how do i deal with this

i have a weird lump in my breast i'm going to get checked out next week. it doesn't feel natural. my mother doesn't think it seems natural, i trust her judgement because she's had checks and stuff before herself.

i'm transgender meaning i'm a boy but i have a girls body and it's so difficult to deal with this prospect of probable breast cancer and i don't know what to do.

what if i die from this?

i'm not even 18 yet.

i know it might not be cancer, but it's been there for about 3-4 months and i didn't do anything about it because i barely noticed it- being trans means it's difficult for me to touch or even see my breasts to check, so i assumed it was just natural discolouration when i saw it before. only recently i thought to check and it's actually a firm, large lump too. and it's grown since i first saw it.

i just don't know what to do. if it is cancer, how do i deal with that? i'm not even 18 yet.

 

would appreciate any words of advice from anyone at all. thanks

  • LilyS

    Hi lilyS I've just read your post,it doesn't matter if you are transgender or not, the worry will still be the same. Try to stay positive  although I know its hard to do. It may not be anything sinister. Having cancer doesn't mean you would die, I was diognosed in May 2020 ,had lumpectomy and all my lympth nodes  were removed from under my right arm,as the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes, on16th June 2020,had 8 rounds of chemotherapy, 3 weeks of Radiotherapy  15 in all. And I'm on Letrazole and adcall tablets for 10years as my cancer was estrogen  receptive,feeding of off my estrogen. And I recently had a scare when I found another lump in my breast again but it was just a cyst,thank goodness. 

    So I'm still here and as I said " it might not be cancer, try to stay positive and think to yourself, I'm glad I've found this lump,it may not be cancer, but if it is,it can be dealt with  ,cancer treatments have come along way. You've done the right thing,and taken the first step by going to get it checked out.

  • thank you for this reply it means a lot to hear. at least i'm getting it checked out now, i guess. it's just scary, but thank you for the reassurance. and at least it's treatable

     

    i'll update here when i've been to the doctors on the 9th for what they say, i assume regardless of what he thinks it is, i'll have to go to a breast clinic to be sure. we'll see