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Lump only there when arm up and lying down

Jamese
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Hi

i have been referred for the two week wait. Which is nolonger two weeks but at least three- I found out yesterday.  I have a small lump almost just where my breast starts but I can only feel it when I lie down and life up the arm.  If I stand or lie down without my arm up, I cannot feel it.  Any chance this might mean it isn't a real lump? 
I do get high levels of anxiety - which although not always rational- mean I have thoughts worrying it might be something serious, to worrying I am wasting the clinics time (what if it changes/disappears before my appointment- even though this of course would be great).  I keep having to feel to check if it is still there and if it has changed   

i hope some of this makes sense.  I always find it hard to know if I have a lump or not.  If that makes sense. Obviously the doctor felt it so it is a lump.   
thanks x

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    Hi,

    I think your thoughts are completely justified. You're worried that it's there but on the other hand you don't want it to be there.

    You have done the right thing in getting it checked, so please don't feel that you are wasting their time.

    I hope they get to see you soon X

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    Your thoughts are justified and normal. 
     

    I found a lump in mid July. Felt small pea sized. Asked my husband to check he agreed. I suspected it was the wired of my bra rubbing as it was when we had those ridiculously hot days! I made an app with the GP (mainly to humour my husband!) and just thought by the time I actually got an app it would have gone. I had to wait 5 days for an app. I wasn't worried thought possibly fatty tissue or a small cyst and I'd really be wasting the doctors time. Couldn't see any visible signs of the lump and from what I read online it was all unlikely to be anything sinister. Saw the doctor who agreed it was a suspicious mass and referred me on the 2WW. Like you sometimes I could feel it, other times it just felt like I had a lumpy boob.

    I pray it's something and nothing for you and that your anxieties are soon resolved. Xx

  • Offline in reply to Crumbled

    Thanks. I keep checking and now have totally confused myself. Think it just be nerves.  Hoping to get a date this week- cannot believe they can just say they are wxtending the two week wait because of demand! There is a reason they have a two week wait!! 

  • Offline in reply to Linda2022.

    Keep checking it and have totally confused myself now as to what it is now. Just hope my appointment comes in soon. Thanks for your words.  

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