Question:
FELL A LUMP IN THE CENTER OF MY BREASTS

IS THIS PART OF THE STERUM AROUND THE RIB CAGE THAT I COULDN'T FEEL BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT I CARRIED UP HIGH    — dbobb32 (posted on July 16, 2007)

July 15, 2007
The reason why you haven't had this checked out already is because???? Hopefully you have already made an appointment!!!!! Good luck!
   — crystalsno

July 15, 2007
I believe it is your sternum. Once, I lost a looooot of weight and could feel the exact same thing that you are describing and was told that was my sternum. Congratulations on your weight loss! I am still fat -- my bypass surgery isn't until Aug. 6 in Dallas with Dr. Wade Barker.
   — cherub13

July 16, 2007
Yep sternum--it is like the day you find your collar bones and discover you have hip bones just like other people!!!!
   — Christine M.

July 16, 2007
Two months ago I felt the something. I saw my doctor and she said it was just from losing weight. You might still want to get it checked out with your doctor to make sure.
   — barfiep01

July 16, 2007
It's called a xyphiod process and it is just a little boney notch. (It's a "landmark" used when you do CPR to make sure your hands are in the right spot to do comperssions.) I knew I had one but couldn't feel it until I lost weight.
   — koogy

July 16, 2007
None of us are dr.s on here, but it you are feeling a lump in the center of your breast, it's better to be safe then sorry. Call your Dr. and make an appointment.
   — Jenney

July 16, 2007
so do you mean in the cente of your breast, or between your breats? if It is between your breasts and down a little and very hard, it is probably the xyphoid process. A triangular little bone at the bottom of your sternum. I discovered mine too after about 80 lbs of weight loss. I think it is unusually protrusive but you cant see it from looking.
   — aremat

July 16, 2007
I know exactly what you're talking about. I felt the same thing and as a nurse, should have known what it was. My husband still laughs at me....I went to my doctor for a weigh-in and asked her and she laughed with me. It was definitely my sternum and I have collarbones too....amazing, isn't it??? I would mention it to your doctor when you see her/him, but not get too excited about it being something else until you're sure. If you're still at the early stages, you probably see a doctor fairly often, so....Good luck and feel free to email.....Keep me posted....andrealej
   — andrealej

July 18, 2007
I have laugh, embarassingly, I got worried when I felt the sternum too! Then a friend reassured me that it was only the sternum! I'm feeling bones I never knew I had!
   — Sheri A.

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