Thanks chadman160. Those are encouraging words! I am glad to hear you are ok? Have the swollen lymph nodes gone down?
hello im 12 i had painful lymph nodes in my abdomen bottom right and my doctor thought i had cancer to however she said "most" cases do not experience pain with cancer and mine were swollen and all but i went to children's hospital in Pittsburgh pa and they ran a CRAP load of test and they said i was cancer free not a cancer cell in me so i wish you luck and pray that it isn't cancer Chadman160
Thanks gavinol -
I'm beginning to think the pain comes from when they grow and are applying pressure on nerves. Especially the small ones. The larger masses in my neck just cause me discomfort. They give me a fullness feeling in my neck. When they are pushed on. It's like you said...feels like an old bruise. Just tender and uncomfortable. They are solid to the touch though.
Thanks! Hope you find yourself surrounded with kindness today!!! :)
Wow, you have been through a lot! Good Luck. I wish I could help. There must be a doc out there that can find out what is causing the pain.
I have been through 6 different courses of antibiotics over the last year. I have had cervical cancer, thyroid cancer that metastisized to the lymph nodes in 2003. radiation and 5 surgeries on my neck. I was told that I no longer have thyroid cancer. Biopsies taken back in April said lymphoid proliferation and lymphoid dysplasia. I was told that I have a virus. Then when I saw the doctors last week. They said the swollen lymph nodes have been going on too long to be a virus that it looks like lymphoma. We are going to do another cbc at the end of the month.
I'm still curious what is causing the pain. I do have masses in my neck again. One the size of a walnut where the thyroid used to be. and one in front of the carotid artery where cancer was removed before. These areas don't cause me pain. Just discomfort. But the little ones as I've described before...really cause me pain.