Just need some calming down..breast skin issue

[Maddy 19]

Hi everyone,

I suffer psoriasis all over my body and have flare ups. Lately I have gotten it on my breasts. I had my yearly check with the doc and all bloods etc are all good. I had mammo 10 months ago and all good and CT of the rest of my body a few weeks back due to a fall and all good. I have visited my doc twice about the pain I am having with the psoriasis and she has given me cream. I am freaking out about pagets (sp) and inflammatory cancer. She said I have none of these things and what I have doesn't look anything like these things and not to worry. Aside from being a GP she is also a pallaitive care doctor so assume she knows her stuff. She examined me again feeling for any issues (twice now) but I can't get it out of my head that she is misdiagnosing me. Why can't I trust her, she has never let me down before but I am thinking there is always that one time...I daren't google because I just daren't...my head is spinning with the what ifs ......

[Maddy 19]

Anyone?

[Leah1976 301]

oh deer.....we are just the same way just worrying about different things. If your GP thought it was something serious, she would have sent you for more tests or to see a specialist. We NEED to learn how to trust our doctors..... in this case what would make you feel better? see a gynecologist about it? get testing? seriously though, you don't need any of this. You just have anxiety and need to address it with therapy, meds, whatever is best for you. We are on the same boat. I worry about my GP being wrong as well..... but we need to let it go and tell to ourselves is our anxious mind talking not our true self. Our true self knows already we are fine. Don't let the anxious side of you ruin your life. HA is exhausting.... you are ok! Hang in there!

[Maddy 19]

Thanks Leah really appreciate a reply....it would be a dermatologist I guess if I was to see someone or a breast person...I don't know really.  The cream isn't working that great but is helping a little. I do feel like getting another opinion but I think that is my anxious mind overthinking. I have made an appointment to go back next week  so I will just have to be patient and wait till then as I can't keep running to her every other few days. Thank you again for your message.

[Leah1976 301]

Thats good.... give it a week to heal... by the time your next appointment comes it may be better! hang in there!

[Angelica Schuyler 217]

Hey, @Maddy. I went through a breast skin scare that lasted about four months. I was examined by, like, three or four doctors; had a mammogram and an ultrasound; begged my dermatologist for a biopsy; and still wasn't happy until I had a breast MRI (which, thankfully, was an annual exam that I was scheduled for). Everything came back clean; none of my doctors had been concerned. 

It's so easy to panic about the deadliest of breast diseases, but they are SO RARE. You've had scans, were given the all-clear from a doctor you trust, and have a medication that is working, if not as quickly as you'd like. When your brain starts running away with you, focus on the facts that you have that things are ok. Write down fears and questions for your doctor when you see her next week. Bring them all up with her. She's there to help and ease your mind. 

[Maddy 19]

Thanks guys...still so very scared about this...trying not to google it is so hard. She knows I am an anxious person and has helped me heaps with my anxiety but I am still thinking she not telling me as it is because she doesn't want me anxious. I have a feeling I won't settle until I have had further testing and then I will be even worse...grr to be normal...

[Iugrad91 501]

Not telling you something because of your anxiety would be completely unethical to do and a good doctor would never ever do that.

DO NOT GOOGLE. Nothing good can come of that.

i don’t know specifically about psoriasis but I know simple rashes can be caused/made worse by anxiety.