Monday, 10 October 2011

Breast Cancer at 34 How it all started

THIS STARTED IN August 2011 
I AM 34 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE A RARE BREAST CANCER 
It was just any other day but when getting dressed I noticed that my right breast was swollen and a little red, I thought I must go see the doctor and booked in to see her in a couple of days, the day I went in was like any other day and the the doctor said " oh yes it looks like and infection this sometimes happens when the milk duct get blocked or dirt gets in your nipples" 


That right there should have been a warning sign I hadn't breast feed for nearly 3.5 years and couldn't see how dirt would get in my nipple ? But hey that's what you go to the Doctors for yeah. 
I did also go tot a female doctor for this reason stupidly thinking that they would "care more" how very wrong I was.


After the antibiotics I didn't notice straight away that the symptoms were not going away, when I did I booked in and went to see her again, this time when she said that its just some residual I was concerned and queried if I should get a mammogram ? Her statement to me was " you are too young for anything like that and its not required till 55 and if under that you will need to pay" so I took that to mean that there isnt anything too serious to worry about and that "she is the doctor " 
How wrong could I have been the double dose of antibiotics that she gave me for the residual I started that day and within 6 days it still had not gone down so I booked in to go see her again, this time when I went in she still didn't do any sort of examination just wasted her time putting gloves on and touched the area well i could have told her it was hot !


She then said she was going to "send me to the hospital for an abscess and they will need to drain it" she said. 
I thank the doctor at the hospital for being so caring to send me to get an ultrasound and mammogram & biopsy that was required to find out that I have Breast Cancer. 

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