Hi [@worried33]‍ 

Thank you for this, I've had lumps in my neck and armpit for about 2+ months (that I known about anyway). Along with chesty cough that won't subside, recurrent infections and fatigue. Having my ultrasound today and getting myself stupidly worked up!

Found a couple of people who have mentioned their nodes haven't looked suspect so it's calming me down now!

Fingers crossed all is fine :love:

thank you for this I too have a lump in my neck had it for a couple of months dr says it’s a soft lump between my neck muscles I also have ear pain which I have had for months and months dr said it’s very red in my ear now trying strong antibiotics as ear spray did nothing I also have a slight cough but gp has referred me for a ultrasound to check but I have terrified myself with dr google 

I'm so glad to hear you're ok, I'm sure you're elated.

I'm just wondering how did u get told? I've a follow up appointment tomorrow from a lymph node biopsy on my neck done a month ago, people are saying if it was bad news they'd have phoned me before now.

Like u I'm terrified I have lymphoma, I've had no other symptoms just lumps on my neck, consultant says he's not particularly worried from my blood tests and ultrasound scan but I'm still so nervous for tomorrow x

Hi Thank you for taking time out to  update. really pleased for you now carry on living. I am even though mine turned out to be cancer but now in remission and living my life.

Hazel

Had my ultrasound and i have enlarged nodes on both sides of neck but armpit is fine. 

He saw a couple reactive but said the rest weren't and were 'suspect'. I have ENT and biopsy referral so should have appointment within two weeks he said. 

Fingers crossed it isn't anything, but can't help but worry in these situations! Thanks again for the reasurrance though.

Found this very helpful as I'm a 16 year old boy with the exact thing your talking about I've been to see my gp loads of times and have tried numerous doctors they've all said the same thing they can't see anything dangerous obscuring and I've also had a test for cancer as my mum died from it, everything came back clear but still felt as tho it could be something serious but now that I've read your comment it's genuinely put my mind at ease as I can finally believe the doctors and come to reality with the blood tests. I guess we shall never know what causes these lump type things in are neck‍♂️Hope your well :) 

Hi may i ask where the lumps were? I have one in the midline of ny neck just under my chin. Im worried sick x

Hi, I have a hard lump exactly where you said! I'm 15 years old and it is tender it moves side to side but not up and down I have a docs opp tomorrow to check it out but I have anxiety and am absolutely scared to death of it being cancer I can feel it now with out feeling it with my finger is this the same as you?

Hello I am a 16 year old male, past 2 months been suffering health anxiety badly. And during my health anxiety I had cramps in my neck and the back of my head and I though it would be something serious like cancer tumour. And I had self obsession on Google, and it brings the bad news and doom and gloom about cancer. So one day in December I felt a lump in my neck on the right side, and I had fears it's follicular Lyphoma or a type of lymphoma and I stated googling and it's been on my head. But I saw the GP today he felt it he said it's a swollen gland and I mentioned I have suffered from 3 cold 1 in October 1 In November and 1 in December. 
 

He said sometimes they stay swollen due to a infection and he said sometimes it takes months for it to go down. But it's only one swollen gland that I can feel underneath the skin in my neck. But I maintain healthy all the time I go to the gym, I do boxing and I watch what I eat, sometimes for our dinners we cut down on carbs. But cancers come down do the lack of diet and exercise. And also previously I had a blood test, and my bloods were clear but my white blood cell count was quite low and I still had this lump in my neck back then. But at the time I was suffering a cold and a cough. 
 

But I have fears it might grow slowly overtime and I have hypochondria, and I don't wanna see myself having cancer it's scary to think about. But I have no other lumps around the body it's only one in my neck. I have no symptoms linking to lymphoma so I just hope it's a reactive lymph node that hasn't completely gone down. But the GP said have a another blood test done and we'll see then. 
 

Also when I was young my mum past away with stage 4 bowel cancer and it scares the life out of me if I could get it but it's my health anxiety and it lurks about at times. And I have cut down on Google search. 
 

And it will be great if someone reads this message, and tell me there same experience of what I am going through 

by the way my name is Vikram. 

You've been through something that would be very traumatic for any kid, losing a parent so young. So i can see why you are over fretting about such things. It would make the best of us do that.

As someone looking in from the outside, i will say you have done the right thing going to the gp so at least you didn't just ignore it like many people do in the hope it goes away. However, it's a doubled edged sword. Even though you've been reassured, you're still in the same position mentally as you were prior. Health anxiety can be crippling. It can ruin your life just like any illness can ruin your life.

Purely going on what you have written and taking your age into account, I highly doubt you do have anything. Lymph node can and do stay enlarged long after what caused them to swell has long vacated the body. I have some enlarged nodes in my neck from when i used to get tonsillitis. That was over 3 decades ago. So yeah, once a node enlarges, it very common for them to remain more prominent than nodes that haven't swollen.

I think you need to speak to someone about your fears and why you have those fears (the loss of your mother). You are young, so do not waste your life worrying about cancer. I mean, you'd be in a state if you were ill, but you're living in that same fear even in health.  So either way, you have zero enjoyment.

Google is not a diagnostic tool. It will never ever tell you what you have or don't have. Only a physical appointment with an appropriately trained professional can do that. Google works on algorithms.  Algorithms that make them money.  Cancer being the main headline people seek out, it throws those results up. Why? Because, yeah, it's what the masses seek out.

Seriously, type "unexplained leg bruise" into google. BOOM you now have suspected leukaemia. Sore head? BOOM you now have a brain tumour etc etc etc.

Google is great for when you know what you are dealing with. It's a wealth of information, plus it puts you in touch with similar people. But it is not a diagnostic tool in any shape or form.