lumps and bumps

[LaurenMay]

Hi everyone - been a little while - hope your all coping!

Need a bit of advice/reassurance if you dont mind. I found a small pea sized lump in the gap between my collarbone and shoulder muscle. It moves, and isnt painful? Doctor google told me it was some form of cancer - of course - what else could it be?? Damn him to hell!!

I do have a similar lump on my jaw bone which grows then goes tiny again.

Does anybody else have this because i know the chances of it being anything nasty is slim but you know how the brain of a HA sufferer works!!

Any advice greatly appreicated!!

[Rachel W]

It sounds like it may be a lymph node and these can swell for any reason. I think the fact that it moves is a good sign.

Also, people can get fat lumps and I was going to ask a question here because if I lie on my back and palpate my ribs and stomach I have lumps everywhere and just hope that as I am a little overweight they may be fat lumps.

Just try not to fiddle as I think that lymph nodes can get bigger if you rub them a lot.