khaleesifreakouts
25-08-15, 01:05
So, I had my wave of health anxiety come back a couple of weeks ago with a mole, and upon discovering it is not showing any abnormal signs I vowed to prevent getting myself in a rut of panic attacks and obsession. During the previous week I have been feeling a little under the weather (slight fever, mild cold) of which I did not think anything of, then about 5 days ago I noticed enlarged lymph nodes under my arms, which I paid little attention to. However the next day I felt enlarged lymph nodes in my neck and I sighed as I had a hard time with these about 4 years ago after a particularly nasty bout of flu, they took a long time to go down & my mental state at the time was not good. Fast forward a few days and I have just one very swollen lymph node in the neck/just under the chin. It has become red and up until today incredibly sore. I do admit I have prodded this but I can only think the worst & now I have a genuine reason to worry about my long standing fear of mouth cancer. About my risk factors: I'm mid twenties have never smoked and was never much of a drinker due to my health anxiety although for about 2 of the 3 years of being a student I drank more than I would have liked. I was also a wine drinker which worries me as I know it's high in units but I dislike pretty much any other alcohol (also its more expensive so my mentality was that id drink less as id go out with a budget) I'm now becoming to hate myself for having a couple of years of letting go the reins on my health precautions & putting myself in danger. Anyone else relate at all? Came on here because when I tell people in my family they act as if I am crazy!