Hi my name is liam, im 20 years old and i am worried about having some sort of lymphoma/cancer in my neck or throat.
it all started about 2 months ago when everytime i drank my throat would make a clicking sound, things gradually got worse i was hoarse, i have acid reflux amd anxiety so neither help me out really haha, over the past month i have developed a pretty large lump in the base of my neck just above my collar bone on the right hand side, it grown quickly within 2-3 weeks, my tonsils have been enlarged hugely for 2 months, with barely any pain, the back of my throat is white looking with red spots, the only pain i have really is inside my throat where the swelling is and all around the neck and shoulders, just a general ache, sometimes getting ear pressure too, i had a lymph node up in my armpit but this dissapeared within 2 days, the only thing keeping my mind slightly at ease is i have no night sweats, my appetite is fine, my energy levels are fine, and im barely itchy! Can anybody shed any light on what this might be? I have severe health anxiety it really doesnt help, i would be so thankful and greatful for any replies, thankyou so much.
Hi and a second welcome to the Online Community but as always sorry to see folks find us.
I can only agree with Rachel, from what you have said you have ether not been to see your GP or if you have you have you have also been supplementing your information by using Dr Google...... or you are totaly relying on Dr Google?
I have lived with my type of NHL for over 19 years and the one lesson I learned over the years is to trust the people who have the knowledge and expertise to work through the process of finding the jigsaw pieces and putting them together to find out what is going on with you.
The more you stress the more your body will react and your lympnodes being the safety valves for your body will react and go up and down due to lots of reasons.
So the first thing you do is get along to your GP and unpack all your issues and work with them to find out what is going on.
All my resent treatments and tests show that I am in remission, cancer free, but I still have a lump on my neck...... a number of weeks back I tried googling it and guess what I got a hit on?....... yes Lymphoma, but my next hit was on an advert for a funeral directors - I think not! Your post shows you are concerned and you need to do something proactive about this so hit that phone on Monday.
I am very happy to say we do get lots of posts just like yours every week on the NHL Forum and I am even more happy to say that a very very high % of folks return to say thankyou but it turned out that blood cancer was not the issue.
We are always around to help out.
Hi Liam, your story is so familiar and as I said it is all about working through the options and getting a clear picture.
An ultrasound will not diagnose Lymphona but it will highlight issues that need to be looked at further so let's get this done and see what ENT comes up with.... they will be able to look for any abnormal areas and if required look further.
Get back to us at any time.
Hi Noddles this post is over 5 years old now and as the members community name is now knows as a FornerMember they may not be using the site anymore.
It’s just how the site is set up with some threads being left even although the members may have moved on as some threads do contain some useful information for others looking in and people like me can pick up anyone who posts in the older threads.
