Hanging on to Hope.
Hello everyone, I am here to tell my story, and I am here to get support, opinions, prayers, and maybe some answers. My name is Millie, I am 35 years old, and I have a wonderful and beautiful 8 year old daughter that needs me. In October 2028 the Dr's decided to perform a partial hysterectomy. We'll years passed and everything was fine without any problems. Until I say March of 2024. I woke up one morning got up , went to get dressed and noticed my breast were swollen, tender, and sore. I chalked it up as my hormones was going crazy,then it all slapped me in the face at once, wait since I started my period when I was 12 my reast never once hurt at all ever during that time of month, nor did they ever hurt at all, even when I was pregnant. We'll the sorness,tenderness, and swelling went away until July 2024. This is when I started worrying something was going on,because it started happening 2 to 3 times a month, during the month of July I noticed something odd, I noticed I went from a A bra size to a B bra size. I chalked that as my weight was good at the time and they were getting bigger with the bigger I got. We'll in Oct 2024 I started noticing the obvious. I was losing weight. Of course I am 5 foot 1 inches tall and in October 2024. I weighted 149. At the end of October I was 143.. Mind everyone I wasn't dieting, changing my food habits, stressing, nor exercising. So why was I dropping a little bit of weight. I finally said to myself your fine nothing is wrong. Until February 21st 2025 , I noticed my new jeans were getting baggy, my face getting smaller, and my breasts were still growing. So I decided to weigh myself once again this time I was super shocked to what I seen on that scale. It said 120 pounds. My weight was dropping and it was dropping very unexpectedly. Later Feb 21st 2025 that night I decided to do a self breast exam, I found a large lump in the upper part of my left breast and multiple small lumps all over the rest of my breast. I packed my backpack and headed to the ER.. While I trying to stay calm and not fall apart in front of my child the dr walks in and of course ask all the questions, then performs the breast exam. She looks at me and ask me the obvious questions do you have a period, does your family have a history of breast cancer, and some more, but I couldn't answer any of them because I was adopted at birth. She said both breast were full of lumps, and that I need to get to primary care to get a ultrasound and a mammogram. I was waiting for the discharge papers and they weren't coming fast enough. But she diagnosed me with a mass on breast with unspecified laterality. Another issue I'm having I forgot to discuss with what's going on is I have noticed it's sometimes harder to breathe, it's sometimes difficult to swallow, and oddly I noticed my hands and arms are starting to swell, my hands and feet go numb, and tingle, and my blood pressure has started to get to like 160/104 170/115 190/110 everyday
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Hello Millie, welcome to our forum and we thank you for sharing your story. Here you will be greeted with warmth, support and varied experiences. What you're describing could be many possibilities.
Regarding your sensations, you may find the following link of some interest.
You are apparently a courageous young woman and mom. Please hang onto that in spite of the present challenges you may be facing. Here we are an abundance of hope and light for those in need. We offer you our blessings so that you may continue to thrive during your medical workup. When we choose hope, anything is possible.
Please come back to us to let us know how things are going. Take only baby steps. Get extra rest and eat clean as much as you can. Gentle hugs are sent to you. Best wishes
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