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Swollen lymph node

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Hi everyone,

A week ago i was rubbing my neck and felt what i thought was a spot, it was sore and red.  I noticed it didnt seem to have any kind of head on it to be a spot and it seemed to be coming more from underneath the skin, so i stupidely looked it up online i saw a lot of stuff about cancer!!! I got an appointment at the doctors and he checked all over my head and neck and could only feel the one lymph node swollen, he asked me a number of questions such as was i feeling ill? did i have night sweats? history of family cancer, etc, all of which i answered no to.  He took my blood pressure and weight which were all fine, he asked if i had been ill recently and i said ive had cough and cold on and off since decemeber but has gone now so he has put the swollen lymph node down to this and said he wasnt worried but  told me if it gets any bigger or is there after 2-4 weeks i should return..

It has now been a week and i can still feel the node, it is no longer sore and red this went after 3 days.  I am so worried that i can feel it, its smaller than a pea and is just there! I dont want it there and dont know why it is there,  this is what is bothering me so much is not knowing why it has all of a sudden popped up out of nowhere and also what the hell will happen if it is still there after two weeks! 

This is making me very anxious, and i hate feeling this way, its mostly the not knowing why it is there and is it something sinister! Dont know what to do, not sure what it is im asking here, think i just need some reassurances im going to be ok as i have two young children :( 

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    Hello Worried1 I am going through something a little similar at the moment. I have had a niggly cough for a few months, no other symptoms other than recently a bit of chest pain. I went to the doctor and had blood tests, all fine, and a chest X-ray, not fine - currently waiting on a CT scan and the title of my letter says ‘Suspected lung cancer’ so I am bricking it. I can sleep and eat but my anxiety is not good and I’m feeling symptoms now which I can’t determine whether they are actual symptoms or brought on by anxiety. My partner has not left my side and has been so supportive so this has helped with my anxiety. Making sure you keep yourself busy - be it seeing friends or with the kids. Doing overtime at work has helped me as well. The NHS have been good so far. You must keep an eye on it and go back if anything changes as per the doctor advice. Don’t bury your head in the sand like I did... if you need help, be it for real symptoms or anxiety, then persist with the doctor. I’m around and I’m sure others are if you need to vent. Bella
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    I was feeling so positive as lymph node had started going down in size but now I have found another on the other side of neck and this one is same as the first one with the redness and soreness :( so back to the doctors I go. I haven’t had any other symptoms just stupid anxiety and I don’t know if that is what is bringing these nodes up
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    I called the doctors today no appointments until 20th February!!! Was offered a call from a doctor so accepted that, generally ask you to come in if they feel there is a need. So I have to wait and see now.
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    Swollen lymph node especially neck, unexplained weight loss, night sweats and fatigue. Get checked out for TB. 

    Its very badly diagnosed as people think it’s a disease of the past but you should ask your go if you have those symptoms.  Even if you had the Tb vaccine when you were a child there are many different strains of Tb and you do not neccedeyhabe a persistent cough. 

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    Swollen lymph node especially neck, unexplained weight loss, night sweats and fatigue. Get checked out for TB. 

    Its very badly diagnosed as people think it’s a disease of the past but you should ask your go if you have those symptoms.  Even if you had the Tb vaccine when you were a child there are many different strains of Tb and you do not neccedeyhabe a persistent cough. 

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