Stacey Lou
16-01-17, 17:27
hi all. im a 23 year old female and recently joined the forum after lurking for a while trying to curb my anxiety. like many of you i have had the dreaded fear of swollen lymph nodes, and this really kicked off back in october when i got sick with a viral infection and woke up a week later with a bulge above my left collarbone. then started to find swollen lymphs everywhere that i hadnt noticed before. like all HA sufferers i googled and sent myself into a downward spiral of severe panic. went to the docs who ordered bloods and an ultrasound, bloods came back fine apart from low iron which iv had before so nothing unusual. unfortunately i ended up getting that poorly and losing so much weight (possibly caused by anxiety) that i got rushed to hospital. doctors at the hospital were concerned so admitted me straight to a ward and had an ent specialist come down and see me. she was also concerned and sent me for a ct scan, which showed a few enlarged lymph nodes (including in my chest) but the radiologist stated no evidence of lymphoma and therefor the doctors were no longer concerned. i followed up with an ultrasound 3 weeks later on my neck which came back lymph nodes within normal range. went back to my doctors and he told me all tests were reassuring, the ct report was in depth and that everything was fine. this reassured me a little, but as all HA sufferers know, theres always something that makes you wonder. i have a huge array of symptoms like back pain, chest tightness, pin prick blood spots although only in places where the vessel are easily breakable (arms legs) and not loads, strange vibrations in chest and stomach when breathing, almost like the muscles are rubbing and a number of other things i can connect to that awful disease or to anxiety.im trying to trust the doctors but its hard to do when im still not feeling great and im still swollen everywhere. im convinced the swelling in my chest and node in my groin are getting bigger although anxiety can cause your mind to play a lot of tricks on you. so i was just wondering
1 if any of you fellow HA sufferers have had lymph node swelling in strange places?
2 what your symptoms of anxiety have been and how you have managed to rationalise your mind and get over health worries.
3 if you can give me any advice to take my mind off things?
4 if you have ever prodded something so much you actually made it swell?
if you managed to read all that i appreciate it and thankyou to anyone who takes the time to answer. iv been a long time sufferer of anxiety for a long time, especially about my health, and this is the first site iv come across thats actually put my mind at rest a little. stacey xx
1 if any of you fellow HA sufferers have had lymph node swelling in strange places?
2 what your symptoms of anxiety have been and how you have managed to rationalise your mind and get over health worries.
3 if you can give me any advice to take my mind off things?
4 if you have ever prodded something so much you actually made it swell?
if you managed to read all that i appreciate it and thankyou to anyone who takes the time to answer. iv been a long time sufferer of anxiety for a long time, especially about my health, and this is the first site iv come across thats actually put my mind at rest a little. stacey xx