Would there be a possible way to seek a second opinion without having to go private which I really couldnt afford? I'm running out of options and if it is cancer I at least want to be given the chance to fight it. I do know that I feel like a complete hypochondriac all the time and I cry pretty much every day over it.
#Shotty lymph nodes meaning how to#
No one in my family, close and extended, has had cancer so we don't know how to deal with it. I'm really panicking to the point where I might have to quit my job and uni because my health is so bad and I'm in a constant state of panic. I know that this could be down to anxiety but I can't help but relate it to everything else.Įverytime I go to a GP I'm told I'm being overdramatic (I have bipolar disorder which doctors already judge right away). On top of everything else, I become breathless quite easily and it feels like there is a lot of pressure on my chest.
He then booked me an appointment for April which was basically a "wait and see" kind of thing.įast forward over two months and my health has gone from bad to worse. This consultant told me that my scan looked clear and pointed out things they would be looking for. I pretty much broke down and demanded to see another consultant which I did in January. I had constant kidney infections that couldn't be treated, i was exhausted all the time, my appetite had gone, I was getting headaches everyday and I either had a fever or chills, no in between. Not only were all my original symptoms getting worse (I now had painful lymph nodes under both arms and in my neck) but I also started to show new symptoms. I had a haematology appointment in December where I was basically told that they didn't know what was wrong with me and they were ready to discharge me. Not to mention how worried my parents were, and were not a rich family who could afford to fly back and forth all the time. For context I'm at university in Scotland away from home (Ireland), working part time and volunteering so I really didn't need the stress.
I was already really frustrated because I wasn't getting any answers and my health was getting worse and worse. The ultrasound didn't show anything so a biopsy wasn't performed and my CT did show enlarged lymph nodes but "not big enough to be worrying" The consultant sent me for an ultrasound biopsy and a CT scan to query lymphoma. I had an ENT appointment in September 2018 and by this point I had swollen lymph nodes in my armpit that were unbearably painful. This happened for another four months until I finally said that I was either to be referred somewhere for an answer or I was going to make an official complaint. I went to the gp who told me to come back in two weeks if the lump hadn't gone down. I had had night sweats on and off for years but never thought anything of it until they started to happen a few times a week. In October 2017 I noticed a lump on the side of my neck with no other symptoms. I've never posted anything hear before but I'm desperate for some advice