Symptoms before being diagnosed

I am so sorry that you are worried. To be honest, there are no specific set of symptoms that signal breast cancer. Some find palpable lumps, some don’t. Aside from that, breast cancer presents with few, and often, non-specific symptoms. What you describe could be any number of things, the vast majority of which would not be breast cancer. Breast cancer can only be diagnosed with imaging and then a biopsy if imaging supports that.

Since bc often presents with few or no symptoms (that’s why you find little when googling), please make a doctor’s appointment to address your concerns. I understand that this can be stressful so please make that appointment as only a doctor can work with you to find out why you are experiencing symptoms. Take care

Hi @ovarianwarrior90 and I’m so sorry … I read your other posts and realize you are newly diagnosed! It’s such a blindside for most of us.

One thing I noticed in the months before my diagnosis was new and unexplained crushing fatigue … I called it “falling off an energy cliff” … it wasn’t every day but I wouldn’t see it coming and suddenly I would feel so drained, without any energy in my body and it would take hours to revive. I would try eating and hydrating my way out of it, but that didn’t seem to help. Or I’d wake up like that and feel like a sloth for half the day. It was so weird, unlike any fatigue I had ever had before. I went to my primary care doctor and explained how I was feeling (fatigue and other things) and she suggested it could all be attributed to anxiety. That was incredibly dismissive and upsetting! But anyway, once I realized I had cancer, it made sense to me.

I know I probably was having a variety of things that go with perimenopause too. I was 49 years old. It’s probably impossible to say what was definitely from the cancer and what is from hormones. And now I’ll never know what’s what being on hormone treatment. I’m glad you figured this out! And it sounds like it’s not your first rodeo. I know little about Triple Negative … I hope all goes well 😊

Hello. I am scared .This used to be JCP but I can't remember if I changed name I went by. Maybe momboy1 . Anyway , I've been through many different things recently including br ca 2005 and chemo and rads then. Well tonight I get out of shower and the rt breast ( one I had it in) has tla couple of small idk reddish brown dots under nipple. As of that wasn't enough it appears wrinkled more than around areola more than other side. I'm so afraid. Iost my husband three years ago and my sister one yr younger than me last year, not to mention an upheaval of family issues that have hurt me to my core. The right breast also feels a little sore not bad or sharp. I tried to see if I had a lump there but then got scared but I did a quick check and didn't feel it. I probably didn't go deep enough or thorough enough. I really have very little support rn with life and I'm so scared. I read Dr Google about inflammatory br ca and all. Amy suggestions ?! I'll call my Dr office tomorrow but idk if they will get me in until next week. My Dr I've had for 15 years retired so it's new but with the same oncology group . Pls help .