sxalabarde
03-04-07, 18:43
Hi everyone,
I posted a while ago about a lump on the lower part of my neck, where it meets the shoulder. In the last couple of weeks it has changed (I'm not sure whether it has gotten smaller or has changed location to somewhere deeper into the skin) but it is most definitely still there though it does not potrude anymore.
I went to the doctor when I first noticed it and she was as dismissive as she seemed incompetent. She couldn't even tell me whether it was a lymph node or not, or what it might be. Despite that she said I shouldn't worry. Fat chance!
In any case, tomorrow I'm paying £90 to get it seen by a BUPA doctor, and I hope he or she will give me a more thorough examination, explain what it might be, or if he doesn't know, send me for more tests. I should be happy it will soon be over but I can't help but feel anxious, especially about the possibility of a biopsy or something that needs awaiting for results.
Does anyone have any experiences of going to the doctor with lump or something and being given the all-clear when they were expecting the worst? I would really, really like to hear some of these stories to get me through today. I will definitely post tomorrow to let you know how it went.
Melissa
I posted a while ago about a lump on the lower part of my neck, where it meets the shoulder. In the last couple of weeks it has changed (I'm not sure whether it has gotten smaller or has changed location to somewhere deeper into the skin) but it is most definitely still there though it does not potrude anymore.
I went to the doctor when I first noticed it and she was as dismissive as she seemed incompetent. She couldn't even tell me whether it was a lymph node or not, or what it might be. Despite that she said I shouldn't worry. Fat chance!
In any case, tomorrow I'm paying £90 to get it seen by a BUPA doctor, and I hope he or she will give me a more thorough examination, explain what it might be, or if he doesn't know, send me for more tests. I should be happy it will soon be over but I can't help but feel anxious, especially about the possibility of a biopsy or something that needs awaiting for results.
Does anyone have any experiences of going to the doctor with lump or something and being given the all-clear when they were expecting the worst? I would really, really like to hear some of these stories to get me through today. I will definitely post tomorrow to let you know how it went.
Melissa