Hi all, I am new to this forum, but hoping someone on here can help reduce my anxiety somewhat please! For several months now I have felt unwell. I have felt super exhausted, anxious, depressed, emotional, confused. I have been having nightweats, itching-mainly my scalp, but in other places too. I have been feeling dizzy and shaky and generally run down. I have been having terrible headaches and pain in the back of my neck. A couple of weeks before Christmas I noticed a painless pea sized lump in the left side of my neck. I ignored it for a while, assuming maybe I had an infection or something. But two weeks following Christmas, the lump was still there,
I went to the GP who agreeed there was definately a 1cm swelling that was solid. I am a 36 year old generally healthy mum of three- But when I was ten years old, I had bladder Rhabodomyosarcoma. I finally got put in remission at twelves years old and my remission finished at twenty one. But with my past history in my mind, my GP sent for urgent bloods. My bloods came back normal- apart from extremely low ferritin, high white blood cells and high platelets. I went back to be re-examined two weeks later and the GP again agreed it was still there, and perhaps has grown to 1.5cm, so I was refered to two week urgent care-ENT. I never received my appointment, so I called them and have been told due to covid, I wont be getting an appointment for 8 weeks! I am now taking ferrous sulphate for my low ferritin (iron deficiency) and with regards to fatigue, heaches and dizziness etc I am feeling so much better! However I am carrying on as normal, trying not to think too much into this lump but really, I am really anxious about it, not having any answers for at least 8 weeks for me is unbearable. Please if anyone can offer me any advise to calm me down, I would really appreicate it. What are other people's experiences?
Sammi X