Hi all
About 6 weeks ago i noticed a large painless swelling on one side orally at the back of my throat, with slight enlargement of one lymph node. i called 111 who told me to go to urgent care. Despite my protests that it wasnt- the doctor diagnosed tonsillitis and prescribed penicillin for 2 weeks.
Obviously the antibiotics did nothing, so i called my GP who referred me, and ive been seen by two consultants since then who think it is 'extremely likely' to be cancer with secondary spread to the lymph node. The second consultant has been very proactive and ive had CT scan, biopsy of the lymph node and an MRI in the space of three days.
The site of the biopsy has swollen up quite a bit in response to the core biopsy. I did mention it to the doctor when i went for a CT who told me it is just bleeding a bit due to the biopsy and would reabsorb eventually, and sure enough i am getting a very fetching black/yellow bruise all over my neck area (abour 20x10cm area).
This may be a silly question, but i know cancer spreads in blood, if the lymph node is cancerous which my second consultant seemed very confident of (he put it as diagnosis is to determine the type) will the resultant bleeding from the biopsy spread it around more?
Thanks
