2-20-13
They all say were too young to know what illness' feel like. So here is my story. I want everyone to know that I know there is something wrong with my body and I am not letting a doctor tell me otherwise.
I am 25 years old, About a month and a half ago I was in the shower shaving when I noticed a small lump in my right axilla(armpit area). I thought nothing of it because hey we all get ingrown hairs at times.And I tend to get them a lot. So I passed it off as nothing and went on about my other worldly worries. Like my two children and my husband.About a week went by and nothing changed the lump was still there so I would try to strategically shave around it. Time went on and it was like it wasn't even there I would feel it when I washed but other then that I wouldn't know it was there during normal activities.
About 4 weeks later I woke up one night sweating. It wasn't hot in the house nor was I sick so no fever. But soaked in sweat I honestly did not understand it. So again I thought nothing about it. I got in the shower the next morning and sure enough that lump that started out the size of a dime is now the size of a nickel. I wasn't feeling all that great so I thought well maybe I am getting sick. That Friday I ended up with the flu. So that was it the answer to everything my lymph-node was swollen due to trying to fight the flu.
Or so I thought........
The flu lasted me about 4 days before I felt great again. The next week I went on like nothing happened.The lump still there but occasionally would annoy me if my arm was sitting a certain way, but still having night sweats. The following week seemed normal until Wednesday night I laid down in bed and I could not get comfortable. My right arm was KILLING ME! I thought about all my daily activities and couldn't find a reason for strain or trauma or anything. I couldn't lay on my right or left side, not on my back or my stomach nothing was comfortable. I decided this darn lump has got to be something to do with the pain. I had just gotten a shower but didn't shave because I really wasn't worried at that point in time about it so I really haven't checked the size of it. I reached up to find the source of the pain. I have never felt heat like I had that night. It was like all my body heat went straight to the spot. The spot was warm to touch and hurt like no other. I felt it again and now it was no longer the size of a nickel. It has grown to the size of a quarter. How in the world does it grow so quickly was my first thought it has to be something stupid. So I tried everything possible to keep air flow to the area and sleep semi-comfortably. By the following Wednesday it was still hurting So i made the decision I had to make a Dr's appointment no matter what it was I could not keep going on with the pain the rest of my life. So on my break at work I made an appointment, they gave it to me that Friday because with it being partially breast tissue they just have to make sure everything is done quickly.
I called my husband immediately and he said not to worry everything would be fine and that if I wanted him to go with me he would. I told him no I didn't want him to miss work. That I would be fine. Thursday went and the pain was still there I could barely type and that is what I do for a living so it was majorly affecting everything I did. I couldn't drive with my right hand with out it hurting get dressed or even pick up my three year old.
Friday morning came and I was scared of all the possibilities that could be wrong the last thing I wanted to hear that day was breast cancer. Female cancers ran in my mothers side of the family so my doctor knew this. I went into the office which felt like forever but finally got called back to the room.
I was scared alone and kicking myself for not letting my husband come with me. I knew that I wouldn't get a definite answer that day even if it was cancer because the Dr cannot see into my body.
He finally came in and reviewed the normal questions with me and then asked me of course what I am there for and I told him. So he starts to examine me and he seen the tears shoot through my eyes the minute he raised my arm and went to feel the lump. At this point in time he turned and looked immediately at the nurse and told her to write up a script for an mammogram and a sonogram and that I would need it done immediately. See this doctor would normally finish an exam before talking what to do next if he had no worries. However he did it right in the middle of the exam which goes to tell me he felt more then what I did. As I walked out of the exam room he hands me a script to go see a surgeon and wanted me to see him that day.
So I made the appointment to see the surgeon without knowing he was a surgeon. The surgeon could not tell me anything because again he could not see inside of my body. So he re-wrote my radiology script to include a CT Scan. I call the radiology office and I cannot be seen until February 21st 2013. The longest two weeks of my life! I have been in total shock since that day because I do not want to wait any longer for the results I need to know what in the world is wrong with me and get rid of the pain!
So here it is February 20th 2013 and tomorrow is the big test day all three test in one day I am going to be exhausted by the time they are finished. I am hoping that they give the results immediately to the doctor so that I do not have to wait long for them. I am okay today... a little nauseous as I have been just about everyday for the past month...no I am not pregnant because that would have just been too easy. instead I am waiting on news that would either make me or break me. So wish me luck and I will post tomorrow how testing is and then hopefully Friday with the results!
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