ScarletSpeedster
05-11-15, 12:09
I am a 20 year old woman, who a couple of days ago went to my local GP surgery due to my left breast feeling firmer and sore, compared to my right which is soft and not sore at all.
The Nurse practitioner did a breast examination and agreed that the left breast was firmer and a bit bigger than the right - but she could find no lumps, and said they looked pretty much symmetrical and ordinary.
However, she then went on to say that she would have to go out to discuss with the doctor if I should be referred to a clinic to check my left breast. I freaked out in the room, and she did her best to reassure me that lots of women have a 'fuller' breast that feels different, and that because I have no family history of breast cancer, I should not be too worried at all.
However, I have anxiety issues, whereby if something health related is 'wrong' with me, I cannot move past thinking the worst about what I could have.
She told me to come back in two weeks, after my next period where the doctor would examine my breast/s again to see if it is hormone related, but I am not sure if it is, as my left breast has felt fuller and...'present' for years. The pain is by no means unbearable, and I would even hesitate to call it a pain really, more of an ache or pressure.
I broke down outside the surgery and my mum called the surgery later for further reassurance and information, in which the nurse said that if she was concerned, she would have referred me on the day, and that is a perfectly normal routine for women to come back after their next period for further examination.
I am terrified of Breast Cancer, and these two weeks are playing havoc with my nerves.
Does it sound like I should be concerned or worried?
The Nurse practitioner did a breast examination and agreed that the left breast was firmer and a bit bigger than the right - but she could find no lumps, and said they looked pretty much symmetrical and ordinary.
However, she then went on to say that she would have to go out to discuss with the doctor if I should be referred to a clinic to check my left breast. I freaked out in the room, and she did her best to reassure me that lots of women have a 'fuller' breast that feels different, and that because I have no family history of breast cancer, I should not be too worried at all.
However, I have anxiety issues, whereby if something health related is 'wrong' with me, I cannot move past thinking the worst about what I could have.
She told me to come back in two weeks, after my next period where the doctor would examine my breast/s again to see if it is hormone related, but I am not sure if it is, as my left breast has felt fuller and...'present' for years. The pain is by no means unbearable, and I would even hesitate to call it a pain really, more of an ache or pressure.
I broke down outside the surgery and my mum called the surgery later for further reassurance and information, in which the nurse said that if she was concerned, she would have referred me on the day, and that is a perfectly normal routine for women to come back after their next period for further examination.
I am terrified of Breast Cancer, and these two weeks are playing havoc with my nerves.
Does it sound like I should be concerned or worried?