LG18
11-04-17, 12:16
Hi.
After braving the doctors a couple of months back, they essentially told me there was nothing wrong after feeling around my glands.
I have basically been having this pain when I do a chin tuck.
It hurts inside my ear and around my neck.
I went to the doctors to check it out, and after he felt around I asked if he thought it could be a tumour or something.
He said definetly not, and I went away reassured. He said there would be no point even doing a blood test or anything.
The previous doctor I saw also found nothing.
The problem is, I've since been feeling around the area and have realised that if I Tilt my head back and at the same time Jut my jaw out, I can feel with my finger that Theres something on my parotid gland on one side that doesn't seem to be on the other.
Now My doctors reassurance I feel is void, because he might not be able to feel this thing I can feel without me doing this specific movement, and I'm convinced it's a tumour - it causes some of the chin tucking pain when I press on it too, I think.
It feels like both the left and right gland feel different in shape and are non-symmetrical.
I don't know now whether I should be going back to the doctor or just sit with the anxiety.
I feel as though it's a life or death situation; that if I don't go something could be growing and getting worse and I'm just sat here not going and getting it checked out.
On the flip side, the only way I get over my anxiety is to cope with the fear, and two doctors have told me I'm fine.
I'm just venting I suppose. I'm sure many of you have been in this fearful situation :(
I've managed to cut out my obsessive googling of simptoms but my anxiety hasn't gotten any better it seems.
Thanks for listening.
After braving the doctors a couple of months back, they essentially told me there was nothing wrong after feeling around my glands.
I have basically been having this pain when I do a chin tuck.
It hurts inside my ear and around my neck.
I went to the doctors to check it out, and after he felt around I asked if he thought it could be a tumour or something.
He said definetly not, and I went away reassured. He said there would be no point even doing a blood test or anything.
The previous doctor I saw also found nothing.
The problem is, I've since been feeling around the area and have realised that if I Tilt my head back and at the same time Jut my jaw out, I can feel with my finger that Theres something on my parotid gland on one side that doesn't seem to be on the other.
Now My doctors reassurance I feel is void, because he might not be able to feel this thing I can feel without me doing this specific movement, and I'm convinced it's a tumour - it causes some of the chin tucking pain when I press on it too, I think.
It feels like both the left and right gland feel different in shape and are non-symmetrical.
I don't know now whether I should be going back to the doctor or just sit with the anxiety.
I feel as though it's a life or death situation; that if I don't go something could be growing and getting worse and I'm just sat here not going and getting it checked out.
On the flip side, the only way I get over my anxiety is to cope with the fear, and two doctors have told me I'm fine.
I'm just venting I suppose. I'm sure many of you have been in this fearful situation :(
I've managed to cut out my obsessive googling of simptoms but my anxiety hasn't gotten any better it seems.
Thanks for listening.