Hiya, 

Im sorry to hear your experiencing all this, being in pain is never nice. I would go back to the docs and at least talk to them about that referral, if the pain and the lumps had gone then I would understand about no more action being taken but since you are still experiencing all these I would see what they say for piece of mind if nothing else. Hormones are a pain sometimes, its really good that all your tests have come back clear but I think extra investagtion is wise for your benefit. Very good plan not to check google, it will always come up with the worst senario :/ I hope you get to the doctors soon and they investiagte a little further. If you want to, please let us know how you get on, we're always here if you need any support at all. 

Bex 

Thanks Bex for your reply, I will definitely book another appointment with the Dr, like you said even for peace of mind , I will keep you updated. 

Ali.

No worries, I hope you get on ok with your docs, thank you, will look forward to hearing back from you :) 

Bex 

Im glad they have referred you for more tests to find out whats going on, I know its a stressful time going through stuff like this so I hope you are ok and dont forget we are here if you need any more support. Thank you, I hope all goes well for you Ali 

Thank you, I'm trying not to dwell on something that might not be. Just need to get through the discomfort and hopefully find an answer. Fortunately I have two sons, husband and a busy job to keep me occupied. 

Ali.

Sounds very wise to me, I try my best to do the same in harder times. It's great that you have lots of lovely things to keep your mind off of it :) I'll look forward to hearing from you, will keep everything crossed for you and wish you the absolute best outcome :) 

Hi, I am relieved  to say that after a mammogram, ultrasound and examination by the breast consultant both breasts are healthy.

Although I'm delighted by this news, I am still in a great deal of pain in the left chest, shoulder, neck and upper stomach area. I've had a chest x-ray,  bloods and ecg done but no-one seems to know what the problem is. 

So I'm now at the point of limbo of what to do. 

Hey, that’s great news! I’m so pleased to hear that :)) I bet you are so happy :) although the fact your still in a lot of pain must be difficult, there must be something going on somewhere bless you. Hopefully they will keep investigating until they get to the bottom of it? Have they said they’re going to do anything else? 

Hi I'm back again and unfortunately I'm still in pain and have a constant swelling in my neck lymph node.

I went back to the dr as I couldn't take much more and not sleeping, he referred me for another chest X-ray,  X-ray of thoracic spine and full blood count with peripheral blood smear. 

Thoracic came back with arthritis but chest and all blood tests came back normal, again although this is good news, it doesn't help what I'm going through at the moment. He's given me 2 weeks off work and I'm at the start of my second week.

My Dr is baffled as to what is going on and asked me to start from the beginning with all my symptoms. 

I told him everything thats been happening over the past 3 months and showed him a picture of the swelling on left side of neck which he said he could clearly see. I also reported that the affected lymph nodes throb after I drink alcohol and if I bend over the node in the neck causes a uncomfortable pressure. 

To get an expert opinion he has now referred me to a Hematologist but there is a 4 month wait. In the meantime I'm hoping I don't produce any more symptoms as I've already put my back out by just getting off the sofa. 

I know the waiting can be the hard bit but trying to stay positive. 

Any information of what to expect at the Hematologist appointment will be greatly appreciated.