somethingwitty
27-06-11, 02:57
I've already made a joking thread about this to try to calm my nerves, but I just can't shake this...
I'm convinced I've got a cancerous growth on my tonsil. My right tonsil is sticking out slightly, when I look at it looks like a pea sized tonsil. On the other side, my left tonsil is all but invisible. Truth be told my right one looks reasonably healthy - not red, no signs of puss of tonsil stones - but its just sticking out slightly. All in all, its been like it for at least 2 months, or at least that was when I noticed it.
In the last few days I think my glands have been up a bit - although my glands never seem to get that large (TOUCHWOOD!) - and my ears have had that feeling you get after swimming too long. Again, pointing to an infection.
It hasn't been all that sore, flaring up every now and again and giving me a bit of a sore throat, and I have no trouble swallowing\talking\breathing\etc. Of course I don't, my right tonsil is seemingly normal sized, just sticking out.
I saw a GP (not my usual GP) about it the other day when I was at the surgery for a completely unrelated blood test I needed for a medical form, who agreed it was a little large. She felt my neck, couldn't feel anything interesting, and guessed it was an infection that wouldn't budge. As a result, I'm on day 6 of a 10 day run of Penicillin V.
But all that is for nout, as I'm convinced that it is a cancerous growth on my right tonsil. A little pea sized tumour. I'm obsessed by it. All I want is to go see my regular GP and get him to tell me in no uncertain terms that it is not cancer, it won't get bigger and kill me, and everything will be fine. In a dumb move, I keep looking up Tonsil Cancer looking for photos so I can compare, I must check my neck for lumps and bumps 50 times a day.... it is consuming my life.
Just... what the hell do I do?
I'm convinced I've got a cancerous growth on my tonsil. My right tonsil is sticking out slightly, when I look at it looks like a pea sized tonsil. On the other side, my left tonsil is all but invisible. Truth be told my right one looks reasonably healthy - not red, no signs of puss of tonsil stones - but its just sticking out slightly. All in all, its been like it for at least 2 months, or at least that was when I noticed it.
In the last few days I think my glands have been up a bit - although my glands never seem to get that large (TOUCHWOOD!) - and my ears have had that feeling you get after swimming too long. Again, pointing to an infection.
It hasn't been all that sore, flaring up every now and again and giving me a bit of a sore throat, and I have no trouble swallowing\talking\breathing\etc. Of course I don't, my right tonsil is seemingly normal sized, just sticking out.
I saw a GP (not my usual GP) about it the other day when I was at the surgery for a completely unrelated blood test I needed for a medical form, who agreed it was a little large. She felt my neck, couldn't feel anything interesting, and guessed it was an infection that wouldn't budge. As a result, I'm on day 6 of a 10 day run of Penicillin V.
But all that is for nout, as I'm convinced that it is a cancerous growth on my right tonsil. A little pea sized tumour. I'm obsessed by it. All I want is to go see my regular GP and get him to tell me in no uncertain terms that it is not cancer, it won't get bigger and kill me, and everything will be fine. In a dumb move, I keep looking up Tonsil Cancer looking for photos so I can compare, I must check my neck for lumps and bumps 50 times a day.... it is consuming my life.
Just... what the hell do I do?