Hi there! I'll try to keep this short although I can't promise!! Looking for some advice from anyone who has been through similar and can agree/disagree with what's going on!
It all started about a year ago when I finally called my GP after months of crazy all over body itching with no obvious reason, no rash or allergies etc. Bloods were taken and all normal apart from discovering I was anemic and so put on iron.
then there was the burning of the soles of my feet! So intense that I couldn't sleep at night. It did eventually get better! Night sweats started about this time too but I put it down to maybe having a cold or feeling a bit run down with the low iron etc. Next, I discovered a small hardish lump in the right side of my neck (about half way round and half way down) went to GP who referred me to the head and neck clinic under the two week referral scheme. I was seen by an ENT dr who done the camera up my nose thing and said she was going to put me forward for a scan within the following couple of weeks. Time passed, but no appointment! I kept chasing it and kept being told someone would be in touch. In that time, the lump grew bigger, and if I strain my neck, the swelling is visible to the eye. It's right where the pulse is felt in the neck, and you can sometimes visibly see my pulse. Night sweats continue through this time, however, they are sporadic! I can go a week without any at all, and then bam! I have a few nights where I'm waking up, soaking wet and having to dry myself with something and change my pillowcases. I was seen again at the head and neck clinic by the same dr on Monday just past, with her saying yes, it had gotten bigger and needs to be looked at, and could only apologise that the scan hadn't been done in that 8 week period from first seeing her, as it should have been done within 2 weeks. These things happen I said! I also told her about the night sweats and that the itching flares up every so often then goes away again. She said she doesn't think I have anything to worry about as no red flags (?!?!) and I am to have an ultrasound with biopsy next week. I'm so confused as I was sure the itching, the sweats and the lump were all red flag symptoms!! So really, what I'm wanting to know is...
if it was something serious like HL/NHL would the symptoms such as sweats and itching come and go like they do seem to do for me?
is she perhaps just trying to stop me from worrying as much as I am?!
any advice/guidance would be so greatly appreciated!
Betsy x