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Is my lump mobile?

Mrsbrooks
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Hi all,

im currently waiting for an ultrasound on two lumps I felt in my right breast last week and I'm absolutely hysterical. I can't stop crying and I've not left my bed for 4 days!! 
 

one of my lumps is quite bouncy and soft, very mobile and the other is hard, solid and quite attached to the tissue (I think). In comparison to the squishy lump it's so different. If I push up on it it moves a tiny bit but if I try to roll it, it's definitely stuck. 
 

has anyone else had confusion over a lump being mobile or am I just being stupid?

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    Hi

    I am sorry to read how upset you are about the lumps you have found.  It's completely understandable, however you need to stop poking them otherwise you are going to end up feeling sore and then feeling worse about it. The majority of lumps turn out not to be cancer so the odds are in your favour, and you've been brave enough to get them looked into.  I don't have any experience in lumps being mobile or not, the ultrasound will ultimately show what's going on. 
     

    Now it's ok to cry and let it all out but you dont yet know what you're dealing with, my breast nurse said to me only worry about something when it is something, deal with the facts not the facts you make up. Also stay well away from google, it will panic you and is almost always based on worse case scenarios. 
     Whatever the outcome there are loads of wonderful people on here that will support you. Do you have your ultrasound appointment yet? 
     

    wl

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    Hi wl 

    thank you for your message and I know what you say Is 100% the truth but I can't help it. It's like a gates been opened that I can't shut. My ultrasound is on Saturday. 
     

    and you're right, I have poked them in to soreness

  • Offline in reply to Mrsbrooks

    Hi there! Sounds like you have gotten yourself into a bit of a state bless you. I was exactly the same a few week ago when I found a hard immobile lump under my armpit! It felt like everything google said was the worst kind of lump to have! It felt attached too!! So I went to my doctors with my anxiety though the roof, she felt my lump and said it was just a blocked pore.....It still didn’t stop me worrying as you read so many stories of doctors getting it wrong but a few week later and I can’t feel it anymore! The relief is unreal!! I’m sure yours is nothing too. There’s soooo many things it could be....it’s very unlikely to be  the worst!! Xx

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