Years ago I had it so bad that you couldn’t touch my left breast. The pain was unbelievable. I never felt that kind of pain in my breast before. It was actually debilitating. I went to the ER and I explained. She checked my right breast and I was fine. She went to my left and I grabbed her arm and screamed out in pain. She apologized profusely. I said no one can touch it. I can’t touch it and it hurts so bad. It was my left side. She asked a lot of questions and then we got to my bra’s. I told her what I wear. I couldn’t wear one at the moment. She told me to get myself some sports bras. Wear them all the time, even in bed. Remove to clean oneself and to clean them but never wear a standard bra again. She then explained I have costocondritis. It is not my breast, it is the bone and muscle right where my breast is. It happens to people with Fibromyalgia and if you don’t wear the standard bra and wear only sports bras, it will never return. I do get muscle spazzums but it doesn’t hurt anymore. I apply pressure to the spazzing muscles and it knocks it down and it never hurts because I wear sport bras.
-E