flappergirl
17-05-17, 23:00
Hi,
I have just got over a cancer HA which gobbled me up for weeks :( I have managed to get things back under control and now I have gone back into a full scale panic. I have just noticed a hard/bony pea-sized lump/bump on my ankle bone which is visible to the eye (defined enough to be seen on a photo). I made the mistake of googling it (why?????) and of course it comes up with the big C. So now I am back to freaking out. I currently can't stop my heart from racing, I feel sick and sweating and I feel like HA is closing in. Having an obvious lump is a worry but my mum said that perhaps I bumped it and maybe give it a couple of days. I have not noticed it before and I did shave my legs this morning, usually I am rubbing my legs and ankles etc (though not looking for lumps lol).
It does not hurt, it is not red and I have no pain or other symptoms. Dr Google does say other things about lumps like cysts, spurs etc and did say that most tumours on bone are benign anyway and malignancy is rare but I am freaking out. My parents have both recently been diagnosed with different types of cancer and it is making me more aware of everything. :(
Advice please? Should I wait and see for a couple of days? Has anyone ever had anything like this that can share their experiences?
I have two young children and I have found that since having them my health anxiety and anxiety in general seems to be through the roof! :(
Thanks in advance
---------- Post added at 23:00 ---------- Previous post was at 21:50 ----------
Still googling away (argh I know!) and am starting to calm down by looking at statistics and see that in my age/sex there are less than 10 cases in the U.K. a year. Hope that my HA is all it is and the bump is normal (don't know how long it has been there....could be yesterday or longer?!)
I stopped taking my citalopram (on them for 2 months so far) about 3 weeks ago and I felt ok, in fact better as the meds made me so sleepy, and after a few terrible nightmares I felt calm. I really felt worse on them than off but the HA was gone (however it was recurring before I took meds and had been fine for 3 yrs).
I have just got over a cancer HA which gobbled me up for weeks :( I have managed to get things back under control and now I have gone back into a full scale panic. I have just noticed a hard/bony pea-sized lump/bump on my ankle bone which is visible to the eye (defined enough to be seen on a photo). I made the mistake of googling it (why?????) and of course it comes up with the big C. So now I am back to freaking out. I currently can't stop my heart from racing, I feel sick and sweating and I feel like HA is closing in. Having an obvious lump is a worry but my mum said that perhaps I bumped it and maybe give it a couple of days. I have not noticed it before and I did shave my legs this morning, usually I am rubbing my legs and ankles etc (though not looking for lumps lol).
It does not hurt, it is not red and I have no pain or other symptoms. Dr Google does say other things about lumps like cysts, spurs etc and did say that most tumours on bone are benign anyway and malignancy is rare but I am freaking out. My parents have both recently been diagnosed with different types of cancer and it is making me more aware of everything. :(
Advice please? Should I wait and see for a couple of days? Has anyone ever had anything like this that can share their experiences?
I have two young children and I have found that since having them my health anxiety and anxiety in general seems to be through the roof! :(
Thanks in advance
---------- Post added at 23:00 ---------- Previous post was at 21:50 ----------
Still googling away (argh I know!) and am starting to calm down by looking at statistics and see that in my age/sex there are less than 10 cases in the U.K. a year. Hope that my HA is all it is and the bump is normal (don't know how long it has been there....could be yesterday or longer?!)
I stopped taking my citalopram (on them for 2 months so far) about 3 weeks ago and I felt ok, in fact better as the meds made me so sleepy, and after a few terrible nightmares I felt calm. I really felt worse on them than off but the HA was gone (however it was recurring before I took meds and had been fine for 3 yrs).