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Good evening.

before I start I just want to say how much you ladies inspire me, what you have been through and are currently going through to date! You are all warriors.
for anyone that I have spoken to on Macmillan before knows I am not just a bit of a worrier I’m a hyperchondriac. I have had many times worried about particular illnesses.

So I am 30 years old, have 3 children age between 1-8, I am a smoker, but I like to think otherwise I am fit and well. I don’t drink, and if I do it’s my birthday or Xmas haha. anyway, 2 weeks ago Saturday coming I had a quick, sharp shooting pain through my pierced nipple, this isn’t unusual really for me since it has been pierced, but it caught me off guard and I quickly pushed it to reign in the sting. It went pretty quick but at that same time I felt a tiny pea size lump underneath the areola. I had just come off my period this day too, so I wondered if this may be why. So I left it be and just kept an eye over the first week.
it’s still a pea(I think), it’s sort of hardish(which worries me), completely painless(unless I prod it way too many times, and also worrying) and I’m pretty sure it moves! The only way I can describe it is I push it down and it’s a sunken pea, then floats quickly back to the surface. I haven’t been so worried about it like I normally am with health worries, I booked myself in for a phone appointment with the GP this coming Friday, but as I am getting closer to my appointment I can feel the anxiety creeping in.
I guess what I am trying to ask is for some advice, or ask some questions. I understand nobody can diagnose me here but just wondered if anyone had anything similar and it turned out to be good news? is a painless lump always cancerous? Is the nausea I am feeling a sign of cancer or is that just anxiety?

Thankyou for anyone that takes the time to read this! I appreciate it so much! Xx

FormerMember over 4 years ago

Hi Mummyofthree welcome to the forum. This could be lots of different things before Cancer.

You say yourself that it is not unusual to get this sharp shooting pain since the piercing but I wonder if what you can feel is scar tissue from the area that had the piercing done? Is that a possibility.

That said you have done the right thing if you are worried and made contact with the GP and they are most likely going to want to examine you themselves to decide if it needs further investigation or not. Remember not all lumps are Cancer.

I do wonder if that feeling of sickness could be anxiety but try taking some gentle big breathes and try and see if that helps to ease the anxiety until you have spoken to the GP. Please do come back and let us know what the GP decides for you.

Best wishes for now. xxx

Mummyofthree over 4 years ago in reply to FormerMember

Hello Gail

Thankyou for replying to me!

yes always getting shooting pains since the piercing. I have had a spot of consulting dr google, and I have read up of a subareolar abscess which can occur due to nipple piercing, even months later, the lump isn’t directly under the nipple it’s in the areola near one of the balls of the piercing. I’m trying to tell myself it’s something else before cancer! I think I am just worried because it is hard and it is painless.
I have the phone appointment tomorrow and will see what they say, I expect they will want to examine me face to face before making a decision regarding breast clinic referral. I do also get a tender breast every now and then, but again I have this in the other breast too. Itchy armpits both sides and sweating loads. Unsure of this is all connected.

I think you could be right with the nausea. It comes and goes in waves it’s not persistent and only been happening for a few days now.

I hope you are well xx

Mummyofthree over 4 years ago in reply to FormerMember

Just an update!
i spoke To the GP over the phone this morning, I normally Go into panic mode when I talk to them and anxiety takes over but today, when he asked me what I needed help with the only thing I said was I had found a lump, then I let him ask me all the questions rather than freaking out. After a few minutes of him gathering some information, he informs me that he is sending off a referral to the breast clinic, I know this doesn’t mean I HAVE cancer, but it’s still frightening me that I do. I am unsure if it’s just a general referral or an urgent. He didn’t mention, the wait for the phone call from the clinic to arrange an appointment is going to feel like forever!!! Sorry just needed to get that off my chest! X

Dc6 over 4 years ago in reply to Mummyofthree

Hi mine went as a non urges but even then very quick service and all tests done in one morning

so good luck

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