Mammogram and ultrasound - convinced it’s cancer

[kristinelorraine]

YAY! I'm so happy for you! This is indeed a best news ever! Have a great weekend, relax and enjoy your good, excellent health

 

[Doug97]

Great news, congrats!

What have you learned from this experience?

 

[Phillies Phan]

Great news, congrats!

What have you learned from this experience?

That it’s normal to freak the f*ck out in a situation like that! That’s not HA when there is a real chance of disease and you’re about to learn whether your life is about to get turned upside down.

 

[Doug97]

Oh dear. I was hoping SB would say that she'd learned not to jump to conclusions next time ...

 

[Phillies Phan]

Oh dear. I was hoping SB would say that she'd learned not to jump to conclusions next time ...

Maybe she will. That’s just my HA infused brain

 

[Doug97]

So many threads on here of people going for test after test. And so far I've not seen ONE that's turned up anything deadly.

 

[AriaRen]

So many threads on here of people going for test after test. And so far I've not seen ONE that's turned up anything deadly.

Let's just keep this as a happy post

 

[Doug97]

Yes, that's what I'm trying to say - it's all good!

 

[jesslynnecooke]

This is great news, I am SO happy for you!!!

 

[SB2017]

Great news, congrats!

What have you learned from this experience?

i sort of look at this situation separate from my health anxiety. This wasn’t just “I have a headache, maybe it’s brain cancer”. When actual doctors are telling you that there’s a chance you have cancer, it’s very very hard to think logically. I definitely shouldn’t have planned my death and mapped out how my life would be without getting the facts. This was the first time anything was ever actually found, but breast cancer is a scary thing, for women of all ages and it was a very real possibility that scared me to death. If anything, it might’ve put my other fears into perspective since this was the closest I ever got to the possibility of a horrible diagnosis. Maybe I won’t freak out over every little pain or twitch now

 

[bin_tenn]

i sort of look at this situation separate from my health anxiety. This wasn’t just “I have a headache, maybe it’s brain cancer”. When actual doctors are telling you that there’s a chance you have cancer, it’s very very hard to think logically. I definitely shouldn’t have planned my death and mapped out how my life would be without getting the facts. This was the first time anything was ever actually found, but breast cancer is a scary thing, for women of all ages and it was a very real possibility that scared me to death. If anything, it might’ve put my other fears into perspective since this was the closest I ever got to the possibility of a horrible diagnosis. Maybe I won’t freak out over every little pain or twitch now

I don't know how common this is, but I personally know exactly what you mean. Been there. When I had the AFib episode in 2016. Sure, it wasn't the worst thing possible, but it's still a very real risk for anyone because it can lead to stroke. I also think it helped me, overall, to be more accepting of and comfortable with what I used to worry so much about, like palpitations. They do still cause me some anxiety occasionally, but nothing like they used to. And I think that AFib episode had a direct role in that.

 

[mollyfin]

I see your point, but even with potential bad diagnoses, and ACTUAL bad diagnoses, people without HA don't tend to immediately leap to a worst-case scenario, obsess over it every second, etc. I've known people with actual terminal diagnoses. They generally don't take it like we do. Even in these situations we have work to do.

 

[Doug97]

Maybe I won’t freak out over every little pain or twitch now

That's great to hear!