Hi,

On a bit of a journey at the moment with several twists and turns freaking me out!

Following a suspected infection (which wasn't solved with antibiotics) I was left with a small lump behind my jawbone beneath my ear - I was sent for an ultrasound which I arranged privately, a small mass was observed.

A week later I was told they had observed a tumor (GPs words) and would need referring - getting a private consultant was proving impossible, so was advised to go via NHS pathway and was seen quickly and referred for a followup ultrasound and FN biopsy.

2 weeks later I attended the appointment, but was given a cursory sweep over with the probe before being told 'we dont biopsy them' its too small - I encouraged him to look again, and indeed did spot something deeper which he was also unable to biopsy and required an MRI. (two areas to be concerned of I now wonder>?)

after not hearing about an appointment I was told that the MRI referral had been sent back as it hadn't been signed by the consultant - a further week passed, and upon chasing up I discovered it had been requested on an 18 week wait, rather than the 2WW it needed to be.

Finally had the appointment yesterday and now waiting to hear back - hoping it won't be long