PolarBear01
27-09-17, 16:39
Hi everyone,
I had been able to feel a few cervical lymph nodes and had been experiencing mild night sweats, so I re-visited my GP for peace of mind. He examined by neck and said everything felt normal (said he'd felt thousands and thousands of nodes and mine were perfectly fine). He believed the sweats were due to elevated stress/anxiety. However, we discussed my health anxiety and he offered to refer me for an ultrasound to give me final peace of mind.
I accepted and went for the ultrasound today. She zeroed in and spent most of the time around the area where I could feel the nodes. This also happens to be an area where I've had a muscle bulge for 10+ years and the nodes are felt in between the bulging muscle. Now I'm extremely stressed that she zeroed in on this area because they may be swollen/abnormal. She had colours on the screen - only for this area and took lots of snapshots.
I felt so confident when leaving my GP's office and now I'm back to being a nervous wreck.
I had been able to feel a few cervical lymph nodes and had been experiencing mild night sweats, so I re-visited my GP for peace of mind. He examined by neck and said everything felt normal (said he'd felt thousands and thousands of nodes and mine were perfectly fine). He believed the sweats were due to elevated stress/anxiety. However, we discussed my health anxiety and he offered to refer me for an ultrasound to give me final peace of mind.
I accepted and went for the ultrasound today. She zeroed in and spent most of the time around the area where I could feel the nodes. This also happens to be an area where I've had a muscle bulge for 10+ years and the nodes are felt in between the bulging muscle. Now I'm extremely stressed that she zeroed in on this area because they may be swollen/abnormal. She had colours on the screen - only for this area and took lots of snapshots.
I felt so confident when leaving my GP's office and now I'm back to being a nervous wreck.