How to know if I'm "cancer-free"?

[Anonymous]

I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I have these sympthoms that when I google them, they all say it could be cancer. It shouldn't be nothing, but it kinds of scare me because cancer is very predominant in my mom's side. (Especially breast cancer). I know only 5% of the breast cancer cases occur to women around my age (+20), but I'm curious to know if I'm cancer free. How can I know this? I mean, is there any "test", or should I go directly oncologist? Thank you.

[Anonymous]

You should never google a symptom. Ever. I use to do that and it made me so damn paranoid that I started having anxiety attacks over my health. It caused me to become so scared and stressed. If you google something like a minor bruise, it could come up as blood clots, etc. Something that's so minor will become something so huge on a google symptom checker. If you feel you have something wrong with you, then the best thing to do is just go see your doctor. As for breasts go, this was one thing that I freaked out about as well. I one day felt knots in my breast, and I immediately rushed to the doctor, they checked me and nothing was wrong. I was simply feeling the glands, etc. To check yourself, you could put your arm in the air and place it behind your head, with the other hand, rub around your breasts in circles, seeing if you feel any abnormal shaped knots. Remember, if you feel something, it could just be one of your glands within it. At your age, its really truly rare to get breast cancer. There are other ways to get your breasts checked such as a mammogram but they typically don't want young females using that machine until older. If you go to the doctor, they will probably make you lay down and feel them themselves. You're probably stressing for nothing :)

[Nomad93]

Get a mammogram done at the doctors office or in a clinic that does the testings. In the future just about anything you say on google says cancer honestly.3 of my grandparents had cancer and my mom did too so I feel like cancer might be in my future but even if I do get it whatever I will smoke a lot of pot and they won't be able to do anything about it and I will sell all my shit and go on trips all over blowing it all possibly even using credit cards I don't have any next of kin lol

[e_90blitzz]

Hi there, Nurse here,
For starters, you can always check the breasts if there'a any changes ( discharge on nipples, lumps on the side of the breasts, appearance). Now if you do notice some changes, go check in with the Oncologist. Better to catch it early than later :)

[jmmmfi]

well there are these one groups of people you could talk to, I believe there called doctors.