I'm 35 and currently awaiting results of a lymph node biopsy as I have several enlarged lymph nodes in my neck, armpits and groin. They've been there for weeks, possibly getting on for months now. But I've developed other symptoms, which may well be unrelated, but my worried mind is telling me they all add up to a diagnosis of cancer.
I've recently developed foot drop, which is a type of paralysis in my lower leg/foot. My GP said that I've either bruised a nerve and it will resolve in a few days, or it won't resolve and that will indicate that something more sinister is going on.
I've also apparently got an intermittent low grade fever (around 38 degrees, never higher than 38.3). Its definitely intermittent, and there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it. I don't have a cold or flu symptoms.
I also had a migraine with aura last week, for the first time, which was really quite frightening.
All in all, I feel so incredibly run down. I'm a runner, and usually in the gym 3 times a week, but I haven't been at all for 2 weeks now. I just don't have the energy. I barely had the energy/strength to make a coffee this morning. I know anxiety won't be helping here. Ironically, I'm a psychological therapist in the NHS. But I'm really struggling to identify if I need to be worried here.
The consultant did say my biopsy results may not be back until January. I'm not sure I can face Xmas feeling like this.
Does anyone have any advice/experience of this?