Overall weirdness...
I've been having some unexpected, unusual pain in my left breast for about 2 weeks. It started as sort of a heavy, fleeting minute or two of achiness. I just turned 36 and am easily suggestable to perimenopause-tok. Coupled with some other potentially hormonal weird symptoms, I sort of wrote off the weird left boobness. Period arrived 5 days early, according to my app and I'm on my 9th day of bleeding, horrible night sweats, nausea, lack of appetite, generally feeling run down. Hormones, probably.
Last night I realized the pain has become more...burning? And more constant. My boob was also sore to the touch on the outer left side near my armpit. It then occurred to me that it sort of felt similar to a letdown when breastfeeding or maybe a clogged duct. I haven't breastfed in over 8 years. So I went to investigate in the shower. I massaged and expressed...a clear (not milky, opaque) orange-y, bright green liquid.
To the urgent care!
Fast forward, the provider did a manual exam and found three lumps (chart says 1cm each) in my left breast. Upper and lower outer quadrants and axillia tail? She also said it was incredibly warm to the touch. Coupled with my increased heart rate, temperature and elevated blood pressure she said she was concerned to do more testing. They took some labs, including thyroid and prolactin, and so far it's all normal. I started an antibiotic for acute mastitis. She ordered a stat diagnostic mammogram with ultrasound and that will be next Friday, Aug 28.
The doctor was very tip toe-y and seemed hesitant to say what we were both thinking. Phrased it as "besides, you know, the obvious it could be other things fibrous tissue, hormonal" blah blah. But maybe I'm being sensitive. She was kind, concerned and reassuring that imaging was the correct move coupled with antibiotics to avoid an access. I have family history on my maternal side of breast, ovarian and cervical cancers (I myself have had 2 leep procesures) and my dad had prostate cancer.
I dunno why I'm posting. Just anxious and hurrying to wait. I'll keep updating my post so hopefully those in similar positions might get some insight.
And my boyfriend is deployed so everything extra sucks...longest "60" day deployment of my life 🙄🙄
Edit for not carefully checking the mm to cm measurement, I apologize in American!