Aussie11
12-06-11, 14:45
Well after 6 months of no health anxiety issues it's back again! I check my breasts regularly for lumps and I do have quite lumpy breasts, which doctors have said it just normal breast tissue in the past. Went to breast clinic 2 years ago for lump in same sort of area and they did ultrasound and all was fine. GP last checked back in September last year and she said was fine.
About a month ago I found new lumpy area in left breast and it feels like there is increased thickness there. The lumpy bits are not round, they are about 0.5 cm to 1 cm and sort of flat pieces of gristle. I wasn't too worried but planned to make appointment with GP to check it out anyway. However over the last month while I've been meaning to go to GP I have been having pain in left breast and the lumpy areas are sore when I prod them. Also my upper arm has also become sore and feels like lymph nodes are up a bit, not large, probably smaller than peas but firm and really tender. It feels like I'm bruised all up my inner upper arm, not directly in the armpit but all around it. The other side also hurts a little bit but nothing like left side. I feel achy elsewhere as well as if I'm getting sick, but never turns into cold or flu etc. The breast pain is not related to my period as has started week before last one and has continued for rest of the month. A GP previously thought I had fibromyalgia so not sure if this is related to that. Of course being HA sufferer though I've convinced myself I have breast cancer and it's spread to arm lymph nodes! I thought maybe by touching the area all the time I've actually made it worse and made the lymph nodes come up more but not sure if this is possible.
I'm going back home to Aus for 2 weeks in a couple of days and have booked an appointment with my doctor there for next weekend. Just really scared about what she will say or if I'm referred for ultrasound what they will find. I'm 32 years old, my mum's mum had breast cancer at about 60 y.o. and survived it, no other family history of it.
Has anyone else had this sort of thing? Everything you read says pain not common with breast cancer unless advanced, but that just makes the worry worse!
About a month ago I found new lumpy area in left breast and it feels like there is increased thickness there. The lumpy bits are not round, they are about 0.5 cm to 1 cm and sort of flat pieces of gristle. I wasn't too worried but planned to make appointment with GP to check it out anyway. However over the last month while I've been meaning to go to GP I have been having pain in left breast and the lumpy areas are sore when I prod them. Also my upper arm has also become sore and feels like lymph nodes are up a bit, not large, probably smaller than peas but firm and really tender. It feels like I'm bruised all up my inner upper arm, not directly in the armpit but all around it. The other side also hurts a little bit but nothing like left side. I feel achy elsewhere as well as if I'm getting sick, but never turns into cold or flu etc. The breast pain is not related to my period as has started week before last one and has continued for rest of the month. A GP previously thought I had fibromyalgia so not sure if this is related to that. Of course being HA sufferer though I've convinced myself I have breast cancer and it's spread to arm lymph nodes! I thought maybe by touching the area all the time I've actually made it worse and made the lymph nodes come up more but not sure if this is possible.
I'm going back home to Aus for 2 weeks in a couple of days and have booked an appointment with my doctor there for next weekend. Just really scared about what she will say or if I'm referred for ultrasound what they will find. I'm 32 years old, my mum's mum had breast cancer at about 60 y.o. and survived it, no other family history of it.
Has anyone else had this sort of thing? Everything you read says pain not common with breast cancer unless advanced, but that just makes the worry worse!