karlyo
05-01-10, 15:07
Hi everyone,
If you haven't read my health concern in my recent post, then long story short, I have a dull ache in my left breast, it feels heavy and numb. It's as if everything is focused there and all I can feel is my left breast. It sounds stupid. There's no lump, it looks okay, it feels okay to the touch, but it 'feels' weird. I have a doc appt tomorrow but I've basically convinced myself it's cancer. At 24 I know its unlikely but I keep telling myself it happens to some people, and that it's going to be me. I have this gut instinct that it's cancer and have convinced myself I can't be wrong.
I have had some anxiety in the past - went through a phase of breathing problems, air hunger - not able to get a full breath which I thought was a collapsed lung, and some tension headaches which I thought was a tumour. Those symptoms were very real but they were just anxiety. This symptom is real but I can't get my head around the fact that this could be anxiety too - it's just such a weird sensation.
I feel really low and alone right now. I just spent a full hour crying. I've tried taking deep breaths but it doesn't really help too much. The only thing that seems to help is a hot water bottle, that seems to calm me down and soothe the ache. Also, embarassingly the only other thing is sex as during sex I totally forget about it. Afterwards it comes straight back.
I feel like I cant concentrate or do anything I want to do because I'm so preoccupied with thinking I have cancer. What can I do? Please can someone help me know what to do with myself?
If you haven't read my health concern in my recent post, then long story short, I have a dull ache in my left breast, it feels heavy and numb. It's as if everything is focused there and all I can feel is my left breast. It sounds stupid. There's no lump, it looks okay, it feels okay to the touch, but it 'feels' weird. I have a doc appt tomorrow but I've basically convinced myself it's cancer. At 24 I know its unlikely but I keep telling myself it happens to some people, and that it's going to be me. I have this gut instinct that it's cancer and have convinced myself I can't be wrong.
I have had some anxiety in the past - went through a phase of breathing problems, air hunger - not able to get a full breath which I thought was a collapsed lung, and some tension headaches which I thought was a tumour. Those symptoms were very real but they were just anxiety. This symptom is real but I can't get my head around the fact that this could be anxiety too - it's just such a weird sensation.
I feel really low and alone right now. I just spent a full hour crying. I've tried taking deep breaths but it doesn't really help too much. The only thing that seems to help is a hot water bottle, that seems to calm me down and soothe the ache. Also, embarassingly the only other thing is sex as during sex I totally forget about it. Afterwards it comes straight back.
I feel like I cant concentrate or do anything I want to do because I'm so preoccupied with thinking I have cancer. What can I do? Please can someone help me know what to do with myself?