As a father of a 15 year old daughter, and the husband of someone who has endured cancer, I'd be absolutely mortified if i found out my kid didn't/hadn't approached me over such a thing.

The picture you posted, that was subsequently removed due to forum rules, showed it was a rather large lump. "Rather large lumps" need evaluated. Plus, you found a second one. Do not mess around with hard lumps, pal. I know you're worried, but that's what your parents are there for, to worry about you, and more importantly, look after you. You have absolutely nothing to gain from keeping this from them.

As the other person said, and I alluded to myself, most lumps turn out to be nothing. The odds of it being nothing are stacked in your favour. But you need it evaluated.

Had my wife sat and worried about her lump before going to see about it, she would have been sat in a room being told worse news than she got. She went and got it seen promptly, and they treated her successfully. That may have not been the case had she left it for a long period of time.

If you have had your lump for 2 weeks or more and it's gotten bigger or no change, you have to tell your parents.

I'll say it again, it's probably nothing, but don't just assume it because you don't want to worry others.

I'll keep nagging you

Thank you again I really appreciate it. I'm sorry to hear about your wife's cancer but I'm glad it was treated successfully. 

It's hard to explain but I don't think my parent would suggest going to see a doctor, in our whole lives we've never really been to the doctor.

Health concerns are usually just brushed off and put down to "they'll get better on their own/it's nothing/it's fine"

I am most worried that they'll get annoyed or say that I'm just being dramatic.

Truth is, I am really scared. And I don't know who to turn to for support. 

Do you absolutely need your parents to drive you? Could you get a taxi or something?

And you don't need to mention the lump if you think that would worry your parents. There is enough else that you should see a doctor about. Just "I'm having breathlessness and fatigue" would definitely be reason to do so. 

I had thyroid cancer (not saying that that is what you have; it probably isn't) and even that isn't as worrying as you might think. That's not to say you should put this off. You shouldn't, both in case it is something serious and also because it probably isn't and you are putting up with a whole load of symptoms that could probably be treated fairly quickly if you saw a doctor.

Margaret gave you good information.

Another way to approach it, is just to casually mention it. Act like you're not worried, if that is your fear. Just say, "i found this on my neck, do you think i need to go and see about it. It's affecting my ability to swallow properly". Then gauge their response. Nothing about that is dramatic. Some things just crop up in life that you do need to go and see a gp about, and this is one of these things. No one likes going to the doctors, but sometimes you have to.

If this turns out to be an infection of some sort (another possibility) too, do you really want this festering away next to your throat? Cancer, infection and other conditions are a lot easier to treat early than if you let them drag on for weeks or months.

I do get where you're coming from. As in, we all think nothing bad can happen to us, because 99% of the time, nothing bad does happen. But as this forum proves, not everyone dodges that bullet.

We're here to talk to if you feel you have no one, so you do have a space to vent or just to write down your worries.

Hi, 

I have finally seen the GP. They said that it seems that part of my heart is blocked and sending wrong signals and I have a very high heart rate. Waiting on tests in a few weeks, she felt my neck and said she couldn’t really feel the lump and that it could be part of my anatomy but it does definitely feel like something is there putting pressure on my throat constantly to me