About 3 weeks ago during my period, I noticed a small lump in the lower quadrant of my left breast. It was about the size of a pea. A few days after my period, it definitely shrunk so I scheduled an appointment with my doctor after my next cycle to see if it grows/shrinks again.
It’s smaller than the size of a pea now. When I run my hand along my breast I can sometimes feel it. Sometimes I can’t. When I press around, it feels somewhat squishy and moveable. But if I press down firmly, it seems to feel harder and less moveable, which freaks me out. It feels completely round when I press near the surface, but again when I press more firmly it still feels round but I have trouble feeling where the bottom of it is - I’m assuming it’s deeper in the tissue. I try not to mess with it, but sometimes my anxiety gets the best of me and I end up poking around a bit too much and I can feel it gets a bit bigger. It doesn’t hurt when I touch it, but sometimes feels tender (but not always).
I go through phases of being convinced it’s nothing, and then freaking myself out and convincing myself it is. I have no history of breast cancer in my family, and I am 35 years old. I know cysts and fibroadenomas are common, and feel 90% confident that’s what it is. But the difference between the way it feels at the surface vs. deeper down freaks me out.
I 100% know no one on here can tell me what this is, but I’m just curious if anyone has experienced something similar and what it ended up being - small, round, squishy lump near the surface that is harder, somewhat immovable deeper down in the tissue.
glad you have made appointment to get checked over and well done for being vigilant 
so you don’t feel alone while you wait for your appointment 
