I have an appointment Monday with primary

100% you should go and get checked out.  You should not feel stupid for asking about your own health, if you do not get the answers from one doctor then by all means get a second opinion.  I saw a practise nurse when I first went to my doctors with a lump on the rh side of my neck, as there were no doctors available at the time so quickly got an appointment with the nurse.  She said not to panic but she wanted me to be referred to the hospital under the 2 week pathway just to get checked out.  Good job she didn't dismiss me because it ended up I did have Cancer.  6 months post op with a total Thyroidectomy and neck dissection.  I had one nodule which measured 2.5 cms and one raised lymph node.  I had 60 lymph nodes removed and cancer was found in 14 of them.  The cancerous nodule was wrapped around the rh side of my thyroid and as a result my rh vocal cord is paralysed and I am waiting for another operation to try and rectify it.  It will never work again but it needs to be filled to close the gap because it is causing me to choke if I am not careful eating and drinking and my voice has lost its power and it affects my breathing as in I run out of breath at the end of a sentence.  I am not saying this to scare you @Kyrsten because you may well find that you are ok and have nothing to worry about, but you really do not want to hang around any longer to find out.  So yes definitely go for that appointment and please come back into the forum to let me know how it goes. x

In July 2021 I contacted my GP for advice about lump in my neck. He did not want to see me. Phoned me and said it's lymph nodes as I probably have infection. 1st of March 2022 I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. 

You should never thi k you will look stupid! Doctors do make mistakes and it's your health so you need to be persistent as you know when something isn't right. My bloods were always great as well. Thyroid cancer will not show abnormal results until speciality blood tests will be done.

Good luck! 

Thank you for your reply! I appreciate your help and reassurance. I’m sorry to hear what you went through. That sounds very tough as I imagine myself in your shoes. 

I did go to the doctor today. He is a great doctor, but basically dismissed me. The first thing he said was “I see you saw two other doctors for this issue” and I had to clarify that it wasn’t the case. I saw one doctor for a flare of strange symptoms I hadn’t experienced before in December because I couldn’t get in to see him, and over Christmas I thought I broke my jaw because I was wrestling with my cousin and took a direct hit to the floor so I got X-rays. I think he thought I saw them for my lymph nodes that day. 

Anyways, he told me that the lymph nodes on the concerned side were a couple mm as he felt around and that it’s normal. Not concerned. He asked me not to worry about it again. The first time I saw him for this over the summer, he couldn’t feel any lymph nodes. So, idk. Again, my fear is that I look like an idiot and I left feeling like an idiot. I have a long history of needing help from doctors for eating disorders and such sort so I feel like they take one look at my chart and think I’m a frequent flier now. 

Thank you for replying and making me feel more at ease with this! I did end up going. See my other response to petal66. 

I am worried I am going to fly under the radar. I know a majority of cases aren’t serious (cancer), but it runs in my family. And I know my body. I’ve never dealt with these symptoms before last year and I’m worried I’m making a fuss of nothing. I wish someone would just look deeper so I could say “okay, you’re right, I’m fine!” 

I’m also sorry to hear your suspicions were correct and you were dismissed at first. Glad they finally took action in March for you!! IsabellFel