Thank you so very much for your post, worryingly,  my armpit lump has no pain, but my feelings were the same when I got the urgent suspected cancer referral.  I go to the hospital on Friday, and am overwhelmed with thinking the worst. I am so happy for you and for worryworts like me, your wonderful news  is such a comfort.  Wishing you the very best.

Lyn xx

Lyn please dont think the worse. My mum had a large armpit lump (about the size of a grape) and it wasnt cancerous. They have to send you urgent just to be sure but it doesnt mean the doctor thinks its going to be cancerous x

Thank you for your comforting post and I am so happy to hear that your Mum's lump turned out to be benign. xx

Hi everyone,

I hope everything turned out okay? I'm so sorry to jump in on the discussion like this. I'm currently going through the same thing. 
 

I found a lump in my left armpit yesterday after feeling my armpit because it has been painful. I had my covid jab on Thursday and ever since my armpit has been so painful. I went to the GP today and mentioned this, but she has referred me under the two week wait. She said that she cannot say that it's not cancer, which is absolutely terrifying as I'm 21. The lump is painful and I've only just noticed it, but due to my severe hypochondria, I'm convinced I've got secondary breast cancer. 
 

Please can somebody help?

frankie. 

Hello,

i was in the same position as you a few months ago. 
the worrying is so tiring mentally and physically.  
 

doctors were convinced my lump On my armpit was a swollen lymph node. I waited for a couple of months for an ultrasound which I legit had to fight for. Ultrasound say came and I found out it was a sebaceous cyst. Which is basiclly a sac filled woth fluid which could be sebum and other things. So nothing that sinister.  
 

in 2 weeks you'll get a call and get an ultrasound appointments. 
there's no point of me saying do not be stressed because no matter how many people say that you will always be stressed.

However your case seems better overall. As you have noticed it after the covid jab. There has been studies and articles which prove that sometimes the covid jab swells up lymph nodes in the armpit and collarbone. 
 

the lump being painful is also somewhat a good sign. This is because cancerous lumps do not GENERALLY be painful. But this does not guarantee anything which is why this ultrasound is being done.  
 

Try to hit up the gym. See your parents family friends more often to distract yourself. 
 

I'm currently having a scare of my lymph nodes on my neck and worried but I try to not think which I feel like is impossible to do. 
 

Good luck with everything 

Mellisa. 

Dear Mellisa,

Thank you so much for your response, it really means a lot to me. I'm so sorry to hear that you went through the same thing. 
 

I am unsure if mine is a swollen lymph node because the GP didn't mention lymph nodes at all; she just said that it's a ridge/lump. This makes me so worried and convinced I've got secondary breast cancer, or an undetected cancer that has travelled to the lymph nodes. She also didn't say anything about the vaccine like I thought she would :cry: she just said that she hopes it's not bad, but that it could be. 
 

In myself I've been feeling fine and would hope that I would feel worse if something was badly wrong. I don't know, I'm just all over the place and don't know how to react.

thank you again 

Frankie. 

Hello

your GP probably didn't say anything because it could be lymph nodes, a cyst and probably many other things. 

Age is also a good factor here. Although breast cancer is not impossible to get at 21 it is more rare than if you were 40. 
 

sometimes you really do need to do your own research. The doctors don't like to say anything because they are worried they could be wrong.  
 

just wanted to ask. Is the lump moveable. Is the lump area and area around it red and irritated. And does the lump have a smooth outside. Like the shape of it. Is it circular or like a bean shape or is the shape of it not a specific shape???

mellisa x

Hi Mellisa,

Thank you for your reply. Yes, the GP said that she didn't know what it was and that she wanted to refer me because she doesn't have x-ray vision. It feels strange as it's very hard to find. It basically feels like it can move, but I cannot pick it up and move it, like you would be able to with a marble or pea. I have hypochondria, so my perspective on things is always skewed by my fear of the worst case scenario, but I've asked my family and they say it's soft-ish. My biggest worry is that it's been there for a while, but that I've not noticed it. The area around it is not red and she said it is not an infection from what she can see, but she did mention that it could be a deep infection under the skin  

My family have tried telling me that it's a lymph node or a cyst, but the GP was adamant that it was a ridge shape lump. So from what she said, it's not really a distinct shape, it's like a strip/lumpy patch 
 

Best,

Frankie. 

Hello,

ive never heard of that. To be honest I wouldn't be that worried. Easier to be said then to be done. It could be your tissue thickening. Sometimes breast tissue can come up all the way to the armpit. But I am no doctor. I just like to research every symptom I have and I hate that because it puts you in a dark place. 
 

as your GP said it could be an infection. If it is. A course or 2 of antibiotics should be able to make it go away. Has your doctor not put you on antibiotics. because generally they would and if it doesn't go away then they request an ultrasound. 
 

Mellisa 

Hello,

ive never heard of that. To be honest I wouldn't be that worried. Easier to be said then to be done. It could be your tissue thickening. Sometimes breast tissue can come up all the way to the armpit. But I am no doctor. I just like to research every symptom I have and I hate that because it puts you in a dark place. 
 

as your GP said it could be an infection. If it is. A course or 2 of antibiotics should be able to make it go away. Has your doctor not put you on antibiotics. because generally they would and if it doesn't go away then they request an ultrasound. 
 

Mellisa 

Hi Mellisa,

My GP did not offer antibiotics or anything and I think it might be because she didn't know what it was. I've spoken to many family member who all think it a lymph node and to do with my badly done vaccine, but it's just the shape that's troubling me as it's not lymph node shape. I think it could be on the harder side, but as I said, it is moveable but not detached, if that makes sense? She did mention tissue at one point but then said it's a lump, which is what really scared me. I'm just hoping that I get the phone call by Friday, so that I know where I stand in terms of my appointment. 
 

thanks,

Frankie.