Found lump on breast

**Silktear** · 05-23-2010 12:18 PM

I recently found a lump on my breast, am suffering with agrophobia and panic attack's and finding it hard to actually go to the doc's even though ive made two appointments, i know i must go but so scared. just wanted to air that out

so as to say it out loud.. i will make another app for this week.

**Little** · 05-23-2010 12:53 PM

Maybe you can call around for a doctor who does house calls?
They are very rare these days, but considering you have agoraphobia and (I assume) have trouble leaving the house, it would be great to know of a doctor who would come to you when necessary.
You can't really know what that lump is until you get it checked out. Even if you find a doc who does house calls, s/he probably won't be able to bring all the equipment they need to you.
Do you have a friend that you trust to go out places with you? My mother suffered from agoraphobia for many, many years, but there were a few people she could count on and manage to get out with. With time, her agoraphobia has gotten much better. I hope yours does too.

**Jacks-UP** · 07-03-2010 01:52 AM

Go to a Doctor more often than not it’s nothing but if it’s something the longer you hold off the worse it’s going to get and could spread to the other breast. I’ve done my fair share of ECGs on women that had breast cancer and 25% had both removed.

Cancer = sooner the better, some women have lost there breast solely because they didn’t act in time.