Lumps under right armpit.

About 3.5 weeks ago I found a lump under my arm. It is oval in shape, hard and about the size of a grape (or slightly smaller). A week ago I went to my GP, she examined the lump and my breast and told me it was a swollen gland. She said if it hadn't gone down in a month I should go back. However last night in the shower I found a second lump under the same arm, this one is a little bit smaller than the first. I have had a good feel under my left arm and there are no lumps under that one, and I haven't noticed any other lumps anywhere else. So my question is has this happened to anyone else and it turned out to be nothing? Do you think I should go back to the gp sooner now I have found a second one? 

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  • Hi Jem. Just wondering if your lumps were checked out? I have a few lumps u get only one armpit and I'm very worried. Been referred to a breast clinic. Thanks.

  • Hello, I've had a similar situation and wanted to try and put your mind at rest because I know any lump is so scarey and I was flooded with fear when I found mine in my right armpit. It's great you've been to the GP. I found mine in December and went to the Gp. Was given antibiotics and told to go back in a few weeks if no changes. Mine is about the size of a kidney bean and similar texture. You can see it when I lift my arm up as well so i convinced myself I had some kind of cancer which had spread. I couldn't feel anything in my breasts or anywhere else but looking online filled my mind with the worst things. I literally sat for a week crying every day. 
    I went back to the GP and was sent for an ultrasound, the wait then for the results was the worst but it's ended up being benign. The GP told me to stop poking at it and just monitor it every so often but I've asked for a further referral to breast clinic just to make sure and they have referred me non- urgently. 
    so I know it's the hardest thing to do but try not to worry too much! I would say to go back rather than wait and ask for a referral for an ultrasound to put your mind at rest x

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  • Hello, I've had a similar situation and wanted to try and put your mind at rest because I know any lump is so scarey and I was flooded with fear when I found mine in my right armpit. It's great you've been to the GP. I found mine in December and went to the Gp. Was given antibiotics and told to go back in a few weeks if no changes. Mine is about the size of a kidney bean and similar texture. You can see it when I lift my arm up as well so i convinced myself I had some kind of cancer which had spread. I couldn't feel anything in my breasts or anywhere else but looking online filled my mind with the worst things. I literally sat for a week crying every day. 
    I went back to the GP and was sent for an ultrasound, the wait then for the results was the worst but it's ended up being benign. The GP told me to stop poking at it and just monitor it every so often but I've asked for a further referral to breast clinic just to make sure and they have referred me non- urgently. 
    so I know it's the hardest thing to do but try not to worry too much! I would say to go back rather than wait and ask for a referral for an ultrasound to put your mind at rest x

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