laura95
04-11-16, 10:52
21 years old, female, otherwise healthy except suffering from mild depression and anxiety.
3 weeks ago I noticed a lymph node in my neck, it's certainly no more than a finger width so around 1cm, almost feels like the size of a baked bean. Not soft but definitely not rock hard either. Not painful and I can easily move it around. No change in size over the 3 weeks.
This has sent my anxiety into overdrive, causing me to search around for other lymph nodes. Of course I found one, in my right armpit, very deep down. This one is ever so slightly bigger, maybe just over 1cm. It's movable but hard. Also not painful.
I understand that lymph nodes can naturally vary in size around the body and between people. But I'm just panicking like crazy firstly because there's no obvious cause for them to enlarge, I haven't been unwell with anything in almost a year, but secondly because of the massive difference in size between these two nodes and the rest in my body, which are maybe rice grain sized.
I have no other symptoms at all, no weight loss, night sweats etc that are classical of lymphoma, which is what I'm anxious over. I went to the GP yesterday who felt my neck and armpit and said that both were normal, although I'm not convinced that he felt the node in my armpit as it is very deep in.
The anxiety over this is making me unwell in itself, I feel like I'm stuck in a massive rut. I'm trying to seperate my anxiety from the lumps and look at them more rationally, but there's no denying that they're there. Any help, advice or reassurance please :-(
3 weeks ago I noticed a lymph node in my neck, it's certainly no more than a finger width so around 1cm, almost feels like the size of a baked bean. Not soft but definitely not rock hard either. Not painful and I can easily move it around. No change in size over the 3 weeks.
This has sent my anxiety into overdrive, causing me to search around for other lymph nodes. Of course I found one, in my right armpit, very deep down. This one is ever so slightly bigger, maybe just over 1cm. It's movable but hard. Also not painful.
I understand that lymph nodes can naturally vary in size around the body and between people. But I'm just panicking like crazy firstly because there's no obvious cause for them to enlarge, I haven't been unwell with anything in almost a year, but secondly because of the massive difference in size between these two nodes and the rest in my body, which are maybe rice grain sized.
I have no other symptoms at all, no weight loss, night sweats etc that are classical of lymphoma, which is what I'm anxious over. I went to the GP yesterday who felt my neck and armpit and said that both were normal, although I'm not convinced that he felt the node in my armpit as it is very deep in.
The anxiety over this is making me unwell in itself, I feel like I'm stuck in a massive rut. I'm trying to seperate my anxiety from the lumps and look at them more rationally, but there's no denying that they're there. Any help, advice or reassurance please :-(