Hello,

I have just joined, as I stumbled upon this chat after a trip to a&e. 
I went to my GP today with a hard immovable lump just in front of my ear probably the size of a 2p. It had been there for around 5 months or so painless and I honestly thought it was just my jaw playing up. The past few days I’ve been getting awful facial pains, shooting up to my head and pressure on the same side, it felt like my face would explode, the lump was also feeling tender. I’d been getting ice pick type headaches recently, but not that intense and put it down to recently needing glasses. My Gp sent me to a&e after examining me and said I had a fever. She thought I had an infection in my jaw bone.

I had my bloods done at a&e, all normal, had an Xray of my jaw which was also normal and I still had a fever, though paracetamol had brought it down. I was reviewed by the doctor and she noted how hard it was, she said she thinks it’s a lymph node. She then examined my head and neck and found a few more, which she said were firm and rubbery.
She kept asking me to each one “how longs that been there” “did you know you have one here”. She said she was referring me to ENT for them to look at and wants my gp to schedule an ultrasound. She said to me multiple times "i wouldn’t worry just yet”- which has worried me, just how she was looking at me! I’ve been really tired this past year, I only work 20 hours over two days and it then takes me a further 2-3 days to recover, but I also have 3 lively kids at home. Even on my days off I need an afternoon nap. I’ve also been suffering with vertigo for the same amount of time and aspiration but I didn’t think any of these were connected until now and now I’m really freaking out! 
Please somebody put my mind at rest