Hello, so it's been a very hard day today. To be quite honest, I just need a bit of support, reassurance and comfort.

I began having periods again recently after a year of not having them. My breast were tender as they normally are on my period, but as I felt them, I noticed one felt absolutely fine, but the other was really really hard - like absolutely rock solid. I was very alarmed to realise a large area of breast felt rock solid, and basically like a giant mass!

 I have small breasts as it is, my right breast is very soft yet my left breast basically feels like underneath it's just a load of rock solid mass. TMI, but if I grab it to try to 'squash it' I can sort of made out this giant lump, it does kind of have a shape - like a ball or something - but it's impossible to squash it because it's just too hard. 

I went to the walk in centre and she pretty much immediately said 'yes I can feel something there' and then started talking about scans. At this point, I had a panic attack. Then a breast surgeon examined me. He did a brief examination and didn't seem to be overly worried - saying it could be monthlies basically. But after examining me thoroughly, he said he felt the lump and said I'd need an urgent referral to a breast clinic, a scan a biopsy, said something about referring me to the breast surgeons... (is that the same as the breast clinic??) 

I just completely freaked out and ran. My mum was with me so she listened for me. I asked the surgeon what he thought it was and he was very unsure. I asked him if it was cancer and he was like 'well, um, let's look at the basic things before that' I'm just so so scared. To me, both the nurse and doctor seemed alarmed, and surely at my age it's extremely unlikely to be cancer - so why all of this, I'm just frightened the size of it or something is giving away a more sinister possibility...

I can't really believe I've got this at my age, 18 years old. What can cause a massive 'mass' in a breast?? I'd greatly appreciate any support, thank you so much