2006-11-30 01:45:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I can understand how you feel. I found a lump in March this year and it was, unfortunately cancer. Now don't panic, I'm still here and I am sure your mum will be too.
Firstly, your mum needs to go to the docs to get it checked out.
deal with that first.
Secondly, if it is suspicious, your mum will have to go to hospital to get it diagnosed. There are several things she will have done. First, a Mammogram, uncomfortable but not unbearable, second an ultra sound scan, no prob. lastly, a biopsy if they think it's needed. They freeze you so you can't feel anything then take a small section for testing.
Next, the results of the biopsy etc. The doctor will tell your mum if they think it is a nasty or not. If it isnt, she may have to have a lumpectomy, which is one/two days in hospital where they remove the lump. If it is, then they will talk to your mum and discuss options. I had a mastectomy of the left breast. I was in hospital for 5 days and i am the biggest coward going, but i got through it. Mine was 75mm (3 inches) and grade 3, which is a big nasty it was also in 2 out of 3 of my lymph nodes which i also had removed. I had chemo, which is most unpleasant. I lost my hair, was very nauseous, but i got through it. Count down, it's easier. I then had radio therapy which was a doddle. I burned afterwards but it settled down in a week or two. I am now on tablets for 5 years, but i am alive. I do anything and everything i want to do and apart from being minus a breast and my hair growing back curly, no different.
Most women survive breast cancer but the main thing is get it checked out NOW. Be strong for your mum and help her. Let her shout at you and lose her temper, cos she will. It's nothing you have done, it's just the disease.
I wish you and your mum luck and feel free to email me if you need any support.
2006-11-30 02:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by tradcobdriver 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stay calm, and STRONG. The last thing you want is to scare your mum too. FIRST, Take her and go to a good doctor and get it checked. It could just be a cyst. If the doctor says otherwise, you might want to back it up by checking with another doctor, just in case.
If it is cancer, YOU are the person who must keep your mum strong. In this age and century, wonderful and effective therapies like Chemo are available. She will be fine as long as you keep by her side and keep her strong, as well as yourself. Calm down.
But that is the worse case scenario. Whatever you do, stay calm and Pray. Get a check up appointment scheduled soon.
GoodLuck and God Bless.
2006-11-30 09:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by Yvonne Mystic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Convince your mum to go to the doctor. Even if it is breast cancer getting it early will help. A friend of mine found a lump on her breast 10 years ago and I brought her to the doctor. The next day she had a mastectomy and then chemotherapy and she is still running around the place!! My sister had 2 lumps removed that were not cancer. So please have her checked
2006-12-03 05:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by traceylill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh huny, I know exactly how you feel. My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer 4 years ago, had a mastectomy and chemo and then stopped treatment then was diagnosed again 5 months ago but she has been given the new drug herceptin and is now on the road to recovery. If god forbid you mum has got cancer you have to be strong 4 her. Many times i had to walk out of the room then my mum didnt see me upset. if you need any more help or advice please just "ask". love n best wishes.xx
2006-11-30 17:54:38 · answer #4 · answered by lucy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mum is going through this now. She needs to go to the dr, they will do a test on the lump, Maybe just a cyst, in which case there is nothing to worry about. I would go with this course of action before worrying about any thing else.
Good luck and try not to worry.
2006-11-30 09:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Im sorry to hear that. You mum should go the doctor for a check up, hopefully it will be just a fat lump and nothing to worry about. Good luck
2006-11-30 09:53:38 · answer #6 · answered by CrayzeeKat 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
please urge her to get this lump checked out, it may be something small like tissue build up under the skin OR it could be something far worse which needs looking into and being treated..i know its scary but its far scarier if its untreated & develops into something more. Go to the Doctor & be healthy. Im very sorry to hear about your dad. X
2006-12-03 11:38:00 · answer #7 · answered by Kerry A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a (man) in my 50s and i don't know what to say to you to make you feel better about this , but what I would like to say is . Be very carefull of what people will say to you on this site, some will try to be sympathetic, and helpful and others!!! well, I think you will be inelegant enough to know what I'm getting at. Really the only thing I can think of is. Talk to your Mum,get her to talk to you, don't hide your feelings And above all ! support each other. You be there when she needs you and she will be there when you need her. I don't even know if I have said this properly I'm just typing what I'm thinking. If by chance you do need to get something off your mind mail me and blow off some steam.
2006-11-30 10:16:09 · answer #8 · answered by El Lobo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get her to the Dr's n get it checked out, more often than not its a harmless cyst, but the earlier she gets it checked the better her chances will be.
Best of luck to you both, my thoughts will be with you.
2006-11-30 11:30:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh hunny, I am so sorry for you. It must be really hard for you. If you're really upset, call the Samaritans or call a friend. Have a gud old moan and get it all out.
2006-12-01 08:00:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋