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I am a 34 year old married mother of two children. My oldest Ava is 5 and my youngest Finn is 1. I work as a ward manager within an oncology hospital.
At the beginning of May I experienced some pain in my right arm and as I tried to establish the location I came across a large lump deep down in my armpit. Running a busy ward and home and trying to prepare for a big brass band contest I assumed I was a bit run down and would soon have some virus.
After a few days I decided that a trip to the medical centre would be appropriate to 'rule out' anything nasty. On my second visit the GP alerted me to two breast lumps which came as quite a surprise. From here I was referred to the rapid breast clinic.
This is the point where I diagnosed myself with breast cancer which I believed had spread to my lymph nodes.
Despite many peoples attempts at reassurance I knew what this was.
There was a painful two week wait to be seen at the breast clinic. On the 18th May I saw a breast surgeon who following examination performed a mammogram and ultrasound guided biopsy on the breast and under arm lump.
I am a 34 year old married mother of two children. My oldest Ava is 5 and my youngest Finn is 1. I work as a ward manager within an oncology hospital.
At the beginning of May I experienced some pain in my right arm and as I tried to establish the location I came across a large lump deep down in my armpit. Running a busy ward and home and trying to prepare for a big brass band contest I assumed I was a bit run down and would soon have some virus.
After a few days I decided that a trip to the medical centre would be appropriate to 'rule out' anything nasty. On my second visit the GP alerted me to two breast lumps which came as quite a surprise. From here I was referred to the rapid breast clinic.
This is the point where I diagnosed myself with breast cancer which I believed had spread to my lymph nodes.
Despite many peoples attempts at reassurance I knew what this was.
There was a painful two week wait to be seen at the breast clinic. On the 18th May I saw a breast surgeon who following examination performed a mammogram and ultrasound guided biopsy on the breast and under arm lump.