I have had pain on and off in/around my armpit/shoulder for ages. Sometimes it makes my breast ache and other times it radiates down my arm and makes my fingers go tingly. I went to the dr about it this time last year and she had a good feel around and found no lumps or bumps. She prescribed some anti-inflammatories and thought it was probably wear and tear of my shoulder causing some nerve pain.
I took the tablets and wasn't really sure whether they helped or not as the pain/ache wasn't constant, it was only there sometimes.
In the last couple of months the pain has got worse. I have a constant ache in my whole shoulder joint and it often makes the side of my breast ache too. It still sometimes goes down my arm into my fingers and does feel then like something pressing on a nerve.
As you can imagine I am constantly examining myself and always feeling around to see if I can find a point where I can press and it hurts more. So far this has proved fruitless. However, the other night I was laying in bed with my arms folded up above my head. I was absent-mindedly feeling around in my armpit and I found quite a large lump. I have to stick my armpit right up in the air to feel it, you cannot feel it with my arm in a normal position. It does not hurt to press it but after I have finished pressing it, my armpit and shoulder ache.
Obviously now I am terrified that it is something sinister. I am finding it hard to think of anything else. I have managed to get a drs appointment for today at 9.50. Don't know why I'm posting really, just needed to tell someone. I haven't told dh about the lump yet, I don't want to worry him unneccessarily. He knows about the pain and thinks I'm just going to the dr because it's getting worse.