MashGet

I'm 32-years-old and I didn't know I had breast tissue all the way up to my collarbone. I received a great education, graduated college and excelled in my career. I thought I knew my body well - in fact, taking care of it was an extreme hobby of mine. But, still I did not know that we have breast tissue in any place other than the slopey, little mounds with nipples that I used to have.

I didn't know until that February day in 2008 when I scratched at a mild itch a few inches below my collarbone, almost directly over my heart. That day, I felt a hard, marble-like lump, fixed firmly under my skin. It was far enough away from the little, slopey, mound that I wondered what it was, but close enough to fear the worst.