I've had a hard round painless lump on my breast for about 3 months now which has been monitored by the doctors throughout that time. I am 3 months post partum so we originally wanted to see if it was a block duct. As the lump hasn't gone away, I was referred back in early December to the breast clinic. My appointment is on the 8th January. On Christmas eve, we noticed that I have now developed swelling in my armpit. I got an emergency appointment on christmas eve at the drs but it wasn't the usual dr who I have been seeing for this lump and they were understandably very busy so their concern was that it wasn't mastitis as im breastfeeding. Ive had lumps checked out before but this one is making me very anxious. I was just wondering, how common is it to have swelling in the armpit along side a lump in the breast? Is this a common sign of breast cancer. I dont seem to have any other symptoms but my mind is spiralling a bit. Im hoping its just a lump I've developed from pregnancy hormones but am quite scared. Im 32 years old. Thank you
