Hello sambo1925, 

What a frustrating experience you've had with the first referral never leading to an ultrasound appointment and then having to wait another 7 weeks to be seen by a doctor and appointments being cancelled twice. It's good that this doctor wrote to the hospital and you now have an appointment scheduled for end of August. It won't be long now until your appointment and it's normal that as the date is drawing closer, you are feeling more and more anxious. Make sure you mention all these symptoms you've listed here including this polyp when you are seen at the appointment. Try not to worry too much and not to anticipate the worst as there are so many other things it could be other than lymphoma and it's now a bit of a waiting game until you get definite answers but try and resist the urge to look anything up on Google as this will only make you worry even more. Have a look at these helpful tips to help you cope while you are waiting for news. As you say it's the waiting that is the hardest thing and you are definitely in good hands with your medical team.

I hope that you will hear from the experiences of others who have had similar symptoms and been through something similar as it does help to talk to others here who know what you are going through and how difficult this wait can be. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi so sorry you have to go through this, I was lucky I had a lump at my throat it was that bad people were commenting on it I went to the doctors and they said there was nothing to worry about, I asked to speak to my own doctor who came in and she said she would make appointment for the throat clinic so within 2 days I was seen they sent me for a biopsy which came back thyroid cancer and got appointment the following week to go in and get it out. Hope everything goes well for you and the NHS are amazing. 

Thankyou so much for your comment!!

It has been frustrating and I think it’s the waiting that’s the most frustrating part. Everyday I get closer to the Ultrasound the more impatient I’m getting. Again I’m not too worried about the outcome but not knowing is driving me crazy. I haven’t got many people I can talk too. My Parents are not having a good time of it at the moment. My Dad is at this moment recovering from 2 operations on his bowel after having bowel cancer. He had Sepsis because of it. He was in hospital for nearly 5wks. My Mum is diabetic with quite a few other problems herself. So I’ve been trying to stay strong to help them as much as I can. My best friend is also going through recovery from having a mastectomy as she had agressive breast cancer. I’ve always got my partner to talk to but sometimes it feels like I’m going on about it all the time to him.
Im also now worried in case they don’t find anything because something is surely causing all this pressure in my throat, what happens if they don’t see anything. It’s taking me this long just to get appointments and an Ultrasound….if they don’t find anything how long will it take to get another appointment to try and find out what’s going on?? I think it’s also that that’s some my head in. The fact I could’ve been seen before now if the doctors had taken me seriously. 
Im sorry for the ranting but thankyou so much for replying

Hi,

I’m so sorry to hear that. So how long would you say the whole thing took from discovering the lump, to getting an appointment to getting results and having the lump removed? How are things now you’ve had it removed? Have you had results back to say you’re in the clear? 
Out of all the things I’ve read up ( and I know I shouldn’t but I can’t help it), the one thing I strangely didn’t read up on was Thyroid Cancer. So I did some research last night and I’ve got all the symptoms. I’ve been suffering with headaches and dizziness and I’ve read that thyroid cancer can cause that if it’s spread. So I’m now concerned that the lump they found a few years ago, has it grown and spread. I can’t see a lump if I look in the mirror but I can certainly feel that my neck is swollen. All my lymph nodes are swollen (have been for the last 3yrs) and the pressure is like someone is strangling me in the area of where the thyroid gland is. I’ve now really got it in my head that is what it could be. 
Thankyou so much for your reply. I’m just starting to feel like I’m doing my partners head in and just needed someone who’s been through the same thing to chat too, so thankyou so much. Again the outcome doesn’t worry me so much, it’s the not knowing that’s driving me crazy.