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Lump I am concerned about but dont know if I should be.

So I am 23 years old and while I have been to the doctor regularly and know that I have an anxiety disorder,  I am concerned about one slight thing. I found this knot/lump on my arm recently. Maybe 2 weeks ago. Its between my wrist and elbow. Now my doctor before this even appeared told me after having blood testing done that there was no reason for concern that I wou have cancer. He said that I do not have cancer and for me to quit worrying about it bc life is too short to spend worrying with things such as this. Well anyways my g/f doesnt think I need to go to the doc about this lump b/c  she  says there is no reason to concern bc it doesnt hurt if poked, pressed on, or like pinched between your fingers. It moves around under my skin. Like its not in one spot and just stays there. I can move it from side to side under my skin and what not. I just need to know if I should have the doc look at it or if there are other things it could possibly be. My main concern about cancer is because my mother died of liver cancer when I was 15. The doctor says that had I had cancer the blood tests that I was given would have shown up irregular. But anyways any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kile
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Thanks soooo much I looked up some info on Lipoma and that pretty much describs what it is to a T.
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i know how scared you are because i am in the same boat as you. i found a lump in both of my elbow creases in each arm they're both symmetrical but mine don't move so much and i had mine for a couple years now, i went to one doctor and she said there is no need to worry about it because cancer is hardly ever symmetrical and if it was i would have a 1 and 1 million chance pretty much that it was.
i know how you feel i don't thibk yours is too much to worry about either. maybe yours is just a lipoma? which is just a fatty buildup tumor.
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