Hello!
I have a long history of gastric problems thanks to anti-inflammatory meds for spinal issues and when my bloods showed raised levels of red platelets, along with prolonged heartburn/indigestion, despite taking Lansoprozole each day, my GP referred me to the Gastroscopy unit as an urgent case about 5 weeks ago. The endoscopy failed and the specialist referred me for CT scans, one as a barium meal and those were done the following week.
Two days after my barium meal, I received a phone call from one of the specialist nurses, to say that my scans had shown enlarged lymph nodes and a kidney problem, but they wanted to do a biopsy on the lymph node before an ultrasound scan of my kidneys. A week later I had my biopsy done and was told 2-3 weeks for the results. In the meantime I've been in limbo, going through all kinds of thoughts, from Lymphoma to autoimmune problems and everything in between.
I rang one of the specialist nurses last Friday and she told me that my biopsy had had to go off to Birmingham or London for specialised testing they didn't do at the local hospital, which immediately set off the cancer alarm bells again! I have no other symptoms, other than a lump I discovered at the base of my skull the morning after my first CT scan. It's still there now, not painful or moveable and I have seen my GP who dismissed it as a swollen gland and if it was anything, there are treatments! Ushering me quickly out of the surgery, even though I was close to tears at the thought of what it could be!
I still haven't heard about my results and it's 3 weeks tomorrow, has anyone else had the same route for diagnosis, and what would they be looking at in Birmingham or London? Sorry to waffle on!
