Hi there

This post is related to my previous posts. Here I would like to talk about obsessive breast checking and anxiety around non-cancerous breast lumps and bumpy breast tissue.

Does anyone have experience with this? Finding a lump or bump that is obvious to you but when checked you are told is normal? How do you relax about it? How do you stop feeling the obvious bump and accept what professionals tell you? I am paranoid they missed something sinister. 

My breast story is below:

I have a few firm bumps in my breasts but one in particular has become the cause of my obsessive checking. A few months ago I felt a firm bump in my upper right breast (not right at the top, above my nipple a little). This bump is easy to find and feel with little pressure. I had it checked at my GP and they said they feel nothing of concern. I insisted I could feel something and she sent me for an ultrasound. My ultrasound came back fine, they said they don't see anything bad, only normal tissue. I questioned the bump and she said it is normal for women to have bumpy breast tissue. I can feel the same bump/ridge in my left breast too but it is a lot smaller.

I thought the physical examination and ultrasound would ease my worry but I am worse than ever. Morning and night I check my breasts. I feel the bump in my right then I try to find the bump in my left. I find the slight bump in my left but tell myself "It is alot smaller there must be something wrong with the right bump." and I panic and worry. Despite professionals telling me everything feels and looks normal. I don't know how to stop.