I saw my GP about a lump in my neck on Tuesday (07/01) thinking it would be nothing and he said he wanted it investigating, saying it could just be an infection, but mentioned lymphoma as well, due to my age and location of the lump.
He wanted me to get bloods done and if abnormal to have them repeated in 2 weeks and if abnormal again would refer me for further investigations (scans etc.)
I managed to get in for bloods yesterday (09/10) (v. quick for my GP practice) had them done at lunchtime and told the results would be back Tuesday, if anything came up they needed to talk to me about urgently they would call, otherwise if I don't hear anything then to call myself on Tuesday but more than likely all ok.
Tried not to worry too much, but got a call from my Doctor today, not even 24 hours later to say results are back and abnormal, liver functions are off, blood count, platelets and many other things too.
He wants me to have more bloods done, but said he wanted them done sooner than 2 weeks. He was trying to look on the positive side and said it could be an infection, although definitely not bacterial, so is rerunning full blood count and testing for Epstein Barr (mono), toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus, just incase (although I've had no symptoms of any).
Got another appointment pretty quickly and having more done on 16/01.
Stupidly Googled all the test results that came back abnormal and it constantly comes up saying cancer, lymphoma etc. I know I shouldn't worry until I have the next lot of results back and need to stop googling!
Has anyone had a similar experience and it turned out to just be a virus, or if not, how quickly did you get answers/a diagnosis!?
Trying my best to remain optimistic :confused:
