Okay guys I’m back from Rome! I had kind of a terrible time since I’ve been spending my time worried sick that I have cancer. I didn’t wake up sweaty at any point but the room was colder than I’m used to and I tried less blankets and lighter pajamas. So basically I went to bed feeling colder than I normally am comfortable with, which is toasty warm.
I’ve been monitoring my lymph nodes and I don’t think they’ve grown but who’s to say, maybe they have? I’ve had dull pain in my groin area but I’m not sure if it’s lymph node related or gas...I seem to be getting a LOT of gas lately...don’t know why. I’m also getting random dull armpit pain...? i’m worried that this is lymph node pain in my armpit! But I haven’t been able to feel any lymph nodes in my armpit yet....
Then I woke up from a nap today at home and only my legs were slightly sweaty but I had warmer leggings on and just a t shirt on the upper half of me. That caused me to freak out a bit though because it’s not that warm in my room.
I have a constant tight throat and feel like there’s a gas bubble or something stuck in my throat...it’s very uncomfortable. I am not sure why it is but I think it’s becausd I’m worried about all this.
Also I keep worrying about what my doctor said to me. He said: “if there is something to find, we will find it. If there isn’t, then we won’t.” And then he said something along the lines of “I’ll be here for all of it” like the tests and stuff). I didn’t think much of this until I read someone blog about lymphoma where their doctor was like “i’ll Be here for you no matter what!” But hadn’t told him that he thought he might have lymphoma. So I’m like GREAT—sounds like what MY doctor said, so maybe he didn’t want to worry me without a confirmed diagnosis! He wouldn’t say he’s wondering if lymphoma is a possibility when it’s only a possibility at this point because he doesn’t want to worry me for possibly no reason! That’s what doctors and nurses are trained to do—to downplay things unless something is CONFIRMED!
Also, having trouble finding accurate information on the net—several places say 1 cm or smaller is normal for a lymph node and for the groin it’s 1.5 cm or smaller. Mine are 1 cm or smaller. My husband keeps telling me that if I had lymphoma then at the very least my lymph nodes would be swollen/enlarged like every internet site says...BUT I don’t know if they are swollen or not! Husband says you read that it was 1 cm and 1.5 cm for the groin, so yours are normal. My doctor didn’t say whether they were swollen/enlarged or not. And OKAY WHY did my doctor ask me if I’ve had any infections recently? If they weren’t swollen/enlarged then he wouldn’t ask that...because lymph nodes enlarge when you have an infection! So they must not be a normal size then! I DON’T KNOW but I am extremely worried and scared
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Originally Posted by CG5246
now I’m like if that’s a lymph node that’s not in an area that I’m supposed to be able to feel and it’s further fueling my panic and fear about lymphoma. I’m going to ask my internal medicine doctor today to ultrasound it but honestly guys I’m extremely scared because I have read lymphoma can grow slowly and also sometimes it’s not that the lymph nodes grow, more just “pop up”. And I don’t know how long I’ve been able to feel my groin lymph nodes. So I just don’t know!
He went over the blood test results with me and there were a few values that were outside the normal range. The erythrocyte count was slightly above (5.11, so outside the range by 0.01) and there was another value that was outside the range by 0.01 but I can't remember what. A couple months ago my erythrocyte range was within the normal range so I don't know why it's not anymore. He didn't seem concerned because the values were barely out of range. However, my lymphocyte count was low I guess, but once again he wasn't concerned because it wasn't by much (although it seemed like a lot to me), the result was 22, but the range is apparently 24-40. I am pretty concerned about this, although he said that he wasn't concerned because of the rest of the values and that it's not that far out of range, but I think it is 
I'm also confused because when I googled the lymphocyte range, a website said that it was 20-40, so then my result would be within the normal range...? Right? 
