Hi everyone, just looking for a bit of advice and reassurance I think. I was in the sunbed about a month ago & found this large squishy lump in my right breast but never really thought much of it, put it down to maybe being due to get a period as hadn’t had one in a few months (I am on the mini pill so common for me to go a few months without getting a period but presumed it may be a ‘bad one’ since it had been a while). I am almost 25 have 2 kids, my grandmother (my mums mum) has had breast cancer twice. So fast forward to Saturday and I went for another sunbed (I go for 1 or 2 a month to help clear up my psoriasis, it seems to help) and I felt it again. I have noticed over the last 6 weeks or so an occasional dull ache in my right boob but again brushed it off. My boobs have usually always been symmetrical but now the right one seems to look slightly swollen compared to the left one and I can squeeze the left one and it feels normal but the right one just seems a bit off if that makes sense and just hasn’t seemed normal for a few weeks now. I haven’t been worried I know it’s probably nothing and then you think you are too young to have cancer and it’s not a solid lump so I’ve been presuming it’s probably a cyst or something however I now know that isn’t always the case and no one really ever thinks it will happen to them. I was surprised to read that breast cancer isn’t always just a typical lump. It opened my eyes to how naive I am about breast cancer. I’m not the type to jump to conclusions and start freaking out thinking I have cancer but the more stories I read I realise it’s one of they things that tend to creep up when you least expect it. I feel I need to be prepared just incase but I’m not going to over worry until I see the doctor on Wednesday, hopefully it is nothing but this scare has definitely opened my eyes to realise I need to start paying attention to my body more and check myself regularly. I just wanted to know if anyone else had similar symptoms to me and what was the outcome? Many thanks x
Hi Katie,
well done, you are doing all the right things. As you rightly say, this is fairly common but does need to be checked out.
On this forum, there are many women with your symptoms, which normally turn out to nothing to worry about.
It is normal practice for your dr to refer to the breast clinic, as only the clinic can give you the all clear, so please don’t worry about being referred.
You are absolutely right to not waste time & energy worrying about it, you are doing what you need to, to get it resolved.
ann x
Hi Ann, thank you for your reply. I went to the doctors yesterday expecting them to put my mind at rest and say it was probably nothing but I wasn’t expecting this. My GP seemed quite concerned due to family history, weightloss and the lump which she said is about 1.3 - 1.5 cm so has done an urgent referral to the breast clinic. I have had a really bad year and have lost 4 stone in weight and been really tired at times but I put it down to stress, had been at docs a few months ago to get some blood tests as they thought it could have been a calcium deficiency but all results came back normal. I was not aware of any lump at that point and never regularly checked which now I realise is so stupid & I didn’t connect the two until the doctor mentioned it. So now I have allsorts buzzing through my brain thinking what if I have had something sinister this whole time and have not known which could possibly explain a lot of the symptoms that Ive just presumed were stress related and it’s too late - I know this sounds very dramatic and as I’m reading this back I feel silly but my mind is just on overdrive. It makes me feel sick everytime I think about it and can’t stop thinking about my little boys and I just have such a bad feeling that I can’t shake. I am trying my best to put it to the back of my mind but im a bit of a nervous wreck at the moment x