Hypomania
23-01-15, 22:12
Lately I've been worried about some ongoing symptoms I've been suffering on and off for the last 3 years. Globus sensation primarily on the left side, throat clearing, scratchy feeling on the left side etc. I went to a doctor to ask about the possibility of throat cancer.
He felt my neck and didn't seem concerned, but sent me for an ultrasound because I told him I found a moveable lump on my neck, and also referred me to have an endoscopy done to look at my throat.
I asked him whether or not my fears of throat cancer are reasonable given my age (29), and lack of other symptoms (no difficulty breathing or swallowing, no sore throats, no coughing up blood etc) and that the length of time I've had the symptoms without them getting worse. He basically said it'd be more worrisome if I did have those signs, and that these symptoms don't always indicate cancer.
But he didn't say I was crazy to think I had cancer and didn't really tell me what he thought it was. Plus the fact that he wants me to get the tests makes me a little worried; if he thought it was nothing, he wouldn't have ordered them, right? Again, he didnt seem alarmed, so I don't really know what to feel right now.
He felt my neck and didn't seem concerned, but sent me for an ultrasound because I told him I found a moveable lump on my neck, and also referred me to have an endoscopy done to look at my throat.
I asked him whether or not my fears of throat cancer are reasonable given my age (29), and lack of other symptoms (no difficulty breathing or swallowing, no sore throats, no coughing up blood etc) and that the length of time I've had the symptoms without them getting worse. He basically said it'd be more worrisome if I did have those signs, and that these symptoms don't always indicate cancer.
But he didn't say I was crazy to think I had cancer and didn't really tell me what he thought it was. Plus the fact that he wants me to get the tests makes me a little worried; if he thought it was nothing, he wouldn't have ordered them, right? Again, he didnt seem alarmed, so I don't really know what to feel right now.