It’s great that you can talk to people on here in similar situations to yourself and can unload any of your emotions without needing to involve family or friends until you feel ready to.
Being alone with two daughters must be very hard, so feel free to chat on here and make some friends with people who know what you’re going through.
Hope your appointment comes through, Mine was exactly 2 weeks after I’d seen the GP, and the care given in these breast departments is second to none.
Wishing you all the best, keep us posted on how you are doing.
Trudy xxx
Hi Sarah, I know how awful you will be feeling right now, waiting for tests is the absolute pits! I’m a year on now but can remember it all so clearly, try not to run ahead of yourself, don’t self diagnose and write yourself off, I did it myself and it drove me to the brink of despair and I so want to reach out to you all at this stage and say please don’t torture yourselves with Google and other peoples horror stories because the likely hood is all will be fine and if you are diagnosed then you will also likely be just fine too. I was seen at clinic within a week of being referred as I had lost my mum to breast cancer but the average is 2 weeks so you may not be seen before the Easter weekend but as you are ringing them on Monday you can explain about going away and I’m sure they will do their best, everyone is lovely there and you will be well looked after, be proud of yourself for facing up to this and not burying your head about it which would be the easy option, one step at a time love, you know nothing yet so don’t convince yourself otherwise, always here to talk Xx Jo