Lump neck

I've had a lump on my neck for a few months. Not painful at all. I suppose I have had a few colds. It doesn't change size or shape, when I'm poorly or not. I seen 2 doctors who were not worried, then I pushed for answers and got an urgent referral. I seen a consultant who barely said a word to me. He didn't know what it was and sent me for a urgent MRI in 4 weeks. A few days later I had an ultrasound which was arranged by a GP. The report says - there were 2 enlarged lymph nodes, 13x18 and 10x18 diameter with loss of stroma and increased peripheral vascularity suggestive of a reactive nature. I've called the GP and they just said because I have been referred the consultant will look at it. 
Is this a good thing? Has anyone experienced this? Im very anxious. 

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  • I wanted to update for anyone else going through this. I drove myself sick with worry. It was a tough time waiting for results. Unfortunately many of my urgent scans and appointments took weeks with delays. I was referred to a rapid diagnosis centre where I had more scans and biopsies. They found the lumps had grown and I had several more on the other side. The biopsies all came back clear. I'm still under my consultant who will monitor them. Several doctors did tell me they are seeing a lot of this at the moment with covid infections and vaccines.  It's important to get things checked out, but also not to self diagnose or Google! 

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  • I wanted to update for anyone else going through this. I drove myself sick with worry. It was a tough time waiting for results. Unfortunately many of my urgent scans and appointments took weeks with delays. I was referred to a rapid diagnosis centre where I had more scans and biopsies. They found the lumps had grown and I had several more on the other side. The biopsies all came back clear. I'm still under my consultant who will monitor them. Several doctors did tell me they are seeing a lot of this at the moment with covid infections and vaccines.  It's important to get things checked out, but also not to self diagnose or Google! 

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