mamaem
09-03-20, 16:08
I was around the forum a few years back when I had a lymphoma scare and found it helpful to be able to share in a place where people would understand my fears and not just dismiss me. Unfortunately, I find myself back again and possibly with even more medical reason to be concerned.
Over the past month I started getting muscle pain in my right shoulder and neck, which isn't that uncommon since I have scoliosis and was under a ton of stress at the time (my two year old son was just diagnosed with epilepsy). I was also having pressure in my head and face on that side and my GP diagnosed me with a sinus infection (although I wasn't congested) and prescribed antibiotics. I finished those but was a bit dodgy about taking them on time because I always forgot in the morning. Eventually I started developing a sore throat only on that one side as well. My GP referred me to an ENT because she was concerned I may have an absess. By the time I saw the ENT a few days later my symptoms had improved and he checked me out and said one tonsil was a little bit bigger and that it had deeper crevices than the other, which is fine and normal, and that it was probably a bit infected from the supposed sinus infection and would go away as I finished antibiotics. He felt my neck and looked and felt in my throat, but no scope. Said he didn't see any red flags.
Since that time (about 2 weeks ago) my muscle pain has come and gone and is now mostly completely gone. However, in the last couple of days I have developed a feeling that there is something stuck in my throat on the right side especially. My husband is dismissive, especially since we've been down the possible lymphoma road before and it turned out to be nothing, but I can't shake this. I am having some mild night sweats almost every night - not drenching, but definitely sweating and hot, which is unusual for me. I also *think* I feel a couple lymph nodes in my neck on the right side, though neither doctor has felt anything...but that was a couple weeks ago. Doctor ordered CBC and a few other inflammatory markers. Everything was fine except WBC were slightly elevated, which she wrote off as maybe the infection didn't totally clear so she gave me another round of antibiotics, of which I am on day 3 of 5. I think I need to see the ENT again, but my husband thinks I am overreacting. I definitely don't want to get sucked into the HA vortex again, well I guess maybe I already am, but I am genuinely worried and I have two small kids to think of.
Over the past month I started getting muscle pain in my right shoulder and neck, which isn't that uncommon since I have scoliosis and was under a ton of stress at the time (my two year old son was just diagnosed with epilepsy). I was also having pressure in my head and face on that side and my GP diagnosed me with a sinus infection (although I wasn't congested) and prescribed antibiotics. I finished those but was a bit dodgy about taking them on time because I always forgot in the morning. Eventually I started developing a sore throat only on that one side as well. My GP referred me to an ENT because she was concerned I may have an absess. By the time I saw the ENT a few days later my symptoms had improved and he checked me out and said one tonsil was a little bit bigger and that it had deeper crevices than the other, which is fine and normal, and that it was probably a bit infected from the supposed sinus infection and would go away as I finished antibiotics. He felt my neck and looked and felt in my throat, but no scope. Said he didn't see any red flags.
Since that time (about 2 weeks ago) my muscle pain has come and gone and is now mostly completely gone. However, in the last couple of days I have developed a feeling that there is something stuck in my throat on the right side especially. My husband is dismissive, especially since we've been down the possible lymphoma road before and it turned out to be nothing, but I can't shake this. I am having some mild night sweats almost every night - not drenching, but definitely sweating and hot, which is unusual for me. I also *think* I feel a couple lymph nodes in my neck on the right side, though neither doctor has felt anything...but that was a couple weeks ago. Doctor ordered CBC and a few other inflammatory markers. Everything was fine except WBC were slightly elevated, which she wrote off as maybe the infection didn't totally clear so she gave me another round of antibiotics, of which I am on day 3 of 5. I think I need to see the ENT again, but my husband thinks I am overreacting. I definitely don't want to get sucked into the HA vortex again, well I guess maybe I already am, but I am genuinely worried and I have two small kids to think of.