For 6 months now I have been getting breast pain on and off in my right breast. I find it gets worse around two weeks before my period so I'm finally starting to accept it could be hormone related. However, I have had really bad anxiety about it since it began and I've had 3 doctors look at it, and one breast specialist after I was finally referred to the breast clinic around 6 weeks or so ago. All of the doctors told me that there is no lumps and the pain is hormonal and that the majority of my pain is actually chest wall pain as I've been diagnosed with costochondritis (inflammation of the ribs). One doctor did say he believed he could feel some fibrous breast tissue which is normal in my age (I'm 25). I also have naturally very large breasts so I do worry something could be missed.
Anyway, things were getting better for me until a few days ago when the pain started again and after a lot of poking around I've found what I believe to be a very small lump. My partner says it feels more like hard tissue but I think it feels more like a lump as it feels different to the surrounding tissue. When I push my breast up as far as possible, I can feel a hard and very painful to touch lump. When I press my breast normally, it's much harder to find but still there and it's in the place that has been hurting these last few months.
could it be a cyst or a fibroadenoma? Or is it likely to be worse? im sick with worry. I have no history of cancer in my family but I'm honestly convinced it's worse case scenario. It feels hard and somewhat moveable (I think) but it's hard to tell. It's small and I'm due on my period in just over a week and I'm wondering if it's a hormone related problem?
Thank you for reading this far x
