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MamaM
MamaM Member Posts: 80
edited October 2014 in Just Diagnosed

I felt tired on & off before I was diagnosed however now that I went through a week of worrying- my body feels achy all over.  Is this something that most people had?  Is it just from the stress?

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  • Cookies
    Cookies Member Posts: 41
    edited October 2014

    I am so sorry you have to be part of this group - I was diagnosed last week and waiting to meet with my surgeon and oncologist.  I have some wrist and hip pain prior to my diagnosis but now they seem to ache like crazy.  My tension headaches are bad and most likely because I can't sleep.  others have told me to take a breath, wait for the information and don't forecast the worse case scenario.  I feel just like you, terrified and weepy and suddenly everything aches.  I think are minds can get the best of us.  try to take one day at a time. 

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  • hummingbirdlover
    hummingbirdlover Member Posts: 421
    edited October 2014

    Hi mama darling, there is no doubt in my mind that anxiety and stress are powerful emotions and I feel the same as you. Have I ever felt so tired? No! Because you're upset even simple things that you used to be able to do half asleep take extra effort. And every ache and pain seems like something is wrong but you just have to put one foot in front of the other and get through this part. I'm counting on what others here have said that once we're headed down the path to being better things will get easier. Waiting and wondering is torture!

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  • mdg
    mdg Member Posts: 3,571
    edited October 2014

    I had all kinds of horrible aches when I was first diagnosed....I think it was stress.  It really can wipe a person out.  This is really hard to go through and it effects everything.

     


     

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  • Lojo
    Lojo Member Posts: 303
    edited October 2014

    Yes - I had about a month between my Ob/gyn appt when my doc felt the lump and the diagnostic mammogram and then the appt with the breast specialist (after being assured by the radiologist that it was likely nothing). Even though I felt relief after the mammogram (false relief it turns out), I was still stressed out, and ended up with lots of weird aches and pains (foot, shoulder) that I then totally panicked about once I was diagnosed but before I had the whole body scans looking for metastatic disease (despite the fact that my foot issue had been a long-standing arthritis problem and I most likely hurt my shoulder lifting weights - every twinge and pain caused alarm). Once you get through any whole body diagnostics (CT / bone scan), regardless of the results, the anxiety will be less because you will be able to  formulate a plan.

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