Coppernob
18-03-14, 16:58
My HA has been fairly well under control for quite a long time now - but I've realised it takes very little to make it resurface :ohmy:
A leaflet came through the post from the NHS a couple of weeks ago telling older ladies what to watch out for in their breasts as finding a lump isn't the only symptom, and breast cancer is mainly found in older women. Okay, I thought, I know all this, check regularly and still have my regular mammograms. But - the last thing it mentioned was pain in the breast or armpit. (I always thought only quite advanced cancer would be painful and you'd have some of the other symptoms by then)
So what happens - I get breast pain. Well, underarm pain first of all, which was almost certainly muscular and which hadn't previously worried me. Now, I've suffered intermittently from breast pain for 40 years or more since I finished breast feeding my middle child - a huge hungry baby who could suck a double sized feed in 3 mins per side (and then puke it back of course, as it was too much!)
This feels exactly the same as that familiar pain I've had for years. As well, I had a mammogram only a few months ago, the breast looks and feels perfectly normal, this is a common sensation for me - and most telling of all, when I took a diazepam the other day the pain disappeared!
I have been trying to reduce my (already small) dose of mirtazapine, and I wonder if perhaps I should take it back up to previous levels - I've only reduced it by half a tablet every other day, against strong medical advice. But I was fed up of the appetite and the difficulty of losing the weight I've put on, and of feeling so dopey in the mornings.
Basically, what I'm saying is - worrying about a possible disease can very easily give you symptoms of that disease. We all know it don't we, but we still do it. :blush:
A leaflet came through the post from the NHS a couple of weeks ago telling older ladies what to watch out for in their breasts as finding a lump isn't the only symptom, and breast cancer is mainly found in older women. Okay, I thought, I know all this, check regularly and still have my regular mammograms. But - the last thing it mentioned was pain in the breast or armpit. (I always thought only quite advanced cancer would be painful and you'd have some of the other symptoms by then)
So what happens - I get breast pain. Well, underarm pain first of all, which was almost certainly muscular and which hadn't previously worried me. Now, I've suffered intermittently from breast pain for 40 years or more since I finished breast feeding my middle child - a huge hungry baby who could suck a double sized feed in 3 mins per side (and then puke it back of course, as it was too much!)
This feels exactly the same as that familiar pain I've had for years. As well, I had a mammogram only a few months ago, the breast looks and feels perfectly normal, this is a common sensation for me - and most telling of all, when I took a diazepam the other day the pain disappeared!
I have been trying to reduce my (already small) dose of mirtazapine, and I wonder if perhaps I should take it back up to previous levels - I've only reduced it by half a tablet every other day, against strong medical advice. But I was fed up of the appetite and the difficulty of losing the weight I've put on, and of feeling so dopey in the mornings.
Basically, what I'm saying is - worrying about a possible disease can very easily give you symptoms of that disease. We all know it don't we, but we still do it. :blush: