Hi everyone 

I am 25 years old and for the past few months I’ve had a terrible sore throat, tender neck, so tender that I can’t wear a jumper or have anything touching my neck! Hurts to swallow and I feel like I’m straining to talk! Always loosing my voice! I’m in pain all day! I also have itchy ears and sometimes get tingling in my lips! My thyroid feels a little swollen! I have a 7 month old baby so looking after him and trying to be happy for him is really difficult! I feel like I’m getting pretty depressed! I cry all the time! Only because of the pain! The doctors are not sure what’s wrong they have done swabs and blood tests! Nothing has come back! My throat and ears look fine but they have said my thyroid maybe feels a little inflamed. (Thyroid blood test came back normal) so I have been fast tracked referred to the head and neck department which I have an appointment in 2 weeks. I’m terrified it’s cancer plus I don’t know what to expect! I’m a complete mess! I feel terrible for my son! I’m trying to spend all my time with with him making him happy but it’s so hard feeling like this. Anyone else had these symptoms? My family wonders if it’s just like Thyroiditis or glandular fever but It upsets me more coz I’m like well obviously the doctor thinks it’s serious!