I have awful health anxiety as it is...here goes...so I am a regular gym goer and lift fairly heavy weights etc...I also have the Mirena Coil which I've had for a year now.. I still get very light periods along with other PMS symptoms. So I am "on a very light period" at the moment I thought I would check my breasts in the shower and I'm not sure if I can now feel something in my left breast....it feels kind of oval and is movable. But now I feel physically sick and convinced myself it's breast cancer......my partner regularly does check my boobs and so do I. I also went for a breast augmentation a few months ago and the surgeons did checky breats then and didn't day anything. But now I can feel "something different" and it's making me really really anxious and worry and now I've completely sent myself crazy with worry. I keep checking it and checking it which is now making it sore. Could it just be hormonal? I'm so scared. I am 42, very fit other wise :0(
You should go and get checked by your GP. Aside from that being the right thing to do, doing something about it will make you feel more in control.
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