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Went to the doctor Friday about a lymph node in my groin ... about the size of a grape maybe. Mobile, but firm. So she says it is a benign lymph node and to take advil through the weekend, and ice for a week and not touch it. I have been doing all of the above (except it has been very hard not to touch it ... I try to limit myself)
So I gave in and felt it today and at first I freaked because I thought it felt bigger!!! But upon another feel I guess it just feels the same.
Should I be worried??? Should I call her? I am scared that it is cancerous because I would hope it would change size quickly .... ughh hate thinking the worst.
If its movable then its prob not cancer. I had one on my neck and got given some form of antibiotics and it went down but not completely its still there but very small and flares up sometimes i notice it when my neck feels a little sore in that area.
I would just take your doctors advice for a couple more days and if no improvement then ring up the nurse and see what they say. Maybe you might need some antibiotics but Im not too sure.
The hardest part is that I cannot seem to leave it alone. I've been managing to cut down to feeling it when I wake up and before bed (sometimes once at lunch .... :-\) ... but that is still poking at it. She told me to not touch it for a week and I cannot stop!
So I am going to try my anti-anxiety medication that I have not tried yet. The thing is that I had a glass of wine around 2 hours ago, followed by some water. Should I wait longer before taking the medicine?
It might be smaller than a grape ... maybe about a cm.
I have a lump in the same spot, but my DR said its because I recently lost a lot of weight I can feel it more.
Just dont start poking around new spots, I keep finding new bumps i never noticed before! :)
I am usually the same with lumps like that. I obsess over it and keep feeling it to make sure its ok and if I feel worried I feel like crying and then I get myself all worked up and then next minute it feels ok and I reassure myself but its a constand battle.
Its quite normal to feel like that, I know how hard it could be but also I dont think touching it every now and then is going to hurt.
I hope you feel better soon.
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