Hi everyone, sorry if this isn’t supposed to go here but I’m at a loss of where else I can post safely.
In a nutshell I am 26 years old and I’ve found a lump in my left breast. I’ve been to the GP and they’ve referred me to the breast clinic for the 4th.
My symptoms are:
Non moving lump in outer upper quadrant
Breast pain / tenderness where lump is
Just bigger than a pea sized fixed to breast wall
Tugging sensation in breast
When the doctor felt it, she confirmed she could feel something and called a second opinion. This doctor asked the same questions and then confirmed she felt it and her first reaction was “well you’re young” and that she’d refer me, rather than I think it’s a cyst or the fibro thing. I questioned the original doctor after if she thinks it’s a cyst and she said unlikely given it’s position and how it felt and how it doesn’t move as they’d expect a cyst to. I know this isn’t definitive, but if not a cyst, then what is it?
When she said I’m young, she said it in a lovely way, but it’s stuck in my head! Felt almost as if she was trying to rule out the ”big C” in her head. I can’t lie, I know they are supposed to hide it, but they did have a small look of concern. They didn’t just refer me ”just in case” it was straight away they said they’d refer me.
I know I shouldn’t turn to Google, but obviously I did, and worse case scenario doesn’t present with pain, but the position and shape does and it’s just made me more worried.
Also something strange I’ve noticed, my 2 nearly 3 year old still breastfeeds occasionally and she prefers the right side and occasionally ignores the left completely, is this another sign or just coincidence?
I guess my main question is, has anyone been in this position? If so how did your lump feel? Where was it based? Was it painful? Do you have any advice? How do you cope with the wait?
I am trying not to panic , but the 4th feels so far away and the internet literally just gives me “I felt a lump” no further real life stories and it doesn’t help ease my worries.
Thanks in advance xx