OT: Please, help me..I need your support.

[brokenspirit]

I haven't been posting much lately..just been taking a breather & taking it upon myself to distance myself but I had to talk to someone..
I don't like to advertise my personal life but I feel like I should right now.. Usually I prefer to keep to myself issues of this manner but I really need some support right now..I am terrified!!
I am finding this very difficult..so please bear with me, please do not view this as some plea for pity, this is a very real issue for me..

There are a great deal of things I have been dealing with right now..and I have been so very stressed... but one thing really has me unable to even sleep right now...

About 2 years ago my skin on my knees & elbows broke out into a rather red- pink flaky skin type rash..at times it gets better but nothing seems to help..and now it has spread..It has also become painful lately...Also, around the same time, I developed a red/pink rash type thing on my breasts... with time & lots of care the rash went away, but not before having a lump that had formed on the outside of my breats lanced to drain..that was 2 years ago.. The lumps have come back, but this time they are accompanied with the same skin stuff on my elbows...except they seem to be a bit less dry & more scaly...

This is really hard for me...I am very scared..
My mother, who is a CNA ( nurse assistant) , saw them and made me make an appointment for tomorrow, and she is paying, her reaction is really worrying me, she never freaks out about anything...
I looked up on the net & both look similar to something very scary for me to even think of...
I lost my father to it, my uncle, my aunt, and every female in my family has had it in one form or another...
Dear God...please do not let it be cancer...

I find out tomorrow but I can;t sleep for fear...Thank you for letting me vent..

[yenn]

Hey. I don't really know that much about cancer, but the lumps and scaliness could be psoriasis which is easily treatable, or it could be an auto-immune reaction to stress. Try not to fret too much until you know what is happening. My thoughts are with you, good luck and take care. x

[swiftette]

I'm sure you'll be fine ![img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]That does soundlike psoriasis or excema. And if you've had the bumps lanced-that does'nt sound like it could be cancer to me. I'm gald you're getting it checked today though.

[trinity_13]

I agree with Yenn and Swiftette that it does sound like psoriasis. My thoughts are with you and i hope everything goes ok

[Galadriel]

I agree the first
thing I thought about was excema or some sort of skin reaction. I
really hope it goes good. I had to deal with an issue sort of like this
just a month ago myself, it was just a fibroadenoma type cyst thing.
The thing about it starting on your knees and elbows sounds odd, like
that doesn't sound like cancer, but just like some skin thing.</font></span>

[mitch04133]

I agree with everyone, it does sound like psoriasis. But I know how scared you are, and please try not to worry. My found a small pea sized lump on my right breast last week. It is hard, and does not easily move around. I have my doctors appoitment this Friday, and all I can think about is the worse. So I know exactly what you are going through right now. Like yours, I am sure my is nothing but a cyst, but its human nature to think the worst. Please don't worry until you go to the doctorsand find out whats really going on. PM me if you want to talk, I know its hard, but I promise you will make it throught this.


Michele

[SimplyMe]

I thought of skin stuff right away too. I had on my wrist something very similar last year and it wouldn't go away no matter what lotion etc I used so after a few mos I went to the doctor and got perscription ointment and it went away. He called it dermatitis, said soemthing had irritated it but the other wrist was fine and I hadn't done anything different (like soaps or detergents) so it may be similar for you. I am sorry you are going thru this. it is so stressful and worrisome when ever somet hing is not how is should be w/ your body. Please let us know how the doctor appt. goes!

[bexcelica]

yea i agree as well, it sounds like exsema... my friend lisa has exema
(spelling) really bad, and her hands get all red and scaly. the lumps
could just be sists. i have lumpy breasts sometmes, i went to the doc
and she said it was just a sist. so dont worry, thats very common. good
luck at the doctor ill be thinking of you

[Galadriel]

Just wonderin how your doin brokenspirit! I hope it turned out well.

[christi0126]

I know that you are scared but please know that we are all thinking of you and hope that all goes well at your doctors appointment. Please keep us posted on the outcome.


Christine

[bexcelica]

What are Excema Skins Symptoms


What ever causes your Excema, it leads to itching and redness, and may make the skin dry and flaky. Sometimes, itchy blisters form. When these burst, or when scratching damages the skin, the surface may be left moist and crusty.





An individual with plaque psoriasis usually has patches of red, raised, scaly areas on the skin that may itch or burn.The patches are usually found on the knees, elbows, trunk, or scalp. Approximately, 9 out of 10 people with psoriasis have plaque psoriasis.





looks gross, sorry guys, but just wanted to post some stuff about excema and poraisis.