Re: found a lump in my neck :/
Originally Posted by
Jonesle
Hi there
I'm also worried about a hard lump behind my ear, no infection or anything, it's hard and cancery feeling :(
I saw my gp who said it felt really small n not to worry about it. Ever since I can't stop prodding it and facing about convincing myself I'm surely dying. I'm seeing another gp but I couldn't get in for 3 weeks!!!! Unless it was an emergency! I dunno if it's an emergency :(
Have you always had it? I ask because I don't actually know for sure if I've always had it or not. I'm sure I would have noticed but it's not massively noticeable (it is now because I'm so super aware of it, in my head it's jutting out with flashing lights and arrows pointing towards it) but realistically I could have always had it...
See your gp but realise that cancer IS one of the rare causes of a lymph node feeling hard (if it really is a lymph node, there are ALOT of other structures in that area like bones)
L xxx
I have a hard, unmovable lump below my ear/behind my jaw and I've had it since Jan this year. I noticed it while I had an ear infection. What size is yours? Mine was originally grape sized but now its like the size and shape of a malteaser I would say. My doc said it feels small but to be it feels absolutely massive!
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