Worried

[will123721]

Hello,

I have been having various issues. I have bad health anxiety as it is, and have convinced myself I am suffering from lymphoma. It all started because I was having lots of aches and pains, in my neck, ribs, arms and back. I somehow convinced myself it was my lymph nodes and ran to the doctor, he sent me for all kinds of blood tests for infection, inflammation, thyroid function, FBC, etcera etcera. All came back completely normal. I calmed down for a week and then suddenly started aching again. This time I started searching in my groin, neck and armpits for swollen glands. I couldn't find any at all. However I have now found a small, and I mean tiny, it's like 0.3cm maximum bump on the muscle in my neck. It is near the top on the left hand side it doesn't ache and is barely noticeable, have to really dig around to find it. It's not on the other side.

I have no other symptoms, except for the fact that I  get a bit sweaty at night sometimes. But I don't think this is related as I have been getting it on and off since I was in my early teens and I am now 28.

[will123721]

Went to the doctor. He says it is a Gland but it is so small it's nothing to worry about. He says I have probably prodded it too much and that is why it I up. Advised me to stop touching it for a month and stay off Google. He says it won't be anything serious because all my blood tests show I'm in perfect health.

[will123721]

Oh and I dunno if it's relevant, but from October til December I was getting nosebleeds, mainly when I blew my nose. Doctor suspected a damaged blood vessel but referred me to an ENT doctor, appointments in March, but the nose bleeds have now stopped.

[will123721]

A few more things, I have been poking around in my neck a lot, could this have caused the little bump? Or I also had the Hepatitis B Vaccine about 8 hours before I found this bump, could that have caused it? And again, I had a bad cold about a fortnight ago...

My other thought is that if it was lymphoma would something have shown in my blood? The doctor who ordered the tests told me that they would rule out anything serious.

I don't even know if this bump is a gland, it feels very small. I have a few lipomas and a couple of cysts elsewhere on my body, could this be one of those?

No family history of cancer of any kind at all.