Beyond stressed

Hi Everyone,

 

 

Just wanted to share my story:

 

In the beginning of january my left breast started to hurt. 

It was a continuing, annoying pain that just wouldn’t go away.

At the same time I felt a big lump, so of to my GP I went and I got an appointment for a mammography.

The specialist saw the lump as well and he took a bit of tissue.

Long story short, it was a fibroadenoma and, because of the pain I decided to have it removed.

 

This was done 4 weeks ago and sadly the pain is still there :frowning:

It is not on one spot, but it moves around.

Sometimes it is in the breast, sometimes around the collarbone.

 

So I called the hospital again and I have to come back tomorrow.

 

It is stressing me out, I thought with the removal of the lump all would be done and dusted and I could continue my life without this immense dark cloud hovering over me.

 

They say breastcancer rarely hurts, but I was silly enough to google this and, of course, found proof that tells otherwise.

 

All sorts of things are going through my head from "my children won’t have any memories of me when I die " (they’re one and two years old and I lost my dad to cancer when I was 2,5 years old and have 0 memories of him)  to looking up where to buy a wig.

I know, dramatic isn’t it? But after 2,5 months of anxiety my thoughts are a bit…eh…dark.

 

Hi jojo1979,

I’m sorry to hear you’re experiencing this stress and anxiety at the moment.

I hope you’ve been able to speak to the hospital about the continuation of the pain in your breast, but if not, you can also call our specialist nurses on 0808 800 6000.

The helpline is also open Saturday mornings as well as standard office hours and late night on Wednesdays.

Take care,

Becca at Breast Cancer Care.

jojo1979

 

Hi, how did you get on at your appointment, hopefully that have been able to put your mind at ease regarding the discomfrot you are experiencing.

 

xxx