Hi all, I’m kinda panicking right now, I am 26 years old and very thin so breast exams make me spiral because of all the “lumps” I can feel, ribs and cartilage and little things. I’ve always scheduled breast exams by my GP since I was 19 (same age I started posting about breast anxiety stuff) and she knows my anxiety and never found anything concerning.

However this time she told me she found a cyst on my left and right breasts, which I am shocked by because she’s never pointed them out before? She explained they’re extremely common and I am closer to my period… I do self exams regularly and have never felt them ever.

She usually sends me for imagine if there’s something I’m worried about but didn’t bother this time. I’m glad she felt them and wasn’t concerned but I’m not sure when they popped up and why I have them…she warned me my ovary’s would come back with cysts on imagine (I went in because of horrible cramps) and they came back clean, so I guess I expected my breast results to do the same.