All I can say is I am so scared. I have been having chest pain for a year now. Since September the pain has been constant. I have it above the left breast, underneath the left breast and under my left rib cage. I have been to so many doctors to count. First we ruled out my heart, all was fine but I do have coronary artery spasm. But doctor said that wouldn't cause my pain. Went to GI doctor and he said this isn't GI related and order a CT scan done of my chest area. The test came back as me having a 2mm nodule in my left lower lung. It also found a 9mm nodule in my chest cavity (I think that's what he said) on my chest bone? not real sure, everything was a blurr. I am going for a mammogram tomorrow. Dose nodules cause pain.. I'm so scared I have cancer. Thanks for listening.
Gina
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- By gfafan72
- Posted November 3, 2008 at 8:34 pm · 6 replies
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- By Beachbabe
- Posted November 4, 2008 at 8:03 am
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First of all...breathe. Second of all...breathe. Living with pain is horrible. Living with pain and not knowing the cause will slowly drive you mad. You're on a site where we are all living with cancer. If you've read our posts, you'll see we truly are all LIVING with cancer. So, if your worst fear is that you have cancer, don't let it be...worst case, we're all here to help you through it. Best case, you find out it wasn't cancer after all.
Be well~
- By mom2acat
- Posted November 4, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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Keeping you in my prayers!
I know how scary it is to wait for results.
I have found though, that the results, even when they are not what I hoped for, are as bad as my imagination made them out to be.
- By gfafan72
- Posted November 4, 2008 at 9:06 pm
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Thanks all, I went for my mamagram today. They said the nodule in my right breast was bigger then they thought. And they found one in my left too. They don't seem to worried about the left one. But I have to have an ultrasound of the right. So the waiting begins. Sorry if I sounded like a big baby. I let my thoughts get the best of me. I will keep updating, thanks
- By Beachbabe
- Posted November 5, 2008 at 7:38 am
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Big baby? The grim reaper is breathing down all of our necks...and he's got bad breath! This is the place where you CAN air your fears...no worries :)
- By mom2acat
- Posted November 5, 2008 at 12:48 pm
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The waiting is the hardest part!
I think if a lot of these doctors knew hard that part was, we would get the results a lot sooner from all these tests.
Keeping you in my prayers for blessings of peace and good health!
- By EWB
- Posted November 5, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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Gina,
This is most certainly the place to let it out- all the stuff we're afraid of and can't say out loud to family and friends! BeachBabe really has it right-- breathe, breathe, breathe (just don't hyperventilate). Take things one at a time and try to keep your imagination from running wild (I know its easier said than done). If it becomes too much just come here and let it all go...all of us have ranted and rambled on about what ever is going on, its a good outlet.
Hope today is a good day for all
Elaine
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