Re: I think the lymph node is gone? Or smaller?
Heather1234
The way my doctor palpated for my "swollen" lymph node compared to how I was digging for it was so dramatically different that it sort of jolted me to the reality that I was allowing my brain to run amok. Doctors do not dig, press, poke or prod. They lightly, and I mean lightly, press their fingers on the surface of the skin. I thought my "swollen" lymph node was enormous and my doctor said to me as he's palpating, "Hey, I can't feel anything, I need you to show me where it is." I then dug down and he quickly dismissed it. I was also dating a nurse at the time and she said, "Swollen lymph nodes can be seen." If you're digging then you're worrying about nothing.
Best Wishes.
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