Breast lump & swollen neck, jaw, cheek

Have a rock hard rather large lump in my right breast it’s painless and movable. I’m after noticing my neck (under my ear), jaw and cheek are swollen on same side. Does this probably equal cancer? Or is there another kind of breast lump that could make my neck etc swell? Am sick with worry 

  • Hi Katiecat089,

    Let’s break this down.  The lump you feel is moveable and that’s a good sign.  Do go along to your local breast clinic and get it checked out.  Very few breast lumps actually turn out to be cancer.

    I had breast cancer 18 months ago and last month developed pain and swelling in my jaw with aching pain.  Of course I panicked and thought that the breast cancer had spread to my jaw, it was even on the same side!  Dr Google confirmed this was a possibility.

    As I type this I’ve still got the hole in my gum where my back molar was extracted!  Was it breast cancer?  No, it was just a toothache with cracked molar that needed to come out!

    Please try not to panic.  Anxiety is not your friend and can mess with your head.  Oh, and stay off Dr Google!

    Best of luck getting that lump checked.  

    Mary