Non hodgins lymphoma worry

Hi all I am just a bit concerned around the C word, so I had the moderna vaccine on the 7th of December 2021and my armpit nodes started to swell on the left side these stayed raised for a few weeks, fast forward to the start of January around New Year's Day I started getting this back ache on the lower left side like a tightness and also chest pain this has come and gone all the way until today the 19th of January, however the weekend just gone so the 15th of January I started getting neck pain on the left side and all up my collarbone I inspected the area and soon found a small lymph node on the neck towards the bottom on the left side I went to the gp yesterday which is the 18th of January they did a physical examination and said it didn't seem like a lymph node to worry about, a full blood test will be carried out Monday coming by my gp they had 2 appointments this Friday the 21st of January but the doctor said these slots were for "emergencies" so the doctor didn't seem to concerned by the sounds of it. I don't really have any cold and flu symptoms so that's what worries me it's serious the lymph node is just out the blue, I'm just wondering if anyone thinks it might be longer lasting side effects of the moderna or it seems concerning? Thanks , Sam 

  • Hello Sam94

    I'm sorry to hear that you've had some health concerns over the last month. We know that many people are reporting raised lymph nodes following a vaccine but you've done the right thing in seeing your GP.  It's good to hear that they don't have any immediate concerns about your symptoms and have arranged for you to have some further health checks. 

    Hopefully the blood tests that you're having next week will bring back some reassurance for you. In the meantime try to keep busy and focus o the positive news that you do know. 

    Best wishes, 
    Jenn
    Cancer Chat moderator  

  • Hi Jenn I know we can't say what it is or is not for sure but I've looked through this forum a lot since the lymph node it seems like a lot of people are recording lymph node swelling with no other heavy symptoms and it always seems to be another condition which supplements seem to help so I'm just hoping this is the case for me to , If the blood tests come back clear from Monday I guess this would be a good indicator that everything is okay