Driving myself nuts with my current health anxiety over breast issues. Went to my GP to get my yearly referral for mammogram (I have dense and lumpy breasts so for many years now, GP's have been sending me for yearly ultrasounds to make sure nothing hiding in there that I can't feel on self examination, a couple of years ago they changed it to mammogram instead now that I'm over 40). My GP did examination and said she could feel denseness but no lumps, but did comment on very pale pink area on the bottom of left one. I said yes it's been itching for the last week or so I think, may be a bite. So didn't think much more of that at that point, didn't run straight off and have my mammogram, but over the next few days I noticed the pink area more and became much more conscious of it. So week later went and had mammogram. It was all ok, but did show I've changed from BIRADS C to D in terms of density grading. They did ultrasound of right breast, because at time of my appointment with GP I told her I had some pain in the right one. Ultrasound showed lots of cysts but nothing to worry about. I did tell them it was my left that was concerning me more due to the rash, but they wouldn't ultrasound that one as that wasn't what GP had put on my referral form. Anyway, went back to GP for my results last week which I knew had already been reported as fine, but GP said she wants me to see Breast Specialist to work out plan of action as to how monitor my density going forward, whether I should have ultrasounds instead of mammogram or have MRI's etc. She also checked out my pink/itchy area and said she couldn't really see much in way of skin changes but it looked slightly shiny. She added that to my specialist referral. I have secured appointment with specialist next Wednesday which is good, but I'm just now so hyper conscious of my "rash" and pain I'm also getting in that side that it's driving me mad! I keep checking them every hour in the mirror. Some times when I check I think I'm just being silly and seeing things that aren't there, other times I check I go back in a spin because it really does appear to be pale pink/ a couple of tiny pore/pimple looking things, and spider veiny. I compare to other side and other side does have a spot or two and some paler spider veins, but does not have the pain and does not have the more general pinkness of the other side. I've looked at photos online of inflammatory breast cancer (yes I know I shouldn't be doing that!!) and it doesn't look anything like the worst ones, but then I come across one or two which look like next to nothing. My GP really didn't help, telling me that she's once diagnosed IBC from a tiny little change (this is the same GP who recently told me she thought my leg tingles could be MS; the same one who rang me late one night before she was going on holiday to make sure I was going for a chest CT scan as she was very worried about me - she means well, but definitely fuels my health anxiety!!). The last day or two I've even been on the downward spiral thinking my chest feels tight and I have a slight cough, so now it must have spread to my lungs!! I know I've been down similar paths before, but the thing I'm finding scary this time is that I can see a physical/ visual symptom rather than just a pain inside that I can put down to health anxiety. I know I just have to wait for the specialist's opinion next week but I also need to work out a way to get a grip in the meantime!!