I have had a lump under the left side of my jaw about an inch down from the jaw hinge about level and under where my last 2 back teeth are. I first noticed it last october during and after an ear infection and it never sort of disappeared like swollen glands do once you've got over being a bit under the weather.
My mum was dying of dementia ( she passed 6 days before xmas) and we were moving house end of Nov so I just sort of tried to ignore it.
I was diagnosed with a 7mm nodule in my lung the previous October and was going for 6 monthly recalls for CT scans on that and was due one in Jan of this year so I thought after my mum died if theres anything different with my lung it'll come up and if not I'll mention it to someone as a separate topic.
Its taken me til 4 weeks ago, (and then I waited 5 weeks for a dr's appointment) to tell someone
I was put on the 2 week cancer pathway thing although they only just saw me a day before the 2 weeks ran out and i got told the 2 week thing isnt a thing now.
I went in and had a camera down my nose and throat and they showed me the video and there was nothing on the inside, so I then had to sit and wait for nearly 2 hours ( apparently they dont book the ultra sound with the appointment you have to be sent post consultant appointment on the day as an emergency) and had an ultra sound on my neck
The guy doing the scan was great he did everywhere and talked thru what he could see.
There was nothing abnormal apart form the big lump I went for and he said although huge it didnt have jagged edges and still had a white bit in the middle that makes what ever the lymph nodes are meant to do which he also said was a good indication of not being cancerous.
But he said obviously the only way to make sure was biopsy, so I had like a little mini procedure there and then, with a biopsy clicker gun thing (not an aspirating needle which is what the dr told me to expect) and he took 4 biopsies.
I was told it takes 2 weeks for them to process and then about a week for the consultant to either write or get in contact about the results.
That was 8 days ago
This morning I got a phone call from the hospital asking me to go in for an appointment on Monday to see the consultant.
I said yes and put the phone down.
Burst into tears realising its only 8 days
I rung back and explained I really dont think I can wait until Monday so could someone tell me what Im going in for as I havent got anyone who can just come with me, and although totally irrelevant to them obviously, my cat died on Monday out of the blue, on my kitchen floor. I suufer from GAD and social anxiety so the hospital trips are a major thing for me to cope with even when I'm normal but I'm really not in a good place at the moment and now I have to wait until Monday and I dont even know by the time Monday gets here if I will even be up to doing the appointment because of my agoraphobia.
They point blankly refused to discuss anything on the phone with me, even though I said the consultant who is dealing with my lung lump gives results over the phone.
has anyone got any idea if such a speedy biopsy result means it good or bad news?
I know Im getting myself in a state to maybe get there and be told its nothing but tbh by then I really dont know what the stress will have done to my health.
I feel like not even bothering going and just let happen whatever is going to happen. My mums dead now and so's my cat so whats the point.