AnxiousAbbie
02-03-17, 21:24
Hey everyone. :)
My first bout of health anxiety was about lymphoma, as I have a few palpable and firm nodes in my neck and under my jaw. I have since come to realise that these have always been there and probably always will be.
However, my breast cancer fear is still hanging around, despite 2 clear U/S and three exams by different doctors. I can accept I don't have any lumps, but I'm worrying I have IBC which hasn't presented yet but has still spread to my nodes (as I write this down it sounds kind of irrational).
I can feel a couple of nodes in my left armpit (the side I'm concerned about). I want to say they're a little larger than pea size and are extremely moveable, actually more moveable than any other lymph nodes I have in my body (which makes me wonder if they're lymph nodes at all). I literally have to chase them around in my armpit to feel them. They're firm like the ones I can feel in my neck and jaw (which I know are benign because I've had them ultrasounded too... :blush: )
I just need some advice. I can't stop feeling my armpit and it's getting really sore. Rationally I know that prodding them is not changing their state, in fact, it's probably making them worse. I feel like I'm prodded it so much that it's swollen and the skin is a bit broken :weep: I hate this.
BTW: I discovered these nodes probably 2 months ago and again, rationally, I realise they could well have been there for ages and I've never noticed them. They haven't got any bigger.
My first bout of health anxiety was about lymphoma, as I have a few palpable and firm nodes in my neck and under my jaw. I have since come to realise that these have always been there and probably always will be.
However, my breast cancer fear is still hanging around, despite 2 clear U/S and three exams by different doctors. I can accept I don't have any lumps, but I'm worrying I have IBC which hasn't presented yet but has still spread to my nodes (as I write this down it sounds kind of irrational).
I can feel a couple of nodes in my left armpit (the side I'm concerned about). I want to say they're a little larger than pea size and are extremely moveable, actually more moveable than any other lymph nodes I have in my body (which makes me wonder if they're lymph nodes at all). I literally have to chase them around in my armpit to feel them. They're firm like the ones I can feel in my neck and jaw (which I know are benign because I've had them ultrasounded too... :blush: )
I just need some advice. I can't stop feeling my armpit and it's getting really sore. Rationally I know that prodding them is not changing their state, in fact, it's probably making them worse. I feel like I'm prodded it so much that it's swollen and the skin is a bit broken :weep: I hate this.
BTW: I discovered these nodes probably 2 months ago and again, rationally, I realise they could well have been there for ages and I've never noticed them. They haven't got any bigger.