Hi
I feel really bad about posting on here as I am very aware there are people with much bigger issues but would just like to hear some experiences of anyone who has had a lump in their armpit?
About a month ago my armpit started to feel quite tender and had a deep, radiating pain in it which came and went, I shrugged it off because I remember having something similar when I was at school. However this time instead of lasting a day it was still sore a week later, so I had a feel in the shower and found a very small lump, about the size of a pea, immediately felt ill and tried to just forget about it thinking it would go away.
It didn't go away a week later so my boyfriend told me to check with the doctor, a few days later I go an appointment and the doctor felt it and said he wasn't too concerned but because of the history of cancer in my family he would refer me to the breast clinic.
the very next day the lump was doubled in size but all pain had left it. It was about the size of a marble at this stage. The lump itself is hard but doesn't seem to be attached to anything as It seems to move when I touch it. It no longer hurts but is very much still there weeks later.
of course I googled all the symptoms (classic mistake) and am now worried about lymphoma, as I have been exhausted for months and around the time the armpit started to hurt I was experiencing night sweats but nothing severe.
I struggle with anxiety and know I have probably hyped it all up in my head but would still like to hear some good and bad experiences with armpit lumps?
I have my appointment on Friday at the breast clinic and am a little bit terrified incase they want a biopsy as I am awful with needles
