Evening all

First Post, so will try and make it short and sweet!

14weeks ago. I started getting right sided neck pain about 1/2inches down from jaw,. this then escalated into a sore throat and throat pain for 4 weeks. Went to GP, to be told its viral,.

2weeks later awful tightening feeling,  like someone has there hands round my throat, by now I'm also getting twinges of pain on left side. GP still saying virus, but will refer to ENT

6weeks waiting for appointment, in the meantime, jaw pain, tongue pain, and twinges of pain up through my teeth and I've developed a noticeable lump in my throat, so back to the doctors I go, who dismisses it as a fatty lump. 

(2012, devoped lump in neck during pregnancy, partial thyroidectomy in Oct 2012, thankfully a pregnancy related goitre) 

By now I'm convinced it's serious so finally ENT appointment, had the camera up the nose and so far so good. But now I have to have an MRI for the throat lump

So literally having a heart attack over the thought of being squashed into a confined tube for 30minutes!

Im no super model, like my foodies, so petrified that either won't fit, no room or ill get stuck oh and I get claustrophobic quite easily. 

I honestly don't have a clue why an mri when I thought it would an ultrasound, so I'm petrified my fatty lump is not a fatty lump and all my other symptoms are all related to something scary

To date today, my ear pain (both sides intermittenty) has subsided (for now) throat pain seems to be coming back, but I have the most annoying tongue, where it feels as though its too big for my mouth (but it looks normal size) and  strange pains through the middle of the tongue and at the sides

This is seriously stressing me out and is making aniexty a lot worse. Any REASSURING advice out there please??