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hi all

im near 50 in 3 weeks and last few weeks hasnt been the best of times here is my story

6th feb 22 i woke up with pain in my left breast which i rubbed and felt a lump , 2 months before i went to drs with what a call mottled skin , i have antiphsolipid syndrome and livedo reticularis any way but dr didnt think its was any concern

so 7th feb went to gp pain was less but lump was there , after dr checked due to my age was refuffered to breast clinic

8th feb call from breast clinic i was booked in for 8th march

14th feb father in law gets rushed into hospital swollen from neck down kidneys failing heart iregular 7 days of drs saying next 24 48 hrs critical covid rules no visits

21st feb was worse and could visit

sadly 24th he passed away

5th march noticed my nipple was going in and felt rough

8th march my appointment 4 mamgrams and then saw consultant asked few quetions health history sent me for jelly scan , and biopsy so many from my left breast and about 3 from my lymph , back in room to see consultant

he said " my lymph nodes dont look good , lump dont look good , nipple dont look good and i have a lot of thickening overall dont look godd

said my next appointment 21st march

13 yrs ago i had blood clot in my right subclavian artery ( rare ) had operation and bypass in my neck reffered me to hematology took bloods and fast tract me to lifelong warfarin

test showed antipsolipid syndrome , also have 3 prolapsed discs 2 hernated disc , tearthered spine cord spine bifida occulta

feeling annoyed with consultant as not looking good dont help me relax

thanks for reading

GreyCats over 3 years ago

Sometimes these doctors do need someone in there to translate what they are saying into English... "Don't look good" means, "I am suspicious about what I am seeing, but I am not yet certain." What he needs for certainty either way are the results from the biopsies. Once he has those, he will be able to say with certainty one of two things: "This is not cancer," or, "This is such-and-such cancer," along with what grade the cancer is. If cancer, then at that point he may have enough data to say what stage, although he may want to send you for more scans in order to determine that.

Make sure your oncologist is aware of your background health conditions, as these will have an effect on how they approach treatment (if this is indeed cancer.) Also, if you are still under the care of haematology or any other specialty, if this does indeed turn out to be cancer, inform those teams too. All of this is to make sure everyone knows what the other is doing, and so that treatments are aligned.

I hope you will let us know on the 21st.

daffodil 49 over 3 years ago in reply to GreyCats

i did make consultant know i was on warfarin and why

i even wrote down which relitive had what died from what etc but he said he will look at my next appointment

i have googled consultant name and no one likes him

he was straight to the point never smiled but i suppose he dont go to work to make friends , im more scared of stopping my warfarin then to be told its cancer

at least at i can take my partner to my next appointment

i did ask the radiologist what did she think , her reply was " she dont think its cyst or infection "

i know its a case of heads or tails so to speak

by now i would have a list of questions to ask but i cant do that

sorry im just so frustratied

but i have decided to have a chill week light housework as still sore from biopsies and netflicks lol

thanks for reply

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