DISCOVERY---- the Dried Pea (could be my problem)

So I suppose the best place to start is when I found the lump.

I was on holiday and in the shower and I felt a lump in my left breast. It was really small and hard, like a Dried Pea and was tender to touch it.

Oooh that's bloody sore, that shouldn't feel like that. Its probably nothing. (initial thoughts) In the back of my mind, I thought you are too young, YOU'RE 39, its an older persons problem, you have a healthy lifestyle it’s probably nothing and ….. I’m on holiday.

But it was still there the next day, (felt just the same) and the next (felt just the same). Day three I mentioned it to my husband (he had a should I be worried look on his face, not normal for him). We agreed I would make a doctor’s appointment when we got home from holiday. 

That was it forgotten about.

I decided to wait a month until my cycle had finished again, just in case it was related to this and it was just a lumpy and tender period boob! 

(any men reading this…welcome to our world)😉

So a month later it was still there, (no bigger no smaller, just as sore). Some days a little more uncomfortable than others to the touch, but still there. I also noticed that when I lay on my tummy teaching an exercise, (I am also a Pilates teacher) or lying in bed, it would be really uncomfortable and I would be unable to stay there for long, due to the pressure on that area.

So I made the call to the GP. I have to say, at this point I was still convinced I was worrying about nothing.              (I thought … its a cyst at the most). So the GP appointment was made but 3 weeks away grrr!

(8 weeks since discovery)     

Looking back I wish I had just said to the receptionist, 

I have a tender lump in my breast and I need an appointment sooner than that!!!!!

Maybe I should have pushed to be seen sooner? The lump seemed so small. To be honest, I felt like I would be a fraud to push for an earlier appointment. I was thinking I was worrying unnecessarily and who knows if the 3 weeks would have made that much of a difference. It’s something I need to shelve and forget about because I can’t change it now. As it sits today I do still wonder, what if….........but I have to accept and move on.

Please if you are thinking similarly go and get checked pronto, don’t delay, don’t overthink it.

IF YOU FEEL IT CHECK IT!!!!!!