Hello,

In late June I went to the Doctor regarding a swollen lymph node in the neck/under my jaw. I did suffer a bad cold before that though. She struggled to find it but said it was small enough not to be a concern, and just booked me in for a blood test to "calm my nerves". That node never went down but never grew, so I didn't go back. This past week or so, I've noticed a moveable lump on the left side of my neck in the middle that is double the size of that - measuring it myself was around 2cm I think. I am not ill, no cold or anything, So I called the Doctor and they gave me an appointment but asked for photos over email first, the lump isn't visible when my neck is naturally posed but i put my fingers around the lump and it became more prominent for a photo. Went to that appointment today, others would be really relieved by it but for some reason I am still not feeling good about it and nervous. He was very calm, felt it and said (I forget the exact term) it was on a gland. He said it felt like a mass, very moveable. He then continued to say he was not worried about it, I expressed how I have been so worried about Lymphoma since I have 3 lumps in my neck and have lost weight and to his words he said "I've seen Lymphoma and that is not that". That was great to hear, but the part that I keep replaying in my head though, is when I continued to talk about Lymphoma making my anxiety so bad about these lumps he said "I'm not saying it can't be, but it's not"...what is that supposed to mean? I just don't know how to feel. He said to come back in November but he's convinced it'll go down by then, because when I questioned it he'd say "It'll be gone by then though"..but considering the others haven't gone down I don't see why this one would, especially when there wasn't even a cause for it like the last, and I'm just going to worry over these months of it not going down. He finished the appointment not booking any scans or tests or anything, just saying he was more worried about my hands (I scratch at them) than my neck, prescribing me a steroid cream. I don't know why I still can't rest, but it feels so big and for it to be looked at this way when google says anything over 1cm is abnormal is weird to me. I'm not unwell, there is no reason for it to be raised and enlarged. I don't have night sweats, but I have lost weight (may be because of eating habits though but I'm not sure). Just would like some opinions if that's okay :( I'm 19, just about to start University and live a life with my girlfriend so I just want to be free of this worry.