Hi
I am 33 year old with 2 young children.
2 weeks ago I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right breast. I had no lump but the breast was red and swollen. After a visit to my GP he told me that I had an infection and prescribed me antibiotics. 4 days into the course the pain was getting worse, my breast was starting to change. I now had a lump and my breast felt extremely heavy and also had a movable lump under my armpit.
I visited the A&E as I was concerned the antibiotics were not working and I was in constant pain. Consultants and surgeons at A&E examined me and changed my antibiotics and did an urgent referral to see the breast clinic. 2 days later I went to see the breast clinic with the hope of just a ultrascan.
I came out having a ultrascan, mammogram and couple of biopsies. I was told whilst having the biopsies that they had concerns as physically they could feel a lump on my breast however in the ultrascan or mammogram no visible lump was present. They said I had thickened tissue and that they were concerned and also cancer was mentioned but I was too overwhelmed to understand what they were saying. I had never attended the breast clinic before let alone have all the tests done on my first visit.
My results are due on Monday and I was told not to google anything on the internet.
I had a look on the internet and some of my symptoms relate to only one thing - inflammatory breast cancer.
please can someone tell me if they have been in a similar situation and what their outcome was?
