Hi there,

I'm currently driving myself slightly mad reading all things hernia and lymphoma related! Patience is not one of my virtues unfortunately.

Here is my story so far:

Early December I noticed a lump in my left groin crease when I stood up, only small and quite firm. I wondered if it could be a hernia, as I also have prolapse and am on the waiting list for surgery to repair this. I mentioned it to the nurse at my smear appointment a week later and she kindly had a look for me. She advised to keep an eye on it and if it grew then I should see my GP.

Fast forward to a week ago and I suddenly realised the lump was still there and had indeed grown to approximately double its original size. I saw my GP as I already had an appointment booked for something else, and mentioned the lump and whether it could be a hernia. She examined me and found no cough impulse and said it would need further investigation to determine if it is a hernia or not.

So here I find myself on the 2ww pathway obsessively trawling the internet and reading journal articles as if I can magically diagnose myself. I've not had a call yet about an appointment for testing and I'm struggling to find many groin lump stories, so I suppose I'm just interested in what other people have experienced.

On the referral form my GP has described the lump as soft, mobile and approx 2cm x 5cm. I have no other symptoms other than what I went in for originally, which was to discuss possible orthostatic intolerance on account of my high heart rate and whether I may have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, which is often linked to this. It would also fit a hernia diagnosis but I'm also reading a lot of lymphoma information regarding groin lumps!

Thanks for reading, I'm not scared as such I'm just finding the waiting rather difficult!