Hi

Around three weeks ago I noticed that an area at the outside of my left breast, near the top of my chest, felt odd when I was in the shower. I checked it in more detail and thought I also felt at least a raised hard area, if not a lump.

I called my doctor the following day, a Friday, and was given a phone appointment for the Tuesday. I’m a trans man who hasn’t had a great experience with having my breasts examined in the past - one of the reasons I haven’t had surgery yet and still have a large chest. I’m 37 and have been on testosterone for eight years.

When I spoke to the doctor she offered to check the area for me. Luckily the appointment was in an hour, so I didn’t have much time to think about it. I’m not so worried about what might be wrong, but more the process of having a doctor examine my chest because of what has happened before.

I felt as comfortable as I could do during the exam but while she said the area was different to my other breast she didn’t feel what I had. She referred me to the breast clinic as non urgent and I have been given an appointment for the second week in November.

The area started becoming more painful over last weekend and I was able to feel a hard lump more clearly. It’s hard to describe, but some of the tissue around the area feels almost loose and like it’ll break off if I squeeze it. I obviously haven’t continued pressing after that! Went back to GP on Tuesday, had another detailed exam, and she’s checking if the breast clinic want to see me more urgently 

I’ve been terrified of going back to a breast clinic for years (which I need to do anyway to get the gender affirming surgery I want). The relatively good experiences if the doctor examining me had helped massively with this. Just wondering if anyone had felt anything similar in their breast - can’t find any mention of it feeling like there’s loose areas that might break away.

Thanks