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Nadi
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9 years ago

Minor accident leaves me worried

Hi all. Two and a half weeks ago I had a fall. I was actually trying to catch my elderly Dad who was falling and ended up on the ground myself. No broken bones but I hurt both knees, right wrist and shoulder. The shoulder injury is bothersome and kind of a re-injury as I had a full thickness tear of the rotator cuff last year (after another - this time spectacular with an olympic rating of 10 out of 10 - fall). So I have had to give walking on my elliptical a break because of my knees and am now restricted in my arm movements because of my shoulder which makes dressing myself and washing/brushing my hair a challenge.

Three days ago I was massaging all round my shoulder and then I happened to touch my armpit. I nearly jumped out of my skin from a painful spot. Not completely sure if it is a lymph or not although there is a small lump like a usual lymph. Anyway it is very sore to touch but I don't notice it when I don't touch it. I wonder whether it could be related to the shoulder injury.

I mentioned it to hubby who suggested I go see a doctor which I really do not want to do. I have lost confidence in both my oncologist and my GP which is really sad, and I just don't want to rock up with yet another thing wrong with me. And yet I was thinking about it all last night and didn't get much sleep.

I have a referral for an ultrasound and mammogram for October which is my 1 year cancerversary. Part of me thinks maybe I should just go get that done now so I don't worry. Another part of me says the chance of it being anything sinister is really low so I should just wait to see if it improves - afterall it has only been noticeably sore for 3 days.

To reassure me, I was just wondering if others have heard the saying "if your breast (or lymphs) are sore it means that it isn't cancer?"

Decisions are really difficult for me at the moment. Any advice would be appreciated.

Nadine

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