Hi, 

I’m getting myself into a mess thinking about all of the possibility of having something untoward. Like most of us nowadays, I have massive health anxiety. My mother died of terminal cancer a couple years ago and my dad has been so ill he has almost died, again, recently. 

I have seen the GP four times for this issue and I feel like I’m just being fobbed off. I have a sensation, not a pain, but a feeling under my right ear, down and under my jaw on my right side. Everything feels hard. It’s constant. I also get a sensation around the back of my head/base of my skull on the right hand side but this is intermittent. I do occasionally get a shooting pain in my right armpit but honestly I’m so stressed this could be exacerbated by my mind worrying about it. My chest feels tight but again, this could be the stress. 

I’ve called up again for my 5th appointment. It’s been months and months of this now and I’m worried they’re going to miss something major. I’ve asked for referral, I haven’t even had a blood test done. God, what can I do to get some help or reassurance because I can’t live like this. I’d pay for a private consult but they can’t always do an nhs referral for secondary care and I can’t afford to do it all privately! I feel stuck