Please advise! Worried about my son's lymph nodes

So, last month my eldest was sat with me having a discussion and when he moved his head a certain way, i saw a large mass of lymph nodes on his neck. I asked him how long he had them and he wasnt sure but found a picture from a hair cut a week or 2 previously and the lumps where there. I finally managed to get him a drs appointment and he was given an examination and more swollen nodes were found in his groin. He was asked if he had certain symptoms like fatigue, which he does, loss of appetite and weight loss which he also does but he doesnt have night sweats or other "worrying" symptoms. He was sent for an urgent/stat blood test which we managed to get done yesterday (saturday) after a failed attempt on friday, they tried 3 times but couldnt get a sample. Now im completely on edge, and googling stuff is keeping me up at night and driving me crazy. Does anyone have any similar stories? We were told we would get the blood results tomorrow (monday) but im not sure because they were done on a saturday. Please help, im going insane!

  • Welcome to the forum Mum-of-5 although I'm sorry to hear about your son.

    I know this must be scary but try not to panic if you can. Always much easier said than done I know, but hopefully with the help and support of our community, this very anxious and worrying time will become a bit more bearable.

    I do hope you got your son's blood tests results back the other day, and they brought some good and reassuring news, but if you haven't got them just yet and would like to discuss any of this with one of our cancer nurses, they're just a phone call away on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5.pm.

    Fingers crossed everything will be o.k Mum-of-5.

    Best wishes to you both,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator