i should really be working now but i am unable to get my mind off this..
for the last few weeks or so i've been obsessing over a lymph node in the left part of my neck, not very swollen but slightly larger/harder than the twin node on the right on palpitation, and i first noticed it maybe 2 months ago (maybe always there). thought maybe from a pimple on my scalp that hasn't gone away, but not sure blah blah.. then last night i read that the lymph nodes on the left side are normally a bit larger than the right which at least helped me get to bed.
part 2-- a few months ago i took my temperature just out of curiosity and it was a bit higher than normal, don't remember exactly how much maybe 37.3 c / 99.1 and i freaked a bit then calmed down, then when i was freaking about hiv maybe a month ago i took it again and it was still high, maybe as much as 37.5 c / 99.5 f, tested negative and so forgot about it. last night i took it and it was 37.2 (98.9)...
aside from what anxiety tends to do i think i feel normal physically, when i take my temperature late at night or early in the morning it is usually normal (once or twice even a bit below 37/98.6) and i know the body temp fluctuates throughout the day (up after eating/exercise), i think i have a high metabolism which usually implies a higher body temp, when i take my temperature i tend to get nervous (pulse rate may go up) which maybe can raise the body temp (although i never heard before that being nervous/anxious does that). should i throw away the thermometer? should i get tested for hodgkinson's?
do people sometimes get high body temperatures from being anxious?
you don't have to respond, this is probably not healthy...