View Full Version : PLEASE HELP! lymph nodes
pinkfairy86
28-08-09, 12:53
Hi, i put a previous post about this but its been a month and I can still feel my lymph node, right hand side of my neck in the middle. Its pea sized and hasnt gotten bigger. Its moveable. I have read conflicting information about whats a normal size, my partner can feel his too, but doesnt worry about his! I would like some advice please on what size is normal, and what the worrying signs are?
Many thanks
my dr always says if its moveable theres nothing to worry about i have got a lump on my neck that moves and was told its a cyst ive had it many years try not to worry to much
amandaxx
Sorry for the dumb question but what is a lymph node?? :roflmao:
Don't want to google.:huh:
pinkfairy86
28-08-09, 13:28
I dont blame u! its because of googling that im so worried now! they are glands located everywhere in your body, and I can feel mine and its got me worried about lymphoma
Twinkle1881
28-08-09, 13:37
Hi Pinkfairy,
I don't know if this will be any help to you but lymph nodes are one of my constant panics (mine come up quite a bit because I've always been susceptible to infections and things), and my doc always tells me that if it's mobile, that's good. I hope you get some reassurance and feel better about it.:)
Hi
There ia a really good thread about this have a look for it and im sure you will be greatly relieved that these nodes do funny things all the time in everyone!!!
I really think that yours is something for you to ignore and stop touching.
Hope you read that thread
Lisa
xxx
pinkfairy86
28-08-09, 15:56
thanks for the replies, does anyone know if it gets bigger at different times of the day? sometimes mine feels different sizes
mine def gets bigger if im really stressed or if i sit there playing with it
Hey Pink fairy,
I am also freaked out by lymph nodes and actually have a few at the moment, they are small and moveable and cause me so much panic! when i first noticed i had one and then i had a good feel and could feel loads of little ones and i believe from prodding them a few more have come up.
None are bigger than pea size and when i feel my familys necks and i can feel some in theirs to!!
If you keep touching it, it wont ever go down, i had one on the back of my head and when i touched it, it stayed up so i left it for a few weeks and it was hardly detectable. Keep your hands off!! xx
pinkfairy86
28-08-09, 17:24
thanks for the kind responses! what is considered a swollen node, as Im not sure if mine is swollen or i can just feel it? thanks
thanks for the kind responses! what is considered a swollen node, as Im not sure if mine is swollen or i can just feel it? thanks
I assume it is swollen if you can feel it :unsure:
Hi - I am also currently freaked out by a lump under my ear. it initially came up about a year ago. I took it to the GP and she said nothing to worry about - no action needed. She told me to leave to alone as I had been constantly prodding it and it went away. About 10 weeks ago I had a bout of toothache and root canal and then a fluey virus (timing could be coincidental). The lump came up again and hasn't gone away. I returned to the GP who offered that he didn't think it was anything sinister but referred me to ENT. I attended an appointment with a very rushed consultant last week who said he could feel something and that it could be anything from something trivial to cancer (gee thanks). He has ordered Ultrasound and a fine needled aspiration but not for another 3 weeks. I told him that I could feel a sensation in my ear on the same side as the lump and he said it was a nerve - I don't know how worrying that is. As I tend towards HA anyway as there is too much history of bad outcomes in my family. live alone I am rather eaten up by this at the moment and have Googled the life out of my pc. any thoughts would be appreciated. I am terrified of attending the appointment when I find out what it is. Sorry to drip on but I'm scared.
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