Question: Hi doc, I have a concern regarding the lymph nodes. I got a tattoo on the upper back region which covered an older and smaller tat, that was about four days ago. Healing is fine, a little scabbing, no redness, no streaks, no fever, just tender as it should be it feels like a sunburn. Yesterday I was feeling a little tense in the neck shoulder area closer to the collar bone, when I started rubbing the area I noticed a lump, the supraclavicular node is the size of a large grape, no movement, firm and visible in the mirror. I have never seen this node swollen, didn't even know it existed till yesterday. I have generized fatigue, and ache all the time which I have related to Fibromyalgia undiagnosed officially. I also don't sleep well, wake up every night soaking wet with sweat, yet stay fairly chilled throughout the day. Haven't lost nor gained any weight, yet appetite isn't like it used to be, I don't have an appetite to the point where I feel as though I should eat, I get cravings instead and then get full rather quickly. No real family history of cancers, other than my mother is on watch and wait for multiple myeloma "undetermined significance" . I have no health insurance currently. My husband tells me the nodes can swell when you get a tattoo, that also it can get ink in it. I'm not sure that it has anything to do with the tat, however would like a Dr's opinion. With no signs of infection, and no recent illness, should I go and have this checked out? Should I watch and wait till my tattoo completely heals, is this normall after a recent tattoo or does this mean something else?