Breast cancer: What symptoms did you experience before diagnosis?

@Courtney_J I actually didn't have any symptoms! I went in for a routine check (multiple women in the family have had it or died from it) and it was the doctor who noticed a spot that looked funny. I'm almost glad it went that way and that I didn't have any of the usual signs, I think that woud have been too much for me.

I had a chest infection and if it hadn't of been for a general practitioner sending me for a ct xray on my chest then I wouldnt have known I had breast cancer as the x ray found 2 lumps in both of my breasts my right breast they could drain but unfortunately my left breast they couldnt ,I had a biopsy they sent it away and I was told I had breast cancer I could have had just the lump removed but there was a chance of it comming back so the next choice was to remove the breast and have a complete mastectomy, which I did ,I then was told that I had to have 6 weeks of radiotherapy, and after the six weeks  I was put on letrazole but that made me feel really poorly so they changed that to anastrozole every day for six weeks I had to get up early morning and travel by car 43 miles away to have my radiotherapy first I had a booster they laid me down on the machine bed put some kind of skin taped it down and measured where the radiation was going to go but they had to be reallycarefulas my lump that they removed was underneath my breast bone very close to my heart then I just laid there till they had finished at first I was very sore the oncologist gave me some cream and liquid to put on to cool it down at first I was very scared was crying but the radiographer was fabulous it was a very scary time ,before  my radiotherapy after my operation I came home with a drain put in that was really scary as I was scared in case I pulled it out they put the drain bag in a sling that I could carry and that wasnt removed till 5 weeks later I hated it now after my radiotherapy i rang a bell when it was all finished but then i was scared because i didn't t have that shoulder to lean on anymore that's when i felt tired and really drained if it hadn't of been for my family and friends i wouldnt have coped ,it still is hard i now suffer with lymphoedema and emphysema, and my PTSD low moods depression and anxiety has got worse ,i have been clear for 3 yrs but i am still scared  today  of it comming back Tigger

Hi my breast cancer was diagnosed because I had a really bad chest infection, my GP sent me for a xray on my chest, that is when my Dr called me and said I was given a appointment at the breast clinic and there I was told that I had 2 lumps in my left breast and they were under my breast bone near my heart and one lump under my right breast I decided to have a mastectomy, on my left breast and they were able to drain my right breast, I then had to have a ultrasound to check my heart and to see if I could have the op all was OK to have the op but I then found out I had a low blood flow to my heart and I was told I had angina, but I had to have 6wks of radiotherapy one booster to start and another booster at the end of my treatment I was put on hormone tablets which made me have more pain on my osteoporosis arthritis, after treatment I was told I had liver disease and lymphodema, so I was given treatment for that and I have a gauntlet sleeve for my lymphodema, but I now have emphysema and Copd, but all this and all my other illnesses has caused my ptsd traumatic trauma depression and low moods anxiety hasn't help, but since all this I have added more illnesses on top of all this, but this is some of my story of my breast cancer