annamaria
07-02-17, 14:09
I have struggled with health anxiety every since I had my daughter a year and a half ago. First it was MS, then a variety of cancer fears.
Two weeks ago I became sick with a terrible flu and cold. It was going around the school where I work. I was in bed for two days, throwing up, coughing, headache, fever, congestion, the works.
A few days later I noticed a lump on my neck. It is on the top of my neck in the corner just beneath my jaw bone. It is about 1.5 - 2cm in length and 1 cm in width. It is soft, moveable, but not tender. The not tender part is really freaking me out.
I went to the clinic as my doctor was out of town. The doctor felt the lump, listened to my cough and told me I had nothing to worry about. That it was an upper resp. infection, take some antibiotics and be on my way. I told him about my lymphoma fears and he told me that it typically does not present this way. That lymphoma is more often found on the sides, back, and lower part of the neck, the clavical nodes, or the armpit. The spot my lymph node is in is very common for resp. infections.
So I went home and took the antibiotics. They were terrible. I never take medication. I was so sick with nausea and chills. I went to bed, still very afraid. I woke up in the night with night sweats, which really freaked me out. My pants were not drenched but I was sweating in my torso area. I was not wearing a shirt, and there was definite moisture, wet spot on the bed.
Now I do not know what to do. Do I go back to the doctor and tell him about the night sweat incident? I'm so afraid.
Two weeks ago I became sick with a terrible flu and cold. It was going around the school where I work. I was in bed for two days, throwing up, coughing, headache, fever, congestion, the works.
A few days later I noticed a lump on my neck. It is on the top of my neck in the corner just beneath my jaw bone. It is about 1.5 - 2cm in length and 1 cm in width. It is soft, moveable, but not tender. The not tender part is really freaking me out.
I went to the clinic as my doctor was out of town. The doctor felt the lump, listened to my cough and told me I had nothing to worry about. That it was an upper resp. infection, take some antibiotics and be on my way. I told him about my lymphoma fears and he told me that it typically does not present this way. That lymphoma is more often found on the sides, back, and lower part of the neck, the clavical nodes, or the armpit. The spot my lymph node is in is very common for resp. infections.
So I went home and took the antibiotics. They were terrible. I never take medication. I was so sick with nausea and chills. I went to bed, still very afraid. I woke up in the night with night sweats, which really freaked me out. My pants were not drenched but I was sweating in my torso area. I was not wearing a shirt, and there was definite moisture, wet spot on the bed.
Now I do not know what to do. Do I go back to the doctor and tell him about the night sweat incident? I'm so afraid.