Lumpy tender boob :(

[kirstynic]

So my ha is really bad at the moment and paired with depression I am not much fun at the moment.

I had a boob scare back in may, I had never really paid much attention to the feel of my boobs, but after seeing something on inflammotory bc on tv I began to worry about my tender right boob. I began to prod and feel and was scared to find it felt different to my left boob. It felt harder and thicker in the outer part and I began to grab and grabbed a large mass, paired with the tenderness and pain I felt in it I was convinced I had bc.


I went to the doctors the doctor felt and said I have lumpy boobs and sent me away he also mentioned my age 25 and that really annoyed me as things do happen all the time to young people. At the weekend I was so worried I went to the put of hours gp he did a thorough check and said it felt glandular but was not concerned tho to keep check on it. This of course fuelled my ha and Monday morning I was back at the doctors this time I saw a female doctor she said it was lumpy and hormonal. The next day I had a gynae appointment do got her to check she also said it was lumpy and glandular. I was still not convinced so booked to see a private specialist she examined my boobs and says she could feel the area I was worried about and was not concerned but would said me for a scan.... Which I would have to pay for as was private only problem was it was a 5 day wait and in 7 days I was getting married I couldn't bear all the worry so went to see another specialist the next day and had a scan there and then she was not concerned but knew a scan would help rest my mind. The guy who did it was a pioneer in breast reconstruction and knew alot about boobies the scan was all clear and I was so happy. I was told it was hormonal and glandular and to take primrose for the pain.


So 7 months on and I back where I was scared and worried about my lumpy painfull boob, my left one also seems to get pain aches and twinges but my right one is tender when pushed and still has that hardened lumpy area. My husband feels my boobs and says nothing has changed but I am scared that something has maybe even in the left boob.


I have the doctors tomorrow and seeing one who has not felt my boobs before I am scared he will be worried about my lumpy thickened boob or even find something I havent found and I will be reffered for scans and I don't know of I could cope with that already had a cc scare this month and now this. I will make it clear I don't want to be sent for a scan for reassurance only if he finds a worry thing. I am sorry for the long post I am hoping to hear from ladies who have a lumpy painful boob or just find someone who has been through something similar. Thank you for reading

[kah]

I also have a lumpy left boob, I would describe it as feeling 'fatty'. A year ago I was referred to the Breast Clinic as the same boob was leaking a bloody discharge, they did a scan and said everything was fine. The same boob has also gotten a lot bigger than the other and I have random aches and pains in it too as well as a tender area when touched. I went to see my GP last week (she specialises in womens health) and she was not worried at all.

So you see, all these things - the lumpiness, discharge, pains and size difference and my GP is still not worried. I have to go back in a month just to see if the lumpy area has gotten any bigger.

What I'm trying to say (I'm rubbish at putting things in simple terms!!!) is try not to worry, you've seen specialists and they said you're fine, you need to take their word for it (easier said than done I know).

K xxx

[kirstynic]

Thank you. See I will panick if my doctor says come back in a month I will panick if he says anything other then it's normal. I am not doing great at the moment I used to get ha attacks every few months but now it's more like every week. Normally switching between pelvic worried and boob worries. But these twinges have set my bc anxiety into full speed, touching and feeling my boobs worrying everytime I feel a pain. My underarms on both sides have been aching slightly, it's like I am obsessed with my odd right boob but now my left one is getting twinges I am worried about both. They are not agonising pains that I get more annoying throbbing I think, part from whe my right boob is touched then its like ouch and I start prodding and feeling again :(

[swgrl09]

I have sore boobs a lot. Sometimes just one, sometimes both. I always think I shouldn't either because my cycle is so regulated from the pill. but I am fine. Sometimes it is muscular too, so if I sleep a certain way my boob can be sore/tender for a while in places and for me it is just the muscles of my chest being sore. It could be that for you too.

I have smaller boobs and can feel every gland and muscle knot in them. My gyno said they were just fine. It is a pain, isn't it? I feel like having boobs makes me a ticking time bomb sometimes

[kirstynic]

Yes I just worry about what's goin on in them and having lumpy boobs or lumpy boob makes me scared too, that hard mass was there in may and caused me so much stress and worry and it's there every month so my husband says and it seems to go up and down related to my cycle but this month is has sent me into turmoil again convinced it feels different and that when I see the doctor tomorrow he won't dismiss is like doctors did in may. For once I am not angling to get a scan I just want to be told it is normal there and then.

[Jmac]

Lumpy and tender breasts at your age is common. I had the same thing in my 20s. Doctor did all kinds of tests and confirmed, as suspected, hormones and stress were to blame. Mine continued to be lumpy and tender periodically over the years - especially around my period - and only now that I'm nearing menopause, have stopped aching. The lumpiness, however hasn't stopped as that's just the way some breasts are.

I doubt very much that you've anything to worry about. it could be that worry that adds to the stress and hormonal fluctuation that may be causing it in the first place.

Try not to worry and just keep an eye on things if anything changes.

[kirstynic]

Thank you. I hope they are just as before normal hormonal lumpy breasts and that the doctor won't find anything scary. I now have a itchy spot that has appeared tonite on my chest so am worried about that normally I would just discard as a little bite but as my ha is surrounded around bc i am sure it is another symptom