Petrified. Worrying about Lymphoma

24 year old male, really skinny so feel everything on body.

to give some background

Lifelong anxiety and OCD diagnosed

Recently I've noticed swollen lymph glands in the followin in neck, one near collarbone left, one lower left neck, one behind ear left. My anxiety has sky rocketed. One night I poked and prodded them so much I reckon it caused them to get larger. I'm petrified of lymphoma. I've been itching as of late and constantly checking my weight. They are painless unless I really poke at them but can move them around, one of them I sometimes lose and have to dig around for.

A month ago I was diagnosed with a deficiency in Vitamin D and been prescribed Vitamin D 20000uG

A couple years ago I had two enlarged lymph nodes under my chin, had blood work done ultrasounds and a CT Scan to be told they were benign and down to a discovery I tested positive for a virus called CMV this settled my nerves I still have those two lymph nodes swollen to this day.

 

Any advice is greatly appreciated as my mental health is deteriorating due to this situation.

 

 

 

 

  • Hi, i really struggle with anxiety too and it stopped me from going to the doctors for a while. If i were you I would call back your GP and ask for further testing, possibly another ultrasound or biopsies, explain to them how much this is affecting your mental well-being. My bloods came back normal too apart from folic acid being prescribed and now I have my diagnosis. Hope you start to feel better soon and get the help you need!