Greetings,

I developed a draining hole out from my left breast. Some doctors have called it an abcess, others have called it a cyst. I was given two courses of antibiotics once a Z-Pak and the the second doxycycline. It's about 90% better.

Halfway through that healing process I used a new electric shaver on my RIGHT armpit and ended up butchering my skin, I had probably 25-35 cuts. It was so painful I had to ice my underarms for a few nights then my lymph nodes started enlarging.

The doctor said since I was on antibiotics anyway, the lymph node swelling would have gone away by now (it's been two weeks). Her NP felt my arm pit and said she couldn't feel the individual nodes but that the area was definitely puffy and ordered a mammo and ultrasound for my underarm.

So of course if you google enlarged axillary lymph nodes you get "cancer" or "leukemia" or "lymphoma"

I don't have fatigue (I mean I'm a single Mom so I've been fatigued since my kid was born), but no fever, night sweats, weight loss, or right breast changes.

I'm not happy with my healthcare lately. I had a endometriosis situation and one doctor told me that I probably needed emergency surgery with a wound vac recently (he was very wrong) and this most recent doctor told me breast cancer was a definite possibility and shook her head like "yep" when she read my mom had breast cancer. So even though I'm trying not to worry, it's hard no to. The nurse practitioner however, was very positive and spent the most time with me and was the only one who actually felt my armpit.

I'm not sure what I'm looking for, maybe someone with a similar experience (enlarged lymph nodes after two weeks and antibiotics)? Reassurance? It's been a hell of a spring for me. My body started getting all these weird symptoms after my COVID19 vaccine.