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Swollen Lymph Node

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Hello

I had the AZ vaccine 10 weeks ago now. About a week after I noticed a lump in my armpit on the same side as the vaccine. The doctor has said she believes it is a swollen lymph node and I have been referred to the breast clinic next week. I have a family history of breast cancer in my father's side with relatives who were in their early 40s so I am a little concerned. I am 32.

Ive read swollen lymph nodes are a side effect of the vaccination but that they should go down within a week or so. Being 10 weeks in has made me anxious. The lump is about the size and shape of a kidney bean and I don't have any other kind of symptoms that I'm aware of. Has anyone else had swollen lymph nodes this long after the vaccination or had anything similar that has not turned out to be anything serious?

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    Hi 

    I have lumps in my armpit for 7 months already , since my first Pfizer jab 02/06/21, I found the first lump 2 or 3 days after the vaccine was very painful  but after a week or so the pain gone but the lump stayed , I saw my GP and she told me I had 3 lumps. 
     I did my first scan in August ( 2 months later ) and the 3 lumps was about 2.4cm long , nothing in my breast . 
    Second scan in October and it was half the size but never went away. 
    yesterday I had my 3 vaccine , the booster and I'm so much in pain I can't describe it as my lumps got very swollen again  

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    Hi 

    I have lumps in my armpit for 7 months already , since my first Pfizer jab 02/06/21, I found the first lump 2 or 3 days after the vaccine was very painful  but after a week or so the pain gone but the lump stayed , I saw my GP and she told me I had 3 lumps. 
     I did my first scan in August ( 2 months later ) and the 3 lumps was about 2.4cm long , nothing in my breast . 
    Second scan in October and it was half the size but never went away. 
    yesterday I had my 3 vaccine , the booster and I'm so much in pain I can't describe it as my lumps got very swollen again  

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