mktropeano
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- 5y
maddiepop28maddiepop28
- Date posted
- 5y
Hey I’m 17 too and I had a cyst that I thought was breast cancer. I would not stop checking or looking up things on the internet which doesn’t help. Just know that your doctor has a lot more experience then certain online blogs and if they thought it was more serious there would have been more of a rush to do a biopsy. Doctors just like certainty and proving that something is benign is usually what they want. Barely anyone under the age of 30 has had breast cancer and since your growing, benign changes will occur. Everyone experiences them. Try to do something you enjoy and just stick to your normal routine!
mktropeanomktropeano
- Date posted
- 5y
they thought mine was a cyst at first too but after an ultrasound they saw it was a solid mass. i had such a bad panic attack that i passed out in the office and dry heaved then the doctor told me about the biopsy. but i’ve had this lump for about 3-4 months so i would think that if it was anything concerning i would know by now just from other side effects? idk i have all the symptoms of fibroadenomas but my ocd is just telling me it’s cancer even though i’m only 17
maddiepop28maddiepop28
- Date posted
- 5y
@mktropeano Exactly! If doctors think it’s serious they are going to want to do something right away. They’re not going to make any patient suspected to have cancer to wait this long. I know doctors appointments are scary, and even people with ocd get anxious over nothing. I’ve had 2 ultrasounds for my heart that scared me shitless to make sure nothing was structurally wrong with my heart even though doctors were 99% sure there wasn’t!? And guess what! They were right. It’s just precaution. Try and watch something you enjoy or maybe drawing. This will be over so soon! And you might even get to miss school :)
mktropeanomktropeano
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- 5y
@maddiepop28 thank you so much it really means a lot. it’s nice to know that i’m not just crazy and other people our age deal with stuff like this too!! thank you so so much
MM
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- 5y
One thing I can tell you is to STAY OFF OF THE INTERENT and do not go down the block hole that is webmd. It is so much easier said than done, but you just have to tell yourself that you cannot worry now, unless you are given a reason to be worried. If you stress yourself out now and it turns out to be something more serious, then you have essentially gone through the anxiety twice. Sending love and light to you and keep us posted ❤️
Lark G.Lark G.
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- 5y
Agree! From someone who had this the easiest but worst thing you end up doing is looking it up online. Do not do this. I know it’s hard but that’s how I was able to break free. Now I suffer with contamination which is a different story.
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