Coppernob
25-03-13, 10:47
I thought I was getting better from my health anxiety, my mirtazapine is down to 15mg and I'm feeling a lot better on that. I also thought I'd stopped the urge to ask Dr Google about things!
But this morning I've gone completely to pot. Nearly a year ago I had a round red patch of skin on my side but very close to the edge of my left breast (not a very big one, about the size of a 50p piece). As it wasn't actually on the breast (I don't think!), didn't hurt or itch or flake, I didn't worry about it too much and it faded to just half a circle over time and I forgot all about it. A few months ago I realised it was still there, and in the last few weeks it has got redder again and changed shape. As I've had it so long and no other symptoms it seems unlikely to be anything serious, but stupidly this morning I googled 'red patch on breast' and was confronted with a terrifying forum on something called inflammatory breast disease, which I had never heard of but realise now it is something a friend died of 10 yeas ago. When I looked on a breast care site and got a list of the symptoms for this it didn't bear any relation to my red spot!
I'm on a hefty dose of ranitidine for acid reflux and I understand this can cause skin rashes, so I suppose it could be that.
But now I'm in a total pickle and feel sick with fright. I've made an appointment at the doctor's for Thursday (first one I could get with a doctor I'd heard of, and I didn't want a stranger, but unfortunately it's a male doctor).
Any tips for surviving this stupid and probably groundless worry?
But this morning I've gone completely to pot. Nearly a year ago I had a round red patch of skin on my side but very close to the edge of my left breast (not a very big one, about the size of a 50p piece). As it wasn't actually on the breast (I don't think!), didn't hurt or itch or flake, I didn't worry about it too much and it faded to just half a circle over time and I forgot all about it. A few months ago I realised it was still there, and in the last few weeks it has got redder again and changed shape. As I've had it so long and no other symptoms it seems unlikely to be anything serious, but stupidly this morning I googled 'red patch on breast' and was confronted with a terrifying forum on something called inflammatory breast disease, which I had never heard of but realise now it is something a friend died of 10 yeas ago. When I looked on a breast care site and got a list of the symptoms for this it didn't bear any relation to my red spot!
I'm on a hefty dose of ranitidine for acid reflux and I understand this can cause skin rashes, so I suppose it could be that.
But now I'm in a total pickle and feel sick with fright. I've made an appointment at the doctor's for Thursday (first one I could get with a doctor I'd heard of, and I didn't want a stranger, but unfortunately it's a male doctor).
Any tips for surviving this stupid and probably groundless worry?