Breast cancer fears pls help!!!

[Zoeb23]

For some reason I've convinced myself I have breast cancer. It started a few months ago when I got a sharp pain in my left chest area, i initially thought it's my heart but later felt it could be my breast. However, the doctor told me it was muscle pain brought on by a hormone pill I was prescribed, but ofc I wouldn't accept this..

I especially fear a type of cancer called inflammatory breast cancer, which makes no sense as I'm only 19 and its extremely rare. I still keep checking my breasts for red marks as this is a sign of it, and any slight discoloration on my breasts freaks me out and sends me into wild panic.

Lately my breasts feel swollen and my veins have become a lot more visible and prominent, large blue lines leading down to the nipple and branching off in sections, although my period was coming up so I guess that could be attributed to that. I am also on birth control and read side effects of that are swollen breasts and pain, which makes sense but i don't want to accept that. I constantly am reading cancer forums and it terrifies me that so many women first started with on and off pain in their breasts before being diagnosed with bc - with initially no lumps - and now my mind is racing thinking that the sporadic pain in my breasts over these past few months is due to cancer, and my visible veins are due to the tumours needing extra blood flow. My left breast also seems slightly bigger than the right one, and it feels a lot fuller and heavier in my clothing compared to the right one if that makes sense. My breasts are also quite large so naturally i fear that means more vulnerable tissue to cancer. I have never found a lump or even suffered a benign cyst however, no history of cancer in my family, just the funny pain and veins.

Basically I'm an anxious mess and keep thinking that even if I don't have bc now i can still develop it 20 years from now. Idk what to do and I'm so so frustrated plz help :'(

 

[Kelculator]

Hey there, I'm so sorry that you are so worried and nervous because of this issue. From a girl to another, it is quite normal to have one breast bigger than the other. My left is also bigger than my right. Actually, having two breasts of the same size is of the minority!
Do you keep having the sharp pains even now? Since your doctor explained so I wouldn't be too worried, and to be honest I sometimes have weird stings in my chest too if I has a trapped nerve/spasmed muscle. If it only occurs occasionally, I'd say it's normal. I used to be very afraid to those too, but my mom explained that she gets it too.
Your period arriving can cause your chest to feel swollen and maybe even painful. It happens to me. I'm not sure about the funny veins, I do not experience them myself, but Google said maybe genetics or a tight bra. Maybe ask your doctor about it if you're really worried, I'm sure you will be fine.
And focus on now, at least right now, because when you're anxious you would only think of all the bad things that can happen in the future and freak yourself out. No future talks about cancer, that would only make yourself feel afraid... Once your mind is in a better place, that fear usually fades away, or at least fades a bit.

 

[whippetiggy]

For some reason I've convinced myself I have breast cancer. It started a few months ago when I got a sharp pain in my left chest area, i initially thought it's my heart but later felt it could be my breast. However, the doctor told me it was muscle pain brought on by a hormone pill I was prescribed, but ofc I wouldn't accept this..

I especially fear a type of cancer called inflammatory breast cancer, which makes no sense as I'm only 19 and its extremely rare. I still keep checking my breasts for red marks as this is a sign of it, and any slight discoloration on my breasts freaks me out and sends me into wild panic.

Lately my breasts feel swollen and my veins have become a lot more visible and prominent, large blue lines leading down to the nipple and branching off in sections, although my period was coming up so I guess that could be attributed to that. I am also on birth control and read side effects of that are swollen breasts and pain, which makes sense but i don't want to accept that. I constantly am reading cancer forums and it terrifies me that so many women first started with on and off pain in their breasts before being diagnosed with bc - with initially no lumps - and now my mind is racing thinking that the sporadic pain in my breasts over these past few months is due to cancer, and my visible veins are due to the tumours needing extra blood flow. My left breast also seems slightly bigger than the right one, and it feels a lot fuller and heavier in my clothing compared to the right one if that makes sense. My breasts are also quite large so naturally i fear that means more vulnerable tissue to cancer. I have never found a lump or even suffered a benign cyst however, no history of cancer in my family, just the funny pain and veins.

Basically I'm an anxious mess and keep thinking that even if I don't have bc now i can still develop it 20 years from now. Idk what to do and I'm so so frustrated plz help :'(

I am a bc survivor. I had a very definite lump. I could tell just by the feel of it, having never had bc before, that it was cancer. It's a very distinct feeling. I didn't have a twinge of pain either. Nothing looked out of place, nothing felt out of place except for that 1 lump.