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18-02-14, 17:20
I hope I've put this into the right category!
I've been doing really well recently (thanks to not googling anything) but I randomly came across a photo on instagram of all places relating to breast cancer and since then I feel like I'm fighting a slip back into a HA episode and I'm wondering if someone can give me some clarity!
Sorry also if some of this is a bit TMI! I've always (or a while at least I think) had quite lumpy boobs. I checked my boobs in the past but nowhere near as often as you're meant to (silly I know I check them monthly now) I recently discovered a lump and I became a bit fixated on it. Then I realized I had no idea if it had always been there or if it was new.
I've had two Dr's check my breasts recently and I mentioned the lump/lumpiness to them and they both said "it's about knowing what's right for you" but that worried me because I thought "I DON'T know whether this is right or not!" I'm not sure if they really felt the lump but they both did through breast checks.
My question is.. Would the Dr's be able to know if there was something a bit dodgy going on, even if I couldn't reliably say whether the lump has always been there or not? Because they know what they're looking for with this I imagine? The Dr did say it was quite possible that I was pressing too hard or "rolling" too much.
My health anxiety has made it almost impossible to remember what my body was like before the HA started!
Can anybody help? Sorry if this seems like a super silly post.
Argh!
I've been doing really well recently (thanks to not googling anything) but I randomly came across a photo on instagram of all places relating to breast cancer and since then I feel like I'm fighting a slip back into a HA episode and I'm wondering if someone can give me some clarity!
Sorry also if some of this is a bit TMI! I've always (or a while at least I think) had quite lumpy boobs. I checked my boobs in the past but nowhere near as often as you're meant to (silly I know I check them monthly now) I recently discovered a lump and I became a bit fixated on it. Then I realized I had no idea if it had always been there or if it was new.
I've had two Dr's check my breasts recently and I mentioned the lump/lumpiness to them and they both said "it's about knowing what's right for you" but that worried me because I thought "I DON'T know whether this is right or not!" I'm not sure if they really felt the lump but they both did through breast checks.
My question is.. Would the Dr's be able to know if there was something a bit dodgy going on, even if I couldn't reliably say whether the lump has always been there or not? Because they know what they're looking for with this I imagine? The Dr did say it was quite possible that I was pressing too hard or "rolling" too much.
My health anxiety has made it almost impossible to remember what my body was like before the HA started!
Can anybody help? Sorry if this seems like a super silly post.
Argh!