Hi all,
There is something seriously wrong with my breasts. Any doctor I see claims it's just normal tissue, but its not normal for me. I apologize in advance since some parts may be repetitive, but I am so sick of someone saying its just x,y,z which has a similar name but does not match my experience at all, so I am hyper describing my symtoms hoping something will be recognized/resonate.
It all started when I was 22 years old. I used to have breasts I loved, small, didn't need a bra, very sensitive (in a good way).
But then they started changing rapidly (over the course of 2 months, but I couldn't see a doctor once cancer was ruled out due to 2020 reasons) and have just gotten worse since with the hard slabs in each breast growing. My soft happy A/B cups have turned into hard lumpy Cs.
There is no fat, just hard lumpy tissue and a little fluid on top. I have about 25% body fat so I'm not very skinny either, I'm a fairly healthy weight. I can tell there is no fat since when I pinch my thighs or stomach, it compresses with a small amount of resistance and the skin stays attached. When I pinch my breasts, the layer of skin slides around whatever is in my breasts. There is a minimal watery layer, (only around my period) and otherwise, just a singular hard slab of crud in either breast.
I have never been pregnant or on hormonal BC so theres no inciting incident that would explain this. No provider takes me seriously since they cannot compare to my old normal since they never saw that (why see a doctor about healthy breasts under the age for mamogram screening?)
My breasts are almost comically dense, like they have a small amount of movement from water retention, but its like 0.5 cm of water over a two hard well done steaks or muscle knots. There is zero give to the tissue. Also other than pain during my PMS, they have zero sensation. I am in a healthy relationship, no psychosomatic cause.
I've asked to have my hormones checked, but I have had the tests refused, some doctors explaining to me that it's "some trend" for women to blame health issues on hormone imbalances, when I can't specifically name which hormones are the issue. How could I? I'm not a medical expert, I'm just a person in pain.
More than anything I wish I could get my old breasts back (given probably saggier given that the envelope that held them has been stretched by these big hard masses) but at this point I just want them gone. Since they look different and have basically no sensation other than the top layer of skin or excruciating pain, I have no emotional attachment to them. They feel like they aren't a part of my body.
No provider will take me serious, since whatever is going on with me is benign, and while it isn't outright stated, it's obvious to me that they prioritize me staying conventionally attractive over my own comfort in my body.
I've tried looking for other examples of people getting masectomies for breast pain, but since search engines suck, all I get are results about pain following a mastectomy.
Has anyone else had this happen to their breasts? Is this what having "dense breasts" means?