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Swollen lymph on left side of neck

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Hi everyone,

my name is Charlotte and over the last few weeks I have been reading some posts on here and I thought I would join in and try and get a bit of reassurance/stories from other users.

Around 3 weeks ago I went to the doctors because I had 2 lumps on the left side of my neck, one hard and one quite soft, located directly underneath; my doctor ordered blood tests which have come back normal except for high bilirubin and low globulin which are being repeated in a month (full blood count, urea and electrolytes etc - don’t think there were any Tumor marker tests) and she also booked me in for an ultrasound which is next Tuesday. But I am really struggling to think of anything positive that could come from hard lymph with no other signs of infection, when tonight I was having a feel and noticed another node on the right side of my neck and I have gone into total melt down. I am on the verge of a panic attack, I’m terrified of dying and leaving my child and baby and I can only think of the worse. Positive stories will help or anyone in the same boat who can advice me. I know I can’t do anything to stop this but I can’t help but feel ‘dirty’? With these hard lumps in my neck, I just want them to go away. I will update as and when. Thanks for listening. 

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    I had this when I was 13 years old, I had a large lump come up in my neck, it was on the left side also and was very swollen, i kept nothing it but unaware of the danger it could have brought and I was so blissfully unaware

    i went to my GP and was referred to the ears nose and throat clinic where I underwent scans, biopsy’s, bloody tests... I was poked and prodded so much that I just got to used to it. 

    I remeber the the day they said to my mum that it could be cancer but again I was blissfully unaware I just carried on.

    thr biopsy results can back clear and this was no cancer, my mum smiled for the first time in days, or weeks even.

    17th September I had an operation to remove this which removed the lump and also part of my thyroid. It turned out to be nodules just hard little lumps within a sack of fluid which came up from an ear infection and everything was going to be okay.

    im 22 now I may have struggles with my thyroid now but looking back this is a positive thing to what it could have been.

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    Hi EmLP,

    Welcome to our community. It sounds as if your parents had a worrying time when you were going through these tests at only 13. Maybe it was just as well that you didn't realise the implications at the time? I am so glad that they didn't find anything sinister in the end, but sorry to hear that you till have struggles with your thyroid.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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    Hi EmLP,

    Welcome to our community. It sounds as if your parents had a worrying time when you were going through these tests at only 13. Maybe it was just as well that you didn't realise the implications at the time? I am so glad that they didn't find anything sinister in the end, but sorry to hear that you till have struggles with your thyroid.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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