Awful when you’re mind runs away with you isn’t it and the b*gger can play tricks too! my daughter elbowed my breast this morning and I flinched but no pain, at one point I was thinking about cancelling my appointment and even told myself the lump was shrinking, although it hasn’t grew anymore and not hurting its there, as firm and odd shaped as ever I’m still very confused if it has shrunk I need to stop feeling it! x
Your’re right, the mind definately works overtime while ur waiting. Mine did, i also poked & prodded my lump but do try not to do it too much or it’ll be more painful. Please don’t even think about cancelling ur appt, it’s really important that u get this sorted & hopefully come back & tell us it’s all ok which a lot pf people do. And if it’s not, then there are very good treatments & support available, us included. It’s no good telling u not to worry but try not to drive yourself mad with it, take care x
Don’t you dare cancel that appointment! A. you will just worry for longer before you make another appointment. B. if it is cancer it can be the difference between being around your family in a few years time or dying an early death. Sorry to be so graphic but… Tina xx
Hi mamof2… I know exactly what you are going through. I have an appointment at the breast clinic tomorrow at 01.20. I am frantic with worry, no sleep, terrible taste in my mouth. My arm started to ache yesterday, then my shoulder blade, I have the worst fears. I try to stop myself, I know it’s not doing me any good, making me ten times worse. I am usually the calm person that listens, and good in difficult situations, but not this time. I am a total mess, all I can offer you is … I understand.
My thoughts are with you… Stops me thinking about myself.
I’m normally such a calm person but I’m finding myself being crazy its scary. Did anyone find themselves isolating from other ppl my mam wanted to take me for lunch today but I just don’t feel like goin out in public! hope I get over it I cud really do with camping at weekend!
Ohno I have gotten shoulder and arm ache too I think I may end up in a crazy home waiting 7 days I really feel for women eho have to wait weeks x
Wishing you luck tomorrow Ohno x
hi, the waiting and the worrying is the worst time ever… us lot on here call it the waiting room…we have all at some stage sat and waited, with out minds convincing us of terrible things… as for thinking of canceling the appointment… NO … dont do that, take big massive breaths and go …keep it in your mind that 9/10 breast lumps are nothing to worry about…hard i know… but you must try … the cant stop feeling it is totally normal, yes you hope it has vanished… yes you wish it wasent there…but it is there and it needs looking at… thats why you need to go to your breast clinic appt. to put your mind at rest…it could quite easily be nothing to worry about, try to do something to take your mind off it …after i had finished my usual tasks i played hours of stupid games on the laptop, anything to stop me sitting thinking and feeling… chin up… hun… angie x
Don’t you dare cancel that appointment! I went as soon as i found the lump, the next day i called the doctors.
And it’s a good job I did, if i’d had left it a few months It’d have spread. It was so big and aggressive that they actually thought it would be in my lymph nodes, so i was fortunate that it wasn’t. Imagine if I’d have ignored what I’d found…
As it is my prognosis is now quite good, with all treatment I have a 84% chance of no recurrence.
Ignoring it will NOT make it go away, it can make the difference between life and death. You could regret it.
Hugs to those of you in The Waiting Room, it really is the pits, filled with all our fears and a very scary place to be. but once you know whether there’s anything to worry about and can give your fears a “shape” you’re also limiting their size and they become much more manageable.
And of course there’s the VERY BIG chance that it’s NOT cancer but some other condition. Hold that thought.
CM
x
With the others on this - waiting is the pits, but you will get through it, honestly. Easy to say from this side, I know, but we’ve been there.
Sending you a cyber hug.
mamof2 -you have done the right thing and started the process to find out the cause of the lump. Your chosen name on here gives you the reason you have to stick with it and not cancel your appointment.
All of us have had to wait at some part of the early stage and yes, your mind just won’t switch off ad it makes you feel tired and crazy.
Our initial reaction is panic “I’m going to die!”
We are all here to tell you that is not the case for the majority.
So good luck, try and keep occupied. As others have said, it may not be cancer. If it is there are experts who will treat you through it.I cannot fault the treatment I am getting.
Good luck. xx
Thanks ladies for bringing me back to sanity for a while I think id convinced myself I was ok and eould have wasted docs time but then I show my mam or sis my second nipple and see thrir face I realise there’s no harm in going!!! xxx
hi mamof2. also a mamof2. keep the appointment hun. love the photo! beautiful kids. come back and tell us that you are aok!!! with love alex xxx
Had a fab weekend with family just what I needed and didn’t feel lump once! Hope Tuesday comes quick I’m starting to feel optmistic that the lump is slightly smaller and the big possibility its a cyst x
Himamof2, KEEP THE APPOINTMENT, better to be safe than sorry, get it checked out,
all the best Liz x
Glad you had good weekend and really pleased lump not giving you problem, I back elizabethtracey, even if you’re feeling better, keep the appt, Tuesday nearly here, good luck!
Julie x