Hi everyone,
Sorry for the long post but I’m freaking out!
I’m 25 (Just about to turn 26) and 12 days ago after getting out of the shower I did a breast check and straight away felt a large, weirdly shaped solid lump on my breast above my nipple (a few cms above where my areola ends). I could feel it was very obvious and prominent stood up feeling but could not feel it laying down.
The next morning I booked straight in for the Drs, had an appointment that day and the Dr examined me. She said the same thing, she could not feel it laying down. She told me that it could be a hormonal thing, and if it was it would most likely go down after my period. She told me to come back after my period if it hadn’t gone down.
My period was due in the next 5-10 days but came early. So I left it but kept an eye on the lump.
The day after my period ended I checked again and it was bigger, it seemed to have spread width ways across my boob. I booked straight back in to the doctors and asked for a different doctor for a second opinion.
The doctor laid me down first to examine me and spotted where it was straight away. I told her last time I couldn’t feel it laying down at all, and that it felt bigger. She sat me up to examine me and seemed surprised at how big it felt. She told me that she was referring me for an urgent appointment as soon as she felt the lump.
I had my appointment through the next day for exactly 2 weeks time. I have been freaking out ever since I felt the lump, but especially now I’m waiting for the appointment.
The lump has stayed the same until this morning when I felt it, and it feels like it has gone down slightly, still obviously there but now I can’t feel two things. I can feel one lump the feels like a flat pebble that is rounded, which makes me think it’s a cyst. Right next to it I can feel the 2nd lump, which is still hard, doesn’t move, has jagged edges and goes across about half of my boob width ways, it feels long.
Before it felt like one big solid lump and now it feels different, I don’t know what to think!
The lumps don’t hurt at all, but I have also had a throbby pain underneath my nipple, no inverting or discharge though, and where the bigger longer lump starts there is a very slight puckering, like a dip in the skin. I’ve also struggled with fatigue for the last few months, feeling wiped out even with enough sleep. I’ve also been having hot flushes in the evening. Also, my boobs have dropped down a cup size since january even thoigh ive lost no weight.
I’m now stressing that it is just cyst and I’ve been panicking over nothing, and that I will be wasting the clinics time! But im also still panicking that it is cancer.
I still have 10 days until my appointment, and I’m not sure what to do if the lumps keep on changing…
Can anybody share any advice or a similar experience?
Thanks for reading
Danielle x
