Lump under armpit

Hi there,

I recently found a lump under my armpit. It is the size of a small marble. Due to the current situation with coronavirus I have not been examined by a doctor. I was able to talk to her via video call. She has prescribed antibiotics. I am really worried. It is not red or angry looking and is a firm lump to touch. Does anybody have similar stories to share?

  • I was planning on getting mine checked this week but I don’t think mine has got any bigger. Sometimes I feel around and I can’t find it. If they only prescribed antibiotics they must be sure it’s nothing serious, did they say what they thought it was? I think sometimes if I feel mine a lot I forget how big it is and maybe you might think it hasn’t got any smaller but it has. Let us know how you get on with your GP. Xx
  • I said this to hubby. The more I feel it the bigger it feels. So I've had days of feeling it constantly and I swear it's made it swell up in the area. If I leave it a few days it often feels smaller. It may not be but it feels it.

  • Hi Worried. 
     

    How did your GP appointment go? I hope you're ok.

  • It was a telephone appointment and I was very disheartened by the outcome. Without even seeing how the lump looks now I have been prescribed a second week of antibiotics (a different one this time). I asked repeatedly for someone to have another look but was told there was nothing more they would do until I had completeted the course of antibitiotics. I really feel that this is more serious than the gp thinks. 
     

    thanks for asking by the way!

  • Oh I'm sorry. I understand your worries as I'm thinking the same and I'm trying to monitor mine without panicking, it's hard not to worry it's more serious. If your GP has felt it before that's reassuring because they'd surely not expect you to wait if they thought for one minute it needed checking over. 
     

    Mines painless  so if my GP gave me antibiotics I'd probably wonder if any point in taking them so i understand why you're disheartened. Do you have to go back after the course of antibiotics?

  • I have another phone consultation on Wednesday. 

  • Keep us updated. I really hope it starts to go smaller for you. Mine hasn't and it's worrying me silly. I know how awful it is. Hugs x

  • Hi , 

    i have lump ( rubbery and  painless and movable . I think size not grown)in my both armpits since 18 months .. i never thought this was consern about something . I thought its fat as i gained too much weight during pregnency . three weeks back i reliased .. since then i started toching and squeeze it started arm pain and joint pains .. i called to gp they gave appointment on 9 th june. I couldn't sleep and keep thinking about worse .literally crying alot .please anyone has same kind of lump ..

  • This is exactly what I have under my right armpit I’m 27 y/o..  I can put my fingers around it it doesn’t feel like it’s attached to anything does it ? , and it’s just like under the skin surface. no pain atall like one of those silver ball things that is correct but smaller then a pea. It doesn’t move either I’ve had mine now around 18 months even longer, I got checked out by  a dermatologist my dr referd me around 5 months ago. I forgot the name he called it but it isn’t dangerous. I am going to go back though just to put my mind at ease! I have the exact same lump under the skin in my groin to! Let me know what your G.P says please x 

  • Well after 6 long weeks and it not shrinking at all I noticed last Wednesday it felt maybe 20% smaller then within 3 days 85% smaller. It just suddenly shrunk. It's now tiny, about 10% left. I cried tears of relief.

     

    I'm glad I just monitored it and didn't push myself to a hospital check but keep an eye on it, see what your GP thinks. I'm pretty sure mine was right that it was a cyst or something, painless and wriggly ball lump. Whatever it was it took a long time to change and reduce. 
     

    I really hope the same happens for you xx