BigPlay
21-09-18, 08:03
Struggling a bit with Anxiety at the moment....
About a month ago (18th August) one of my neck glands got swollen, under my jaw on the left side, and a very slight sore throat. Went to the Doctor, got penicillin. Over the next week the glands got worse, and felt like I had been punched in the face. Started running low fevers.
On the 24th August I went back to the doctor, and had a blood test and it showed slight infection. Also got tested for Glandular fever (mono), CMV and Toxoplasmosis. All came back negative.
Decided to go to the dentist, and found that there was a slight infection behind my wisdom tooth (also on the left hand side). I decided then and there to get them extracted, and they came out on the 29th of August.
Hard to know if that made much difference, as it was reasonably painful after the extraction.
Few weeks on, the lymph node is bigger, and i'm getting more face and now neck pain. Not running fevers, and a blood test on 18th of September shows no infection. The doctor has referred me to a ENT to take a closer look. I've got health insurance, but even the private system here has long waiting times. I called around all the ENT's in my city and managed to get an appointment for the 25th. Hope he takes me seriously (i'm sure he will). I'm not going to let myself get ignored!
I'm really worried it's lymphoma. I'm 24 which is prime time for Hodgkin lymphoma. Since it's not infection i'm really not sure what else it could be!
About a month ago (18th August) one of my neck glands got swollen, under my jaw on the left side, and a very slight sore throat. Went to the Doctor, got penicillin. Over the next week the glands got worse, and felt like I had been punched in the face. Started running low fevers.
On the 24th August I went back to the doctor, and had a blood test and it showed slight infection. Also got tested for Glandular fever (mono), CMV and Toxoplasmosis. All came back negative.
Decided to go to the dentist, and found that there was a slight infection behind my wisdom tooth (also on the left hand side). I decided then and there to get them extracted, and they came out on the 29th of August.
Hard to know if that made much difference, as it was reasonably painful after the extraction.
Few weeks on, the lymph node is bigger, and i'm getting more face and now neck pain. Not running fevers, and a blood test on 18th of September shows no infection. The doctor has referred me to a ENT to take a closer look. I've got health insurance, but even the private system here has long waiting times. I called around all the ENT's in my city and managed to get an appointment for the 25th. Hope he takes me seriously (i'm sure he will). I'm not going to let myself get ignored!
I'm really worried it's lymphoma. I'm 24 which is prime time for Hodgkin lymphoma. Since it's not infection i'm really not sure what else it could be!