Hi everyone,

I’m posting to here after driving myself mad reading half of google with my symptoms. I found a lump on the side of my neck around 8 weeks ago. I’ve had a couple of viruses throughout winter as I often do so thought initially that it was a swollen lymph node in response to that. I hadn’t been paying much attention to it, however I noticed that it was getting smaller, to the point it was barely there and bigger again to it’s original size, sometimes the size would change throughout the day! I then also noticed a much smaller one on the other side of my neck so I decided to go and get everything checked at the doctors. I hadn’t experienced any other symptoms besides some dizziness. The doctor had a good feel of them and ordered a load of blood tests. She said they didn’t feel concerning but still wanted an ultrasound done regardless. My bloods all came back normal (besides some very low vitamin d) and I’m now awaiting an ultrasound. The lump which changes size can be very painful and the pain is radiating up through my cheek, ear and in to my head. I’m also so worried about the dizziness as I do quite a dangerous job where becoming dizzy and unsteady really isn’t ideal. 

I have no idea what to do from here. It is causing me immense anxiety and impacting on me being able to live a normal life now. I feel silly for being so anxious when my doctor isn’t that concerned but I can’t work out why else my lymph nodes would have suddenly swollen. In need of some words of advice on how to cope with this part of the process :( 

x