hazelbritt
31-01-19, 15:23
I went to see a doctor a couple weeks ago with a sore throat and swollen glands (thought I might need some antibiotics). The worst of it was actually over by the time I went to see the doctor but decided to go anyway.
He asked if my right tonsil had always been bigger than my left. I told him I had my tonsils removed when I was a child. He looked again and said he was going to refer me to an ENT specialist to make sure there was nothing “sinister” going on (not what someone with health anxiety wants to hear)
I went to see my normal doctor the next day because I was feeling very anxious about being referred and wanted a second opinion from someone who understands my history of health anxiety. My normal doctor said that he thinks it is normal tonsil tissue growing back on one side. He said he wouldn’t have referred me to the ENT. But that he wouldn’t cancel the appointment so that I wouldn’t continue to worry about why the other doctor referred me. The appointment is in two weeks.
So, has anyone else experienced this? I’m still feeling worried, especially since I’ve been getting intermittent pain in my neck, at the front in between my collar bones since I had that sore throat
He asked if my right tonsil had always been bigger than my left. I told him I had my tonsils removed when I was a child. He looked again and said he was going to refer me to an ENT specialist to make sure there was nothing “sinister” going on (not what someone with health anxiety wants to hear)
I went to see my normal doctor the next day because I was feeling very anxious about being referred and wanted a second opinion from someone who understands my history of health anxiety. My normal doctor said that he thinks it is normal tonsil tissue growing back on one side. He said he wouldn’t have referred me to the ENT. But that he wouldn’t cancel the appointment so that I wouldn’t continue to worry about why the other doctor referred me. The appointment is in two weeks.
So, has anyone else experienced this? I’m still feeling worried, especially since I’ve been getting intermittent pain in my neck, at the front in between my collar bones since I had that sore throat