I have recently found a large lump in the tissue between my breast and my armpit, it is very deep and very hard.
I went to the doctor, thinking he was going to tell me it was a cyst or maybe just an inflamed gland. I needed my mind put at rest as we have a strong history of breast cancer on my mothers side of the family, most recently my mother. He referred me to the breast clinic.
I have also been noticing a very small amount of discharge, i just thought it was normal and also i often get patches of raised or indented skin, it often has a very bizzarre texture.
My breasts are very large and although i check them regularly i often struggle to differentiate between regular tissue and irregular.
i had not noticed a lump in my breast, however when i visited the doctor yesterday regarding the lump between my breast and underarm, he discoved a lump very deep within my breast.
I am only 22 and i am very worried, i am struggling to talk to my mother about this as i do not want to worry her or remind her of the struggle she had with the disease.
Is it normal for me to be so worried, i am sure that everything will be ok, but the waiting is torture, i have only gone one day. All of a sudden two weeks is a very long time!
Hello smie11
Welcome to the forums, this must be a very worrying time for you, I’m sure the users of the site will be along to support you soon.
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June, moderator
Hello,
Of course it is normal and natural to be worried - particularly if you have a strong family history - and it is good that they are checking it out and hopefully it will be nothing.
I have a strong family history and lost my mother to breast cancer. I was diagnosed last year at the age of 33 but had lots of harmless thickenings and lumps and bumps throughout my 20s - so hopefully yours is nothing sinister but you can use this experience to ensure that they keep a close eye on you so if you were to develop cancer that it would be caught early (this is my biggest regret - I got palmed off on 3 occasions and told I was at no higher risk until I was 40 - so I believed them). I had quite large breasts too and know that it is difficult to track changes as I checked mine regularly but didn’t even notice the change until it was very advanced and I had 3 lumps in total with the biggest at almost 9cm!
9 out of 10 lumps, bumps and thickenings are benign - so hopefully you will be fine - but of COURSE you are going to worry until you get the results. Time does drag!!! Try and keep busy! Really hope it all goes well for you.
x