Hi everyone I’m new here I’m 31 iv just had a beautiful baby girl 4.5 months ago and for 2 months iv been experiencing some shark shooting breast pains in my left breast. I visited my dr and explained, I’m not breastfeeding so mastitis was quickly ruled out, the dr felt my breasts and where the area of pain is she felt breast thickening and has sent an urgent referral to the breast clinic for suspected breast cancer. I’m sorry if you’re only allowed to join if your have been diagnosed as I haven’t been yet I’m still waiting for my referral. I’m very scared it’s 5am I can’t sleep with worry. When I was pregnant with my now 4 year old son I was taken into hospital with a suspected PE (pulmonary embolism) I was given a chest x ray, Vk scan, CT and MRI, they were all clear but I was told I had an increased risk of breast cancer in the next 5 years which is playing on my mind too. I also have other children oldest is 13, so I’m extremely worried about my appointment but trying hard to hold myself together but don’t have anyone to talk too, I did try talking to my mum she said ohhh it will be blocked milk ducts and brushed it off she just doesn’t understand my worry. The pain started 2 month ago as a sharp pain one morning when I got dressed I felt my breasts to see if I could locate this pain but no matter where I touched or prodded I couldn’t make this pain come back, it kept coming back as I changed positions or lifted my arms up or mainly as I learnt to wards the floor, since then I get episodes of an ache lasting hours, the sharp pain comes on lasting a bit longer and I can now locate the pain it’s on the outside of my left breast and the pain shoots up towards my arm pit, I didn’t tell the dr exactly where the pain was until after she examined me and had to click the areas on the form to send off but she felt a particular area where she felt lumpyness and said it was thickening and that’s exactly where it hurt. I’m very scared I’m having another sharp pain right now they are becoming more and more often and frequent where as at first it was 2-3 times a day now its 10-15 times a day. Did anyone’s story start off like this? Does the pain sound like how breast cancer pain starts?
