hello, i never asked any question online before cause most of the time it causes me or people like me to get worried over nothing, however this pain is starting to persist. ok ill explain in as much detail as i can, JUST below my neck on my "t shaped" collar bone their is a persisting ache, on the right side of the t shaped collar bone their is a slight lump i'd say an inch long, it actually feels like there is an enlarged vein, i have no idea what that feels like, but its rounded, (Rod shaped i believe) now it can only be felt if i turn my head left and feel on the right side. there i can obviously tell its very tense/or hard. it started around 2 PM today and it is now 6:18 PM and the pain is still persisting. I'm 20 years old and I quit using illegal drugs about 1 to 2 months ago. (I've had a very stressful life my mothers bipolar, and i know thats no excuse but she moved out 3 months ago and i finally quit) I've been clean and have no intention of going back to them. i know i won't. however this pain is strange I've never felt it before, its not unbearable, but its enough to make it a problem. its getting worse as i am typing this... now i can feel it very very slightly in my top right shoulder radiating up and down between my neck. I'm about to to a shower in hopes that it will relieve this but i don't think it will, also i had my first doctors visit in a little over a month today at 2:15. dang its hurting more more now. any idea whats wrong? i occasionally have a few beers throughout the day, not enough to become an alcoholic though. i read somewhere that drinking beer and feeling this pain is a key identifier to hodgkins lymphoma? is this right? i know to not trust everything on the internet but this is the only person i could find that has experienced my same problem? if u need more info don't hesitate to ask. i will be checking my email periodically. hope to here from you soon. best regards.