Hi, I'm 18 with a long history with anxiety. Over the past few weeks, what I assumed to be my lymph node in the left side of my neck has swollen to the size of a few centimetres and is quite hard to touch. I have an appointment on Tuesday to have it looked at, however my anxiety is acting up and I am having multiple panic attacks a day. I can't shake the idea that it's lymphoma and nothing I do can soothe the stress or take my mind off it. I don't have other symptoms like the fatigue or night sweats, however I think the lump might slowly be getting bigger and it isn't squishy or moveable like a lymph node should be. I can't find lumps anywhere else on my body but I also don't have any signs of infection (I may have had a tonsil stone when I first noticed the lump, but I'm not 100% sure that was even a tonsil stone as it disappeared very quickly). Does anyone have any reassuring words or similar experiences they can share?
