i AM A 26 YEAR OLD FEMALE. ONE CHILD AT 23. NO HISTORY OF BC ON EITHER SIDE. HAVE HAD NORMAL GYNO. EXAMS FOR 8 YEARS(DOC. HAS NEVER FOUND ANYTHING IN MY BREAST) THIS TIME LAST YEAR I FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A LUMP. WENT TO MY GYNO. AND SHE CHECKED ME. SAID IT WAS NORMAL BREAST TISSUE BUT SENT ME FOR AN ULTRA SOUND. THEY SAID THE SAME. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN TOLD I HAVE SOME FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE. WHEN I DO MY BREAST EXAMS( WHICH SEEMS LIKE ALL THE TIME, CAUSE I AM WORRIED I AM GOING TO MISS SOMETHING) I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT SURE IF WHAT I AM FEELING IS LUMPS OR NORMAL TISSUE. IF I CHECK MY BREAST REGULARLY AM I GOING TO NOTICE A DEFFINATE CHANGE OR WILL IT BE TO SUBTLE FOR ME TO NOTICE? IT SEEMS LIKE I AM ALWAYS SAYING AFTER MY EXAM, " I THINK IT WAS ALL NORMAL" AND THEN I GET SCARED THAT THE SMALL NODULES I KEEP FEELING MAY BE CANCER AND I AM NOT GOING TO NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE. I KNOW MY DOC'S ARE TIRED OF ME BECAUSE I WORRY ALL THE TIME. MY DOC TOLD ME THAT IF I EVER FOUND A LUMP, BENIGN OR CANCER, I WOULD KNOW IT WAS DIFFERENT. DO YOU AGREE? ALSO, IF A LUMP IS CANCER, DOES IT ALWAYS GROW. LIKE, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO TELL THAT THE LUMP HAS GOTTEN BIGGER. ANY INFO. WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS