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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2020, 02:22:01 pm »
Yeah urgent care definitely won't tell you anything but "go see your doctor". That's not what they're for.

Btw, there is a thing called a lipoma that is a kind of harmless tumor. I know someone who has one on his back. Just a big random lump, but it doesn't hurt and isn't cancer or anything. I hope yours is something like that.

I agree and would see a doctor. Hopefully it is not a tumor!
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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2020, 08:01:52 pm »
Don't worry. It's probably a Lymphedema

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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2020, 11:42:53 am »
Get it checked out. Be on the safe side.

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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2020, 10:46:27 am »
Go to the emergency room. The lump my mother had on her head was a cancerous tumor. 

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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2020, 06:20:59 pm »
It's best to get it checked out and that gives you peace of mind.

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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2020, 08:46:13 am »
I know with vivid hospitals  are taking precautions and doing phone or virtual meetings. I have a lump on my back and not feeling pain but don't want to let it go. Especially if cancerous. I tried calling the doctor and the simply don't respond or don't transfer me to a live doctor. I called this morning and they simply made a note in their system. Is it better to go to emergency room to be seen for this. I have waited more than a month. It seems they giving me the runaround. Any ideas?

It is not an "emergency room" thing.  You are not dying.  Make an appointment with your doctor and GO SEE a doctor.  They can't tell you anything just by you calling them. They will have to look at it and then decide if they are going to do any type of scan.  If I had insurance and was concerned I would go to the doctor.  If I did not have insurance I guess I would ignore it and pray it was nothing bad.

It could be a big deal. That's how i almost lost my leg and why I still can't walk very well. I had a lump right below my knee and left it go because I didn't have insurance. My doc sent me to an ortho doc and he didn't make a big deal of it...5 months later, it covered my whole knee and skin split open and bled constantly. Wound up with malignant sarcoma and wound up in the hospital 50 miles away for 3 weeks and 2 surgeries - one to destroy my knee and one to rebuild my knee, all within a week.. So lumps are a big deal.
I agree, it could be something. I think you should go to the ER if you feel comfortable going there.

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Re: Emergency room for lump on back?
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2020, 01:41:32 pm »

I would definitely get it checked out.  But go to your regular doctor or to an Urgent Care Center and a doctor there will look at it. They can help you get the medical help you may need.

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