Hi there!

I ve had severa lymph nodes for a few years now. First time I ve noticed them four or five years ago. I had a real small one moving in my neck. Just like you I ve started googling and everything pointed out to lymphoma. I ve went to doctors, they ve done an ultrasound and found a couple more under my jaw. One of the doctors felt my left armpit and felt another one there. So my anxiety increased a lot! The problem was my blood tests were fine and the ultrasound just indicated reactive lymph nodes. Nobody agreed to do a biopsy simply because I had good results to tests. Because of my anxiety I started feeling really bad and shortly developed lots of lymphoma symptoms. Couldn t walk in a supermarket because I was exhausted. Didn t eat or drink properly. Didn t sleep. My mom is a GP and she dismissed everything but because I was acting crazy she agreed to do blood tests. They came screwed up but people from lab told my mom there was nothing wrong with me, I m just not taking care of me enough. So started to eat again and drink water, she even threatened me to send me to psychiatry if I don t stop worrying. Haha. Not so gentle...then I went back to university and started doing tests on my own, convinced that I m Ill! Blood tests came okay and each doctor I went to said the ultrasound looked just fine. Eventually I gave up. No surgeon would do a biopsy because no lymph node looked suspicious. I ve went to dentists, surgeons, breast ultrasound, dermatologists, ob gyn, gastroenterologist and can t remember how many other specialities. I ve checked everywhere. Doctors have done all the blood tests that would indicate an infection but nothing came up. So I gave up. This year I went to another check up, anual breast ultrasound and just by curiosity I ve asked the doctor about my armpit lymph node. He told me there was nothing. So it went down! I still have the others under my jaw and from time to time they swell. Also the one in my neck, still little. Nobody could say why I have them. But I don t think I have lymphoma. So yes...it s possible to have them forever and it s possible to never get the answer of why they came up in the first place. I was 20 when all the drama happened. Now I m 25.5.

Hope this helps.