I think each doctor has his / her own way of testing? My lumps were found during a random check after I was admitted to hospital for a hernia. I told my GP that I had to go back for tests and he said to just get a blood test first and take a round of antibiotics before getting anything else done. But at the hospital they had already taken a full round of blood tests, had me in for a day in hospital for tests for allergies and had scheduled a CT with contrast. I asked him for a day off work to have the CT and he said 'whatever are you doing?', as the hospital haven't been in contact with him, and I haven't taken the antibiotics as he suggested, I think he's confused.

But I am quite relieved that if I actually do have something wrong with me, I'm further along the testing stage than I would have been if I had done what my GP suggested. I said many times to the DR at the hospital, my GP thinks I need to take antibiotics and wait. I hate the idea that I am wasting hospital time and money if I should have just tried antibiotics. 

The radiologist asked me before the CT how antibiotic therapy had gone. I said I hadn't taken any. He looked miffed. After I asked, should I take antibiotics starting this week? He said no need, and he was suggesting a biopsy in his report.

I've asked my ex husband to go away with our daughter this weekend, so I can lay low and do some cleaning. I decided not to discuss any of the 'what ifs' with my daughter, I have a new hernia in my back, so she thinks I'm sick because of my back and all the tests I've being having  are for something she's used to me having. 

I hope time passes for us both, and that we are found to be healthy at the end of it all. I am truly convinced I have nothing as I haven't lost any weight, I don't have night sweats and I wasn't even aware I had large lymh nodes until last month. Now I can see my neck is considerably swollen on the right, but I don't see the 6 3.5 cm lumps they say I have!

Good luck! Have a good weekend!

I think each doctor has his / her own way of testing? My lumps were found during a random check after I was admitted to hospital for a hernia. I told my GP that I had to go back for tests and he said to just get a blood test first and take a round of antibiotics before getting anything else done. But at the hospital they had already taken a full round of blood tests, had me in for a day in hospital for tests for allergies and had scheduled a CT with contrast. I asked him for a day off work to have the CT and he said 'whatever are you doing?', as the hospital haven't been in contact with him, and I haven't taken the antibiotics as he suggested, I think he's confused.

But I am quite relieved that if I actually do have something wrong with me, I'm further along the testing stage than I would have been if I had done what my GP suggested. I said many times to the DR at the hospital, my GP thinks I need to take antibiotics and wait. I hate the idea that I am wasting hospital time and money if I should have just tried antibiotics. 

The radiologist asked me before the CT how antibiotic therapy had gone. I said I hadn't taken any. He looked miffed. After I asked, should I take antibiotics starting this week? He said no need, and he was suggesting a biopsy in his report.

I've asked my ex husband to go away with our daughter this weekend, so I can lay low and do some cleaning. I decided not to discuss any of the 'what ifs' with my daughter, I have a new hernia in my back, so she thinks I'm sick because of my back and all the tests I've being having  are for something she's used to me having. 

I hope time passes for us both, and that we are found to be healthy at the end of it all. I am truly convinced I have nothing as I haven't lost any weight, I don't have night sweats and I wasn't even aware I had large lymh nodes until last month. Now I can see my neck is considerably swollen on the right, but I don't see the 6 3.5 cm lumps they say I have!

Good luck! Have a good weekend!