Okay. So I have a large almond-shaped hard thingy on the left side of my left breast/nipple. (I'm a guy, so it's not breast-cancer). It's about 3 cm long and 1 cm thick. It's not painful, but it's growing. I've had it for about six months. I'm guessing it's a lymph node, but I'm not a doctor, so I might be wrong.
Lately, two similar things have occured under my left armpit. Again, hard, not painful, but slowly growing.
Should I be worried? Am I just being silly?
(I smoke about 20 a day, drink moderately, I'm 35.)
(And to people from MetaTalk: Yeah, I'm slightly embarrassad about this post. But posting anonomously would be silly now.)
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