ballerina
16-04-18, 16:26
Finally plucked up the courage to go to the doctors again. I have continued painful swollen (confirmed by doctors as swollen, not my imagination) lymph nodes in my neck mostly on the left side, with shivers, pain and flushing in my face for 5 months. Originally thought to be glandular fever which I disagreed with due to not having a period of acute illness at the start.
I saw a different doctor today (not doctor hopping as other one not available and also only had one opinion). She disagreed with glandular fever too and said this was "very very unusual, we don't see this sort of thing" which of course made me panic, however she said since I'm the same weight and the nodes are pretty much the same size as 5 months ago she's not too concerned about blood cancer.
I asked her what she thought it was and she didn't even give me an inkling, she was just like "let's wait for the results and go from there". She gave me a strep swab, a more in depth blood test which I did both of today, and an ultrasound request which she said will be about 2 months away, so basically I'm going to be waiting for 2 months without any sort of idea. I'm so worried because she said it was so unusual, ahhhhhhh. Well at least I've got 2/3 tests out of the way.
She also looked at my tonsils and then asked if I drink or smoke, which made me panic that maybe she thinks I have a tonsil cancer or something. 😥😥😥 This is making me so miserable.
I saw a different doctor today (not doctor hopping as other one not available and also only had one opinion). She disagreed with glandular fever too and said this was "very very unusual, we don't see this sort of thing" which of course made me panic, however she said since I'm the same weight and the nodes are pretty much the same size as 5 months ago she's not too concerned about blood cancer.
I asked her what she thought it was and she didn't even give me an inkling, she was just like "let's wait for the results and go from there". She gave me a strep swab, a more in depth blood test which I did both of today, and an ultrasound request which she said will be about 2 months away, so basically I'm going to be waiting for 2 months without any sort of idea. I'm so worried because she said it was so unusual, ahhhhhhh. Well at least I've got 2/3 tests out of the way.
She also looked at my tonsils and then asked if I drink or smoke, which made me panic that maybe she thinks I have a tonsil cancer or something. 😥😥😥 This is making me so miserable.