Battling self-doubt as a woman with bleeding disorders

Battling self-doubt as a woman with bleeding disorders

A few years ago, I woke up to find my right breast swollen, hot, red, and extremely painful. Beneath the skin was a lump that felt about the size of a golf ball. I’d had mastitis before, in the other breast, so I wondered if this pain could be the same thing. But something felt different. Something felt worse. Because of my dense breast tissue and a previous biopsy, I thankfully already had a breast surgeon on my care team. He saw me the next da…