Hi All
I should preface this by saying I have serious anxiety!
It all started about 3 months ago when I felt what seemed like a swollen lymph node in my upper neck. Slowly I started to feel something in the right side of my throat, tonsil area. When looking myself, the right side looks different and the lingual tonsils are visible underneath the right tonsil however not on the left. GP wasn't concerned and said it felt normal. A few weeks later I could still feel this lump and had the sensation so GP agreed to refer to ENT. ENT did a camera down the throat and said all normal, felt lymph node and said it felt moveable and small but would refer to ultrasound.
Had the ultrasound and the tech was seemed perplexed as to why I was there, said all nodes look normal, 6mm and nothing else they could see.
Back to ENT for follow up. It was a different consultant this time. He had a look at my tonsils and noted scarring on the right, he said likely from illness as a child. He had a good feel of my throat and mouth, then said we will do an MRI just to "close the book on it." What does that even mean!? What exactly is he looking for with an MRI?
I complained about excess mucus. It almost feels like mucus is getting stuck in my right tonsil and that is causing the sensation.
The ENT did have two students in the room and I'm wondering if he was just setting an example and doing it 100% by the book.
I am hoping that someone can reassure me that by now one of these tests I've had would have shown if something sinister was going on, and would things have progressed to a more obvious problem in a 3 month period?
My mind is going in to over drive waiting for this MRI appointment, and don't even get me started on the idea of a contrast MRI. We are trying for a baby and so I'm not keen for contrast at all.
