Stacey Lou
17-01-17, 21:35
Hi again all! I posted yesterday sharing my recent health scare with lymph nodes, and the trouble Iv been having since! I had a neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis ct and this was followed up with a neck ultrasound due to them finding a few enlarged lymph nodes in various areas. I'm assuming the ones in my neck were the biggest as that's where they did the ultrasound although this hasn't been confirmed, so I'm not sure where the biggest ones are. They haven't requested a biopsy, which is something I think I would of preferred them to do, if only just to curb that niggle in my head that tells me there's something wrong. Especially since the swellings are all still there, and noticeable too, although I have now stopped prodding and poking, so I'm on watch and wait to see if they go down. My doctors have told me to go back if I get any new symptoms, if anything changes or even if I just need a little reassurance. Trouble is I can't seem to figure out which of my symptoms are real and which ones are being caused be anxiety and stress, and of course as everyone in the uk knows our nhs is extremely stretched at the moment, so the last thing I want to be doing is going to the doctors with every little symptom unless I'm absolutely positive it isn't cased by anxiety. I spoke with a very lovely guy on here the other day who said the only way to suppress the symptoms if anxiety is to of course treat the anxiety itself. Given that I know this whole experience had really fed my anxiety and it's destroying my life and my confidence. So I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to help the anxiety. Any medications that you're taking that have helped? Any therapies or techniques? Any advice at all on this would be helpful! I really want to beat HA once and for all and get my life back on track, plus it would be great to be able to tell an actual symptom from one that's been created by anxiety lol! Please share any advice or stories you have, I would love to hear them! Thanks for reading! Stacey xx