Multiple lumps in lower back. Very confused.

Hi guys, sorry to post again about all my lumps and bumps, i suffer horrendously from health anxiety and finding all this lumps has put my mind into overdrive. It helps me to write it all down on here and vent. 

I’m growing increasingly concerned over multiple lumps that I have found in my lower back, just above the hips and near the dimples. They are on both sides of my back and almost mirror each other perfectly. I have counted between 8-10 lumps all varying in different shapes and sizes. Some of them feel like ovals and other feel quite flat with unclear edges. I went to the doctors about this and she said they were lymph nodes and nothing to worry about, which put me into a panic. I couldn’t understand how so many lumps could appear and the doctor just says “no worries it’s fine, just forget about it.” 

The thing is, I have lymph nodes I can feel all over my body, and these don’t feel like lymph nodes at all. They are softer, more uneven and moveable. I did some research online and I found multiple doctors and people saying that there aren’t any lymph nodes in that area of the body?! Is this correct? Because now I don’t know what to believe. None the less, I am absolutely terrified and no matter how much I try to calm myself down I just can’t stop fixating on it. Does anyone else have lumps such as these on their lower back? 

Parents
  • I have them for over six years they keep coming and going I had kidney infection just couple of years before that  it put me an idea where I thought its infections from kidney appearing from the back in the same time I was about 20 kilo over weight  and some time come to an idea where I have produced a lot fat and the fat outter from my body this way. And recently developed few of them in my back on left side just near the edge under left arm it has slightly affected my breathing and still ok not painful, but right now I have calf pain in my both legs it came last year I went to my Doctor they said you have produced fatty spots in the liver I was ok after few weeks walking excercise the pain disappeared, now come again it's few month now it comes and go several times a day it only goes away with express ibuprofen or deep massage or lay down on my face and and adult walk on my legs for few minutes in order for the pain to go way now I believe I have over-used my legs in work in the same time walking excessive few hours everyday to loose weight I have lost 15 kilos but my legs still painful and the lymph's are still there. i haven't mentioned to doctor but will talk to my doctor soon and this time I have to mention about lymph's as well as leg pain in the same time will update you with further info 

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  • I have them for over six years they keep coming and going I had kidney infection just couple of years before that  it put me an idea where I thought its infections from kidney appearing from the back in the same time I was about 20 kilo over weight  and some time come to an idea where I have produced a lot fat and the fat outter from my body this way. And recently developed few of them in my back on left side just near the edge under left arm it has slightly affected my breathing and still ok not painful, but right now I have calf pain in my both legs it came last year I went to my Doctor they said you have produced fatty spots in the liver I was ok after few weeks walking excercise the pain disappeared, now come again it's few month now it comes and go several times a day it only goes away with express ibuprofen or deep massage or lay down on my face and and adult walk on my legs for few minutes in order for the pain to go way now I believe I have over-used my legs in work in the same time walking excessive few hours everyday to loose weight I have lost 15 kilos but my legs still painful and the lymph's are still there. i haven't mentioned to doctor but will talk to my doctor soon and this time I have to mention about lymph's as well as leg pain in the same time will update you with further info 

Children
  • Hi. Sounds like lipomas to me. Ask a physio to take a look as they will have felt a few.  I have lumps in my bum cheeks thighs and all over my ribs pretty sure they are all just fat.  I just need the willpower to lose weight now to help relieve the pain and sciatica.