Hi all,

So, as a man, I have never had my breasts commented on until 2 weeks ago when my GP told me he’d like to make an urgent referral to a breast clinic to have them rule out anything sinister.

I’d been sat in work listening to my boss drone on when I noticed a pain in my chest (or breast, as it’s now being talked about!). Had a look in the evening and saw a redness and swelling. It all felt a bit sore and unusual so went to GP the next day like the modern man I am. He took one look and said ‘mastits - men can get that too - you’ve an infection’ Gave me antibiotics and said come back in one week. I went back in one week. He said ‘I think it’s better but I want to rule out cancer so I’m going to refer you to a clinic’

One week on, my appointment is tomorrow. I’m guessing it’s all alright and they’re just being safe.  I’m a 38 year old who didn’t even realise he had breasts until a week ago.

Could somebody tell me it’s all going to be alright please?  Excuse the flippancy, it probably sounds like I’m taking the *** but I’m not really. Kind of scary.

Barny