soanxious
06-10-17, 00:24
Background: 24, Male, have had enlarged movable lymph node under jaw for many years that has never changed. Havn't been to doctor is years and don't have insurance until November 1. Thin body build/6 ft
Can someone please weigh in before I stress my self to death, I REALLY cannot deal with this crap right now due to a stressfull new job that requires my full attention. In July I noticed some lymph nodes in my left armpit that appeared to be enlarged - they were all in the hairy area so were hard to pinpoint, but they are all seemingly 1cm or smaller, and not fixed to my side (seem to move with my skin). I prodded them almost constantly to the point where they would occasionally sting for a moment randomly/ sometimes my armpit area would be just generally sore from all the prodding.
Then 3 weeks ago I was randomly feeling around in my groin area - and I noticed i have MANY swollen nodes at the top of my thigh where my leg meets my abdomen area(both legs, right side is more noticeable) . Its really hard to say how big the biggest ones are, some are so close to eachother its hard to figure out if its really 1 or 2 nodes. Biggest seems to be maybe slightly larger than 1cm. Again... health anxiety skyrocketed and i started prodding these constantly, looking to see if they were growing - these barely move if at all, not much loose skin there.....Now the other day I found a few on my bicep area near my armpit, biggest being maybe 1-1.25cm - these move under the skin atleast a little. Looking back, I used to weightlift maybe 2.5 years ago, and i remember thinking "hmm, its weird that the inside of my bicep is kinda lumpy...", so its possible these have been here for years... which is good i guess?
I plan on getting a physical in November, which will undoubtedly be the most nerve racking thing possible for me. I'm not worried this is Lymphoma since I have no other symptoms, but I AM worried that these lymph nodes could be either infected with or fighting off some other unknown tumor(s). As far as I know, these have been here for years and I just never noticed them until now. As i said before, ive had one under my jaw just freefloating in that muscle area for many many years, no less than 1cm. Also worth noting there are many smaller ones in the mentioned areas as small as a grain of rice.
Health Anxiety is the absolute worst.
Thank you.
Can someone please weigh in before I stress my self to death, I REALLY cannot deal with this crap right now due to a stressfull new job that requires my full attention. In July I noticed some lymph nodes in my left armpit that appeared to be enlarged - they were all in the hairy area so were hard to pinpoint, but they are all seemingly 1cm or smaller, and not fixed to my side (seem to move with my skin). I prodded them almost constantly to the point where they would occasionally sting for a moment randomly/ sometimes my armpit area would be just generally sore from all the prodding.
Then 3 weeks ago I was randomly feeling around in my groin area - and I noticed i have MANY swollen nodes at the top of my thigh where my leg meets my abdomen area(both legs, right side is more noticeable) . Its really hard to say how big the biggest ones are, some are so close to eachother its hard to figure out if its really 1 or 2 nodes. Biggest seems to be maybe slightly larger than 1cm. Again... health anxiety skyrocketed and i started prodding these constantly, looking to see if they were growing - these barely move if at all, not much loose skin there.....Now the other day I found a few on my bicep area near my armpit, biggest being maybe 1-1.25cm - these move under the skin atleast a little. Looking back, I used to weightlift maybe 2.5 years ago, and i remember thinking "hmm, its weird that the inside of my bicep is kinda lumpy...", so its possible these have been here for years... which is good i guess?
I plan on getting a physical in November, which will undoubtedly be the most nerve racking thing possible for me. I'm not worried this is Lymphoma since I have no other symptoms, but I AM worried that these lymph nodes could be either infected with or fighting off some other unknown tumor(s). As far as I know, these have been here for years and I just never noticed them until now. As i said before, ive had one under my jaw just freefloating in that muscle area for many many years, no less than 1cm. Also worth noting there are many smaller ones in the mentioned areas as small as a grain of rice.
Health Anxiety is the absolute worst.
Thank you.