Several weeks ago I noticed a lump on the side of my neck about half way between my jaw and my collar bone.  I have had swollen glands in my neck over the years but they have always gone down. This one however has remained.  I have had a couple of colds over the last 2 months and my children have had various illnesses too (chicken pox and covid) so it could be that my body is just responding to the hotbed of infection that my house always is however it’s difficult not to worry.  My kids are young (youngest 18 months) so I feel like I haven’t got time for there to be anything wrong with me.

after putting it off I emailed my gp today who said that it’s likely that it’s benign but because of the time frame it’s been there they want to see me in person at the end of next week.  Obviously now I’m going to spend the whole week poking my neck & thinking of worst case scenarios.  My other concern is that when I get there the gp won’t be able to feel it and will just think I’ve lost the plot.  Just thought posting might help offload some anxiety. My husband just tells me I’m being silly to calm down. Unsurprisingly this approach hasn’t helped me calm down but there you go!