Many women detected their lumps while doing daily activities; Jocelyn found hers while reading in bed.
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I was reading in bed in my bedroom without a shirt on and I was reading my book. I went to scratch my boob and I felt a craggy, like a pretty hard lump, inside it. It was big. I scratched it and I was like “What is that?” So I woke up my partner and I was like “What is this?” and he was like “Well I don’t know” and I went to the doctor the next day. They got me in right away and I was 29. So he was like “That’s kind of strange”. He said, “Oh it’s probably nothing because of your age because it’s so unlikely. But if you’re going to worry about it we’ll put you in for a mammogram and then we’ll see.”
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