Hi ni

sorry to hear about your mental health and glad you’ve been given medication, hopefully you’ll also receive CBT in conjunction with your medication. Lumps and bumps are not unusual in someone of your age and would be surprised if it’s cancer but a visit to the breast clinic will hopefully be able to put your mind at rest. I’d also advise that you stay away from Dr Google, it’s rubbish and won’t be helping your anxiety - it just feeds it.

i always tell people not to worry as it’s not cancer until they say it’s cancer - easier said than done especially with those who have mental health concerns but it’s true - so try and stay in the moment, try and keep busy and try staying away from google.

i wish you well - take care x

Hi

i thought I’d come and hello. I’m in the same boat as you,waiting to attend an appointment in the breast clinic which I now have for Thursday. This has given me massive anxiety and caused a lot of worry. I also work on specialist mental health unit. I can understand where you’re coming from. I’m not going to tell you do t worry,as you will. 

What I can say is that you’ve done the right thing coming to this group. It has helped me massively over the past week and a half,the members here are lovely and have a lot of advice which is getting me through the days. You’ve also done the right thing in going to the doctor to address the issue. Try and keep busy,I’ve been going to the gym which hard some days as I don’t want to leave the house and as for my house,well I’ve cleaned it from top to bottom a million times over,but it’s proved a welcome distraction! Oh,and don’t go on google! I did this and have successfully managed to kill myself off without going near a doctor! We are not doctors and neither is google.

It’s the not knowing that caused us to worry. The “what ifs”. 

Take things one day at a time. Deal with today first and then when tomorrow comes,deal with it then. If you’re having a hard day,come to this group. There are lots of us going though the same thing and all happy to chat away. You can also private message me if you feel nervous about expressing your feelings on a forum. 

I do wish you well on your journey. Keep us updated if you feel you can xxx

Hey Hun, 

Like you, I'm only 22, and the first of a few worrying lumps appeared in my breast when I was just 18. Due to my family history, I was seen within 5 days of my doctors appointment. That alongside the fact that my GP that examined me was so dead certain that the lump she had felt was cancer, when she rang routinely a few months later, she asked about the lump and if I'd started chemo. It wasn't cancer it was tissue building together. But I just wanted to show you how GP's can be wrong, when presented with something that feels exactly like the way something sinister does. I also have chronic anxiety made worse by hospitals, so can totally relate. I have lumpy breasts too, and also have something where the tissues build together to create lumps, and that can put you at higher risk. But higher risk just means to be more vigilant with your breasts, get to know what they feel like normally, so that when some other lump appears you can spot it straight away and go to your GP for further advice. So, if you are higher risk, try to put it at the back of your mind and do your usual self examination each month, like I do. I have many other factors that contribute to my higher risk, as you may do too, but let's just say we are at normal,  it's just that we have to feel for something new and fresh from our already lump breasts. 

Stay away from Dr Google, he will diagnose you with a list of things that you've never heard of, even if you only had a common cold! Haha. But keep smiling, and when you do get to your appointment, try to take your mind off of the actual doctor, just talk to someone, or do something on your phone, read etc. I know how it feels to be so anxious about hospitals and appointments, and we have the same kind of thing. Being the same age may help too, so if you ever want to message me, please feel free to. Just add me as a friend and you'll be able to message me :) 

Lots of love and light, and keep smiling! 

Alexia xxx

Hey Hun, 

I just saw this, I just wanted to wish you good luck for your appointment on Thursday, let us know how it goes! 

Lots of love, 

Alexia xxx

Hi, yeah I’ve been having some counselling with CBT included and it’s slowly helping with my mental health situation, I just wish It was one thing at a time you know? 

But thank you for the kind words, had a few deaths in the family recently so it gets harder to think positive but like you said it’s not cancer unless they say it’s cancer 

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I’ll try and keep you all posted

Wish it was sooner until I find out, feels like it going to be ages until I find out either outcome!