Hi everybody, 

I have been spending a large amount of time on this group so as consulting Dr Google which I know is net helping bur cannot literally help myself.

I have two swollen lymph nodes under my armpits on both sides. As far as I remember they were at least I thought part of my anatomy , I realise how stupid it sounds now . So I have never rely paid attention to it.

I was feeling sick since October 2021  it started with indigestion and thr feeling that the food was not coming down , I felt like a lump in my throat . I harassed my gp who initially diagnosed reflux without seeing me and prescribed plenty of medication. It's only in February this year that I had a gastroscopy who ruled out cancer they were suspecting du to loosing almost 8kg in 4 months. I still doesn't know what it was but I believe it was amplified by my anxiety as as soon I was giving 5he all clear my symptoms really improved.

I had covid in December 2021 and was feeling pretty poorly with sore throat , body aches and episode of fever. I developed two swollen lymph nodes during covid, one in my throat and one in the back of my neck which until today are still there.

I had another swollen lymph nodes appearing in the front of my right ear around 6 weeks ago, I have ear pain and fullness from time to time for the past year coming and going with pretty bad sharp headaches but nothing persistent.

I had blood taken which revealed anemia, deficiency in vitamin B12, cholesterol,  white blood count was OK.

I went to my gp last Friday initially worried about the lymph next to my ear and on my neck which he examined and told me they were soft and mobile which is a good thing on his opinion. He asked me plenty of questions : night sweat, fever , extreme loss of weight which I don't have.

He then asked me if I had other raised lymph nodes and I mentioned the ones under my armpit which he seemed more concerned about he did a palpation of my breasts but did not found any obvious mass in them, had a touch at my lymph nodes which are also soft, movable and painless.

He did a two weeks referral to the breast clinic and a regular referral for an ultrasound for the neck and ear lymph nodes.

I am waiting to hear from the clinic but I am terrified and convinced myself in some days that I have breast cancer, lymphoma, head and neck cancer or even the three of them at the same time.

I am driving myself crazy, I cannot eat, sleep work or even play with my children. The wait is killing me.

Has any of you had so many lymph who turned out to be nothing? I also noticed after seeing the Gp that the nodes under my armpits seems to be stuck together also still soft and movable.

I read its usually not a good sign. I am really sorry for the long post but I really needed to get it out from my chest.