7 year old with lymphoma symptoms

Hi, I'm new to this,  not sure what to say but I'm really concerned about my 7 year old daughter.

The doctor isn't taking me seriously about all the symptoms, saying I'm reading off google. Yes I have read symptoms off google which I didnt realise were relevant until I did read about them. Which is why I took my daughter to the doctors. He agrees that her lynphnodes are swollen in the back of her neck

She had swollen glands in the back of her neck..  pea sized lumps for over 4 months. She often has night sweats where her sheets are drenched in the morning, she has severe itching that causes her to cry and frantically itch, she is particularly tired for a child of her age, would happily sit on the sofa snuggling rather than play with a friend and she has always felt cold even in a heatwave she will be having a breakdown about needing a coat on.

In all honesty I have been made to feel like I am worrying over nothing, which I can handle but I am concerned that there is more to this. She is my middle child of 3 and my other 2 are absolutely nothing like this so I just wanted to hear personal experiences of lymphoma and your personal experiences / symptoms.

I'm sorry if I have posted this in the wrong forum. Km going out of my mind with worry 

Thank you x

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  • Hi. I know the reply is a little late, but i was wondering if you got anywhere with your daughter?

    My 6 year old boy has been back and for hospital for 4 years. Has had pneumonia 3 times recurrent infections frequently and was diagnosed with splenomegaly in 2016. His spleen is abnormally enlarged. 

    I noticed he had enlarged lymph nodes when he was 4. He had a full body scan and blue dye in his veins to check nodes. They were all big.

    Anyway i was told they were enlarged due to an infection somewhere. He has undergone numerous tests for leaukemia blood cancers and cycstic fibrosis and many more. He has had 2 bone marrow biopsies just recently and scans on his lymphnodes and his results has been sent to specialists. We went to see his specialist this week and his lymph node is 6.5cm he has now been made an appt for emergengy removal of his lymph node to be tested for cancer. 

    I am worried sick now but we have to also wait to be admitted as chemo patients are priority. (Fully understandable) 

    My son also has been having really bad night sweats. He drenches his bed. 

    He gets tummy pain even after not eating a lot. (Could be down to his spleen being so enlarged)

    He has also been getting achey after walking the dog and he normally had loads of energy 

    Thanks any help appreciated 

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  • Hi. I know the reply is a little late, but i was wondering if you got anywhere with your daughter?

    My 6 year old boy has been back and for hospital for 4 years. Has had pneumonia 3 times recurrent infections frequently and was diagnosed with splenomegaly in 2016. His spleen is abnormally enlarged. 

    I noticed he had enlarged lymph nodes when he was 4. He had a full body scan and blue dye in his veins to check nodes. They were all big.

    Anyway i was told they were enlarged due to an infection somewhere. He has undergone numerous tests for leaukemia blood cancers and cycstic fibrosis and many more. He has had 2 bone marrow biopsies just recently and scans on his lymphnodes and his results has been sent to specialists. We went to see his specialist this week and his lymph node is 6.5cm he has now been made an appt for emergengy removal of his lymph node to be tested for cancer. 

    I am worried sick now but we have to also wait to be admitted as chemo patients are priority. (Fully understandable) 

    My son also has been having really bad night sweats. He drenches his bed. 

    He gets tummy pain even after not eating a lot. (Could be down to his spleen being so enlarged)

    He has also been getting achey after walking the dog and he normally had loads of energy 

    Thanks any help appreciated 

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