Hi everyone, I was hoping someone might be able to give me some advice with my current situation.
In June 2019 I had a lymph node swell in my neck. I immediately went to my doctor and she just told me it was probably nothing and to come back if anything changed. A few months later two more came up in my groin, so I went back. She told me it was just my muscles that I could feel because I'm too skinny and it left me feeling ridiculous, even though I had felt them growing over time. I left it for ages then, thinking I was just overreacting, but then more became swollen in both my neck and groin. I also began getting pains in these areas, as well as bloating, excessive mucous in stool, very irregular periods, weight loss and fatigue. My left nipple also began to invert on occasion.
I spoke with a different doctor who confirmed that they were all lymph nodes, and then sent me for a blood test, which came back clear. She decided to refer me to the hospital just to be safe. The doctor there told me that because the bloods were clear it was likely nothing, but he wanted to send me for an ultrasound to make sure there wasn't anything he missed in my abdomen.
That brings me to today, where just before going to my appointment I noticed that one of the lumps in my groin had gotten a little bigger, and another lump appeared in my right breast. At the ultrasound clinic I mentioned all of these to the nurses, but they only checked over my neck and didn't check my abdomen at all, even after I told them I was concerned about the lumps there. I get that with the pandemic they probably don't want patients to be in the hospital for too long, but I'm worried that something could have been missed as a result.
My next telephone consultation isn't until December now, so my doctor doesn't know about the one in my breast or the one getting larger in my groin. Do you think I need to be as concerned as I am, considering the blood test was normal? And what should I do if my concerns keep getting dismissed, because I am beginning to feel like no one is taking me seriously. Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post.
