Symptoms I have had:
-Sore throat
-Lump on right side of neck
-70lbs in weight loss
-Occasional ear pain
-Chest pain which has just recently started
This all started last May when I developed a sore throat which I have had since. The sore throat basically feels like a lump when I swallow, and also makes my mouth feel dry (like when I wake up on a morning it feels like your mouth does when you are hungover). I was diagnosed with many different conditions/infections (such as tonsillitis and Thrush to name two), and given medication which did not work. Then in August I was sent to an ENT specialist, who put a camera down my throat, and diagnosed me with Globus Sensation. Again I was given treatment which didn't work. Then around November this sore throat moved to just my right side, but I didn't think anything of it. My real problems have started this year. In early January I found a lump on the right side of neck. At the time I found this it was quite small, but by now it is 2/3 times bigger. The lump basically feels like I have an adams apple on the right side, next to my normal one, and then behind this 2nd adams apple I have a lump, a bit smaller than a golf ball. This lump is not really noticable when I look forward, but when I look to the left you can actually see it under the skin. In the past few weeks my sore throat has also gotten worse as well, and if I look up while swallowing I now get a sting down my right side. To stop this I have to look down to swallow. I went to my GP and told him about this lump and sore throat and he sent me to 2 urgent appointments, one for a gastroscopy, and one for an ultrasound. I went to the gastroscopy appointment for a camera down to my stomach (don't ask me why my GP sent me for a camera right down to my stomach when it's only my throat that is the problem). Anyway, the gastroscopy didn't find anything unordinary in my throat, though I'm unsure how much they actually look at your throat, or if they just bypass it to get to stomach. Anyway, then I had the ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and they basically found nothing either. They went over and over this lump I have and said it just looks like part of my thyroid cartlidge, and that the reason it sticks out at one side is because my thyroid is assymetrical. I was feeling better after these 2 appiontments which did not find anything, but then in the past week or so I have started getting chest pains. This chest pain is mainly on my right side, which makes me think that it is connected to my sore throat. Basically when I breathe in hard or look to the side I get this pain radiating from the right side of my throat down to my chest. I am now more paranoid than ever and am convinced that I have throat cancer, and that it is now spreading down to my chest/lungs, hence the sudden chest pains. I went back to my GP this week and he said as far as he is concerned, with the results from my gastroscopy/ultrasound, that I basically have anxiety, and he turned me away.
I am worried that he is wrong though. The 'assymetrical thyroid' diagnosis would not explain why the lump has gotten bigger, and also why I have a sore throat. Also, if the cancer was on the inside of my throat, would an ultrasound neccesarily pick it up? And why these sudden chest pains?
Other symptoms I have had are 70lbs in weight loss in the past year (though I have been on a strict diet), occasional ear pain, and hiccups.
Also one other thing. When I eat or drink my sore throat dissapears just about all together for a while, before coming back. Does this sound more or less like throat cancer?
I also had blood tests done which came back ok, if that is of relevance.