Hi,

I'm 27 and I found a breast lump a few days ago. It's quite deep in the bottom of my breast and is quite hard but totally painless. I did alot of reading at first and had a lot of reassurance from family and friends that it would likely be OK so I was surprisingly calm about it.

I've found the process of being seen by the GP and the hospital really alarming though. I put in an e-consult with my GP thinking they wouldn't be too concerned but would still refer me on to be safe, but they responded to my e-consult straight away and asked me to come straight in. She examined me and said it felt smooth and movable which was reassuring, but also that is is quite firm and is causing my nipple to invert. She said it was most likely fine and most breast lumps are benign but obviously they don't like to take any chances with it so she would put me on a 2ww for the breast clinic. 

The hospital then called me the next day to see me at the beginning of this week which was sooner than I was expecting. I have now had all of the paperwork through the post in relation to this that makes it sound really scary and is talking about how I will be seeing the breast surgeon and potentially having to go straight on the waiting list for surgery?? I had realised as well that in my records they have put it in as suspected breast cancer which is making me panic. 

And now that I have found the lump I keep thinking back to stuff that I have been experiencing that I have dismissed, wondering if it is related. I've been having strange chest pains on that side of my chest for a while that I just ignored, and I realised my prolactin levels have been elevated for a while but I just dismissed it as a medication side effect. Basically I'm overthinking everything now. 

I'm usually incredibly anxious about these things but until today I have been very level headed about everything and telling myself that it will be fine. But now I'm wondering if I'm too calm and they really are concerned but didn't tell me in the appointment. 

Apologies for the weird rant, I just needed to get it out somewhere. I have the breast clinic appointment tomorrow so fingers crossed I will know more then.