For context: I am a (nearly) 23-year-old student who lives down in the south of England with my doctors is up north where my university is based, so I am going to be contacting my GP by the NHS app. My maternal grandmother had breast cancer in her 40's (stage 2 when found) and then got a terminal diagnosis a few years ago in her sixties after it returned and my maternal great-aunt had ovarian cancer in her early 60's and died of it in her 70's. My paternal great-aunt had breast cancer in her 60's too. So, I have a heightened awareness of breast cancer, particularly as I cared for my grandmother in her final stages.
2 years ago I went for a private ultrasound of my breasts and the consultant doing the ultrasound said I have lumpy and thickened tissue but that they are fibroadenomas and sent me on my way. I don't think those findings were sent to my NHS GP (on the NHS app). There was a sharp needle-like poking stabbing pain in my right breast a few days ago and today, but the pain went. On my inner left breast towards my sternum, the breast tissue seems to have thickened further. I have been aware of performing breast self-exam since I was around 17/18, but changes are hard to detect with already very lumpy and thickened breast tissue.
I want to go to my NHS GP but I am nervous about being too paranoid and potentially wasting GP time. I find it incredibly difficult to detect changes in my breasts because of just how lumpy they are and I don't want to be dismissed by the GP because of my age. Any advice or help would be appreciated.
