anxious848
29-08-17, 15:24
Hi, I have severe health anxiety which I thought I had under control until recently.
In the past 2 years I have had the following tests:
- colonoscopy late 2016 (clear, small benign growth removed)
- gastroscopy, normal (2 years ago)
- numerous pelvic and transvaginal ultrasounds and saline sonohysterogram (attend fertility clinic) for the past 2 years
- brain MRI in early 2016
- abdominal ultrasound in april 2016 (normal)
- normal urinalysis, normal CBC and blood chemistry for as long as I can remember including recent physical done in July 2017 - with exception of low ferratin
-breast ultrasound (normal, showing small benign fibroademona)
For the past several months I have had a swollen groin node right under my inguinal ligament. My GP said he could barely see it but I can see it when looking in the mirror. I'm not sure if I am measuring it correctly but initially, it was about 2/3 of an inch and now looks to be about 1/2 an inch long. It is quite thin. My GP said its small and feels benign. He elected not to do any further testing since I had normal CBC and blood chemistry.
I feel fine. It's painless and hasn't gone away which dr. google says is terrible. It definitely hasn't grown - if anything has got a little smaller since I first noticed it. The problem is that I can see it...most of my health anxieties have been around things I cannot see which is maybe why I'm so bothered by it still being there. Of course, I poked/prodded for the first couple months because I hadn't seen a doctor and didn't know what it was - I'll be honest I thought it was a tendon of some sort rather than a lymph node.
Sorry for the TMI but I do shave that area. I do have a lot of the red shaving bumps and there was a period where I shaved quite frequently and also had a small cyst/pimple back in June that came and went. But I have the red bumps on each side so isn't it odd that i'd have just one swollen gland on the right? Could the swollen node be caused by shaving??
I've posted before and apologize if anyone is rereading this. I'm just nervous. I'm trying really hard to trust my doctor. He said he could ultrasound it if I wanted to back in July but felt it may just trigger my anxiety more. It's just the node has been there since April (I think).
Thank you so much. i really appreciate your replies...
In the past 2 years I have had the following tests:
- colonoscopy late 2016 (clear, small benign growth removed)
- gastroscopy, normal (2 years ago)
- numerous pelvic and transvaginal ultrasounds and saline sonohysterogram (attend fertility clinic) for the past 2 years
- brain MRI in early 2016
- abdominal ultrasound in april 2016 (normal)
- normal urinalysis, normal CBC and blood chemistry for as long as I can remember including recent physical done in July 2017 - with exception of low ferratin
-breast ultrasound (normal, showing small benign fibroademona)
For the past several months I have had a swollen groin node right under my inguinal ligament. My GP said he could barely see it but I can see it when looking in the mirror. I'm not sure if I am measuring it correctly but initially, it was about 2/3 of an inch and now looks to be about 1/2 an inch long. It is quite thin. My GP said its small and feels benign. He elected not to do any further testing since I had normal CBC and blood chemistry.
I feel fine. It's painless and hasn't gone away which dr. google says is terrible. It definitely hasn't grown - if anything has got a little smaller since I first noticed it. The problem is that I can see it...most of my health anxieties have been around things I cannot see which is maybe why I'm so bothered by it still being there. Of course, I poked/prodded for the first couple months because I hadn't seen a doctor and didn't know what it was - I'll be honest I thought it was a tendon of some sort rather than a lymph node.
Sorry for the TMI but I do shave that area. I do have a lot of the red shaving bumps and there was a period where I shaved quite frequently and also had a small cyst/pimple back in June that came and went. But I have the red bumps on each side so isn't it odd that i'd have just one swollen gland on the right? Could the swollen node be caused by shaving??
I've posted before and apologize if anyone is rereading this. I'm just nervous. I'm trying really hard to trust my doctor. He said he could ultrasound it if I wanted to back in July but felt it may just trigger my anxiety more. It's just the node has been there since April (I think).
Thank you so much. i really appreciate your replies...