Around last xmas I found a lump right in the centre, behind the nipple in my right breast. It was around the size of a walnut and quite painful when squeezed.
After many investigations it turned out it was a benign growth called fibroadenomatoid hyperplasia. Of course it was a huge relief to find out it wasn't cancer, that was really all I cared about at the time. The consultant suggested leaving it as it would be difficult to operate on because the edges are kind of ragged and not well defined, blending in with the surrounding tissue. Also, as my boobs are only about a B cup at best, he kind of suggested that he would have to remove so much tissue it would mean my boob would be quite a bit smaller than the other one and quite possibly disfigured (these were his actual words).
I was happy with that at the time, as the pain wasn't too bad and I'm not keen on having surgery anyway.
However, in the past few weeks the pain has gotten quite a bit worse and the lump has more than doubled. I would say I'm well on the way to being a C cup now on the right side. I have been kind of trying to pretend this wasn't happening but it's got to the point now where I just can't ignore it any longer.
Also, it feels like the tissue is sort of "hijacking" the rest of my breast, as there seems to be hardly any normal, soft breast tissue left, its all just hard and painful.
So I'm faced with the choice now, I guess - do I keep waiting and hope it stops growing again soon (I'm not really bothered about having one breast slightly larger than the other) or go back and ask for surgery and hope for the best??
I just don't know what to do for the best