JB1985
14-01-14, 21:20
Hi all,
Long time lurker. Decided now to make a user since my anxiety is out of control. Looking at these forums always helps me, but this time it send me into a panic frenzy.
Approximately 4 months ago I found what seemed to be small lumps in the skin on the back of my neck. Without noticing I spend the whole day at work picking and poking it. The result was that I actually got two sores (they were red/black by the time I got home, which gave me a new panic attack). The doctor said not to worry, but also said he of course did not know what was below these sores. The sores disappeared and I forgot about them, even though it gave me a small scar.
Now back to my current situation. The reason I forgot about the small lumps was that I just assumed it was nothing. I thought that when people said non-moveable lumps were dangerous it wasn't that it was "inside" the skin, but rather under it in the tissue or muscle. But then someone, in a related thread here on the boards, wrote that dangerous lumps would be fixed to the skin. :scared15:
That is exactly my situation. The lump is >inside< the skin. If I pull out the skin between my thumb and the index finger, I can feel the small lump (it is small - less than 1 cm).
Am I completely overreacting? Did I misunderstand how this moveable/non-moveable thing works?
Appreciate your feedback.
---------- Post added at 21:20 ---------- Previous post was at 20:22 ----------
Actually, perhaps explained in a better way, if I move the skin the lump moves around with the skin.
Long time lurker. Decided now to make a user since my anxiety is out of control. Looking at these forums always helps me, but this time it send me into a panic frenzy.
Approximately 4 months ago I found what seemed to be small lumps in the skin on the back of my neck. Without noticing I spend the whole day at work picking and poking it. The result was that I actually got two sores (they were red/black by the time I got home, which gave me a new panic attack). The doctor said not to worry, but also said he of course did not know what was below these sores. The sores disappeared and I forgot about them, even though it gave me a small scar.
Now back to my current situation. The reason I forgot about the small lumps was that I just assumed it was nothing. I thought that when people said non-moveable lumps were dangerous it wasn't that it was "inside" the skin, but rather under it in the tissue or muscle. But then someone, in a related thread here on the boards, wrote that dangerous lumps would be fixed to the skin. :scared15:
That is exactly my situation. The lump is >inside< the skin. If I pull out the skin between my thumb and the index finger, I can feel the small lump (it is small - less than 1 cm).
Am I completely overreacting? Did I misunderstand how this moveable/non-moveable thing works?
Appreciate your feedback.
---------- Post added at 21:20 ---------- Previous post was at 20:22 ----------
Actually, perhaps explained in a better way, if I move the skin the lump moves around with the skin.