Hi, I am having an ultrasound next week on some lymph nodes that have come up in my neck and just above my collarbone. The consultant wasn't too worried about them as they don't present as concerning but I wanted reassurance so the ultrasound is booked. Hopefully it will tell me they are just reactive nodes. 

if your nodes were anything sinister they would most likely have multipled by now or got much bigger. In most cases these nodes are not linked to cancer. I have also heard many times that they can be the result of vaccinations (flu or covid jab). Perhaps not the case for you but the reasons they can come up are endless. And sometimes I'm told they just don't go back down, or do so very slowly.
 

The first node I noticed was behind my ear and although it's now been a couple of months, it has nearly disappeared. I noticed that touching it constantly made it significantly bigger which is probably why you are noticing a change in size throughout the day. It's also bigger when I'm cold or first thing in the morning. I presume there are reasons for this I just don't understand but I doubt it's anything to worry about! your brain will tell you that you have other symptoms. I was so worried about having night sweats I didn't sleep properly for a month and at the first sight of a bit of sweat I freaked out! 

I hope that has helped somewhat. I have re-referred myself back in for some CBT counselling because I know my anxiety about my health is disproportionate at the moment. If you feel you are obsessive about your health and it's impacting your life, it might be worth thinking about too. 
 

Hope all goes well, keep me updated. PS nothing is quick!! It takes time for all these tests and to get result, it feels like an age- keep yourself busy and distracted!

Thanks so much for your reply. I totally agree, anxiety is the absolute worst and completly does not help with health situations. I do suffer with ptsd also as I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer so since then my anxieties have been heightened so ill definitely look into cbt counselling, I have been putting it all off until recently. Hope your ultrasound goes smoothly for you also

So sorry to hear about your dad. My dad had lymphoma and was diagnosed as terminally ill (amazingly and thankfully he beat the odds) so I totally understand, and no doubt these traumas feed into our own worries about our health. CBT can really help with that. 
Best of luck to you, I'm sure it will all work out fine in the end.