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Q: Please Help Me :(
asked by: qwerty56 on January 1st, 2005
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About 3 days ago when I just woken up I noticed that I had these pains in my muscles.
I always lay weird so I assumed thats what it was because a few nights before that, I had real bad back pain but after I got out of bed it had gone.
I had pain under my arm and in my muscles on my legs amd as paranoid as I am I decided to start poking where the pain was coming from.
I found what I thought was a lump under my arm.
I am only 19 and I weigh under 90lbs and terrified I have cancer. The reason I mentioned my weight was because 3 years ago I went to the doctor with a lump in my stomache, she told me that due to the weight I am and my body frame being so small it is perfectly normal to find "fleshy" lumps in my belly.
Im terrified I have cancer. The lump is just next to my armpit and is under the skin, it feels like a gland or some sort of muslce and from what I can tell, I have something simular on the other arm. Due to "playing" around with this lump I have made it appear to look worse.
Im too scared to go to a doctor and being as paranoid as I am and readin all of these medical web pages, I have convinced myself that I have other brest cancer symptoms too..
For instace it tells you that your bones will ache, well about 5 months ago when I came back from the us my ribs started aching and havent really been right since, I had 50 hours of travelling and my father said thats clearly the cause of the discomfort.
Everytime my breast itches or I got a red spot near to the lump or breast I get frightend.
Whats going on?
Please help me :(

i hope this message wasnt too hard to understand, im in a hurry to type it and hopefully get some answers.
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qwerty56
replied on January 1st, 2005
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I thought someone would have wanted to help me out. :(
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wakkochic17
replied on January 2nd, 2005
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Qwerty.. I would not panic about cancer. They say most cancerous lumps don't even hurt. It sounds like one of your glands that sits under your arm is inflammed.. This could be for multiple reasons. I would ice it and take some ibuprofen over the next day or two. If this does not help, then you may want to go to the doctor and make sure you don't have an infection or anything. Cancerous lumps wouldn't just form overnight.. And if the lump is not a gland you may have a cyst (which are harmless). I am like you.. I am thin and you can feel all the small lumps we have.. But I wouldn't panic at this point...
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farahnaz
replied on January 2nd, 2005
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Re: Please Help Me :(
qwerty56 wrote:
about 3 days ago when I just woken up I noticed that I had these pains in my muscles.

I always lay weird so I assumed thats what it was because a few nights before that, I had real bad back pain but after I got out of bed it had gone.

I had pain under my arm and in my muscles on my legs amd as paranoid as I am I decided to start poking where the pain was coming from.

I found what I thought was a lump under my arm.

I am only 19 and I weigh under 90lbs and terrified I have cancer. The reason I mentioned my weight was because 3 years ago I went to the doctor with a lump in my stomache, she told me that due to the weight I am and my body frame being so small it is perfectly normal to find "fleshy" lumps in my belly.

Im terrified I have cancer. The lump is just next to my armpit and is under the skin, it feels like a gland or some sort of muslce and from what I can tell, I have something simular on the other arm. Due to "playing" around with this lump I have made it appear to look worse.

Im too scared to go to a doctor and being as paranoid as I am and readin all of these medical web pages, I have convinced myself that I have other brest cancer symptoms too..

For instace it tells you that your bones will ache, well about 5 months ago when I came back from the us my ribs started aching and havent really been right since, I had 50 hours of travelling and my father said thats clearly the cause of the discomfort.

Everytime my breast itches or I got a red spot near to the lump or breast I get frightend.

Whats going on?

Please help me :(

i hope this message wasnt too hard to understand, im in a hurry to type it and hopefully get some answers.


hi dear,

don't worry, you are too young for having cancer specially breast cancer. The best thing to ease your mind, would be checking by a nurse or your family doctor. Sometimes, the immune system in our body reflexes differenhtly toward any kind of signs of difficulty in life or health. Don't worry and go and check with your doctor.
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qwerty56
replied on January 2nd, 2005
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wakkochic17 wrote:
qwerty.. I would not panic about cancer. They say most cancerous lumps don't even hurt. It sounds like one of your glands that sits under your arm is inflammed.. This could be for multiple reasons. I would ice it and take some ibuprofen over the next day or two. If this does not help, then you may want to go to the doctor and make sure you don't have an infection or anything. Cancerous lumps wouldn't just form overnight.. And if the lump is not a gland you may have a cyst (which are harmless). I am like you.. I am thin and you can feel all the small lumps we have.. But I wouldn't panic at this point...
thankyou so much for the response. I have been worrying my self silly, so much so that I have not eaten.
I am glad that theres someone else out there like me, I am so thin and can feel just about every muscle I have in my body, it's pretty scary at times because you dont know whats muscle or whats a "lump"
i called a nurse earlier and she said that I have some psychological problem regarding cancer and that I need it sorting out before I drive myself crazy!! She said im too young to have breast cancer but would go to the doctors anyway.
Its scary being so thin- ive tried so hard to gain weight but I just cant.
Thankyou for the responses guys, its appreciated.

:)
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Flying Solo
replied on July 22nd, 2005
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Yes, I too agree with those who replied to you.
Is there a number you can call at your local hospital for nurses to answer any of your questions? We have what is called nurse direct. The more you ask the more you'll learn and i'm sure you'll feel a lot better.
Please don't worry about your weight. Being too thin is only going to get you into some sort of trouble. Enjoy your youth and just take care of yourself sensibly.
Good luck.......
Flying solo
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SouthVivor
replied on August 29th, 2005
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I think you are too young for having cancer, specially breast cancer, but how knows.



You can find good information in this site

homepage.Mac.Com/penagoscorzo/cancer/
breast cancer
if you can't enter, check spelling, change to lowercase

i hope this site can be good for many people looking for info or resources


love
b. Southvivor :wink:
we are all survivors :d :d :d :d :d
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