Hayley2018
02-03-18, 17:11
Hello,
I am new to this forum so firstly would like to say hello and thank you to whoever takes the time to respond to me.
I have always suffered with General Anxiety over lots of things but over the last month m life has been turned upside down by the findings of a lump behind my right ear. I went to the doctors after I had had it for 2 weeks, they said it was a swollen gland and I had a few others up to i'd probably had a cold or was getting one and it was my body fighting it off, but I don't rmemeber being ill, everone around me has been, only thing I had around the time I noticed the lump was scalp irritation which I get a llot this time of year. Dr said if it hadn't gone down by 4 weeks to come back for blood tests.. I left then immediately started googling persistant swollen lymph nodes. I was beside myself, Lymphoma started coming up all the horror stories. I went straight back down the next day to see another doctor who measured the lump and asked me my medical history and family medical history I was a nervous wreck couldn't even get words out, booked a blood test in for the end of that week. Managed to get a blood test sooner and had results back by the end of that week, in this time I have also found another 3 nodes or what I think are nodes very small and moveable in my neck ( at this point original ear node had been there for 3 weeks) . Blood results came back completely normal my white and red cells find, lymphocytes fine, thyroid fine, everything, they said the heamotologist had even looked at my blood through a microscope to test for lymphoma in the film or something. So I should be relieved and leave it there.. WRONG
I have spiralled out of control with visits to the dr's almost every day, event my urgent care centre one evening. Dr's have now put me on beta blockers to help me with my anxiety, as firstly they gave me sertraline which made me feel sick so I stopped it immediately. I have found more small lumps on my head I can't tell if they have always been there, I have now had original node and other nodes up on my neck for like 6 weeks, no other symptoms, I was getting night sweats but these accompany my anxiety and actually I haven't had one for over a week now. and they aren't drenching those ones are very rare and when I've had an awful nightmare. I have started yoga and I go running, my health in general I wuld say has returned back to normal as before I wasn't eating due to my anxiety. But it's up and down every day today I am petrified that I have lymphoma lying dormant and that the doctors have missed something. But I have seen 4 doctors as my local surgery all of which has said they are certain I do not have cancer one even said he was 100% sure. Why can't I believe this, has anyone else had issues like this with lymphnodes?
Help.
Thanks xx
I am new to this forum so firstly would like to say hello and thank you to whoever takes the time to respond to me.
I have always suffered with General Anxiety over lots of things but over the last month m life has been turned upside down by the findings of a lump behind my right ear. I went to the doctors after I had had it for 2 weeks, they said it was a swollen gland and I had a few others up to i'd probably had a cold or was getting one and it was my body fighting it off, but I don't rmemeber being ill, everone around me has been, only thing I had around the time I noticed the lump was scalp irritation which I get a llot this time of year. Dr said if it hadn't gone down by 4 weeks to come back for blood tests.. I left then immediately started googling persistant swollen lymph nodes. I was beside myself, Lymphoma started coming up all the horror stories. I went straight back down the next day to see another doctor who measured the lump and asked me my medical history and family medical history I was a nervous wreck couldn't even get words out, booked a blood test in for the end of that week. Managed to get a blood test sooner and had results back by the end of that week, in this time I have also found another 3 nodes or what I think are nodes very small and moveable in my neck ( at this point original ear node had been there for 3 weeks) . Blood results came back completely normal my white and red cells find, lymphocytes fine, thyroid fine, everything, they said the heamotologist had even looked at my blood through a microscope to test for lymphoma in the film or something. So I should be relieved and leave it there.. WRONG
I have spiralled out of control with visits to the dr's almost every day, event my urgent care centre one evening. Dr's have now put me on beta blockers to help me with my anxiety, as firstly they gave me sertraline which made me feel sick so I stopped it immediately. I have found more small lumps on my head I can't tell if they have always been there, I have now had original node and other nodes up on my neck for like 6 weeks, no other symptoms, I was getting night sweats but these accompany my anxiety and actually I haven't had one for over a week now. and they aren't drenching those ones are very rare and when I've had an awful nightmare. I have started yoga and I go running, my health in general I wuld say has returned back to normal as before I wasn't eating due to my anxiety. But it's up and down every day today I am petrified that I have lymphoma lying dormant and that the doctors have missed something. But I have seen 4 doctors as my local surgery all of which has said they are certain I do not have cancer one even said he was 100% sure. Why can't I believe this, has anyone else had issues like this with lymphnodes?
Help.
Thanks xx