Lump above collar bone - terrified :(

Hey everyone, first time posting after what has been the worst 6 months of my life, but here goes.....

Im a 23 yr old female. Recently i found a lump above my right collar bone. Its absent when my arm is down and relaxed, but pokes out when i raise my arm. Its hard and doesn't move, and its kind of like a rugby ball shape. Prior to this i've had a whole host of physical symptoms, all tested and checked out. 
 

i started having bowel trouble in october, diarrhoea etc a few months ago which i had a range of blood tests, stool tests (FIT, Coeliac and infection) all of which came back normal. Also had DRE which was also normal. Was put down to IBS which i accepted and moved on. 
 

is worth saying that i do have an anxiety disorder which i take sertraline for (5 weeks in).

i then started having chest pains and shortness of breath. I would be sat working and have intense urges to take a deep breath but be unable to take a satisfactory one - almost like i couldn't get to the bottom of my lungs. This came and went, excercise improved it and i never had any trouble with sleep i.e it never woke me up in the night. This told me it must be anxiety and i tried to move on. I eventually freaked myself out so much with the chest pain and palpitations so i went to a and e, where they ran an ECG, cardiac bloods and routine bloods. All came back normal and i was told just another terrible symptom of anxiety. 
 

I have also had some issues with swallowing - feeling like food is stuck in throat/chest and some pain when it reaches my stomach. I had been planning on getting a private appointment for this but recent devolopments mean that may not be necessary. 
 

i found the lump on my right collarbone a week ago, spoke to the doctor on the phone today and he ordered an urgent ultrasound in a week or so. Im absolutely petrified. Now im feeling around my neck snd there are even more hard sections and im terrified i have multiple tumours or lymphomas in my chest and neck. I've never been so terrified in my life and i've spent the last 6 months trying (and failing) to keep my anxiety at bay but this has confirmed all my worst fears. I feel like im dying and theres nothing i can do. 
 

The ultrasound is of my whole chest cavity and neck, and i'm pretrified of the results. Just really need someone to talk to about all of this as everyone in my life is sick to death of my panics. Just feel so alone and so terrified and just can't cope.

 

love to all of you and thank you in advance for any advice.

 

xxxx

  • hey, im 19, just replying to let you know youre not alone in your worries, i too have terrible anxiety and just before christmas discovered a lump in that area too on my left side but mine was present all the time. it didnt move and felt hard to me so that set me on a mad panic to the point where i couldnt make a full day at work without crying and never a full day without a breakdown to my boyfriend, i had basically convinced myself i was dying of lymphoma which of course made symptoms worse. i had neck pain all the time (apart from when i wasnt thinking about it), headahces, trouble swallowing basically anything that is a symptom i had because i convinced myself so badly. blood tests where fine and was sent for ultrasound which they found another lump, neither anything to worry about eventhough of the place and it being hard and all that, so was sent away with the all clear and magically all my symptoms disappeared too, its crazy what anxiety can do. i also was tested for leukemia which made me panic more but thankfully was also clear. i know its hard but just try not to panic until theres a reason to, because more often than not everything is fine in the end and nothing to worry about :) let us know how you get on, lottie x

  • Hi!! Thank you so much for the reply, am so grateful there's someone else with the same worries. It really is so draining when you're so anxious and miserable all the time isn't it. Also so glad things were all ok for you! I really hope thats the case for me, trying to just assume everythings fine but is so hard when you have physical lumps to remind you of it all the time. Worst part is i've driven everyone in my life mental with my panicking over the last few months, so is nice to talk to people who know what im feeling!!! 
     

    Will keep you posted xxx

  • Hi,

    is there any update on this I'm going through the same thing have an ultrasound on Tuesday and I'm so scared