lump in my throat
Jul 25, 2008 11:42AM in the Gastroenterology Community
I have had the sensation of a lump in my throat for the past 2 weeks. It does not hurt it is just annoying. I have been to my dr and she said she did not see anything and no swollen nodes but is sending me to a ent. she thinks it may be silent refux. other symptoms i am having are headache and a stiff neck on the left, it feels muscular. Is anyone else d...
polyp on back of throat
Apr 28, 2008 02:58PM in the Ear, Nose & Throat Community
I am having HUGE anxity issues! I found a polyp in the back of my throat. It is flesh colored and painless. I went and saw my famly dr and he said that it was nothing to worry about but to go and see an ENT and have it looked at and maybe biopsied. When I freaked out he told me that it was not cancer that cancer is white and that this polyp looks nothing ...
Health Anxiety
Apr 09, 2008 05:37PM in the Anxiety Community
Thanks... I read your journal! I have seen a therapist. I saw one for years and it seemed to help and it did help for a while. I tried to make an appt with her agian and she had moved practices and now I really don't want to start over with someone else. Not may therapist understand hypocondria or take it seriously, it is very serious to me. I just feel ...
Health Anxiety
Apr 09, 2008 04:10PM in the Anxiety Community
I have severe health anxiety problems. I have been treated for this in the past along with depression. I was on zoloft up until about a year ago. At that time I talked with my Dr and was taken off all meds. Since then I have been doing really well. Then my husband and I started the process of buying a new home and my son started getting cronic ear infect...
Baby with cronic infection
Apr 06, 2008 06:40PM in the Ear, Nose & Throat Community
Thanks for your response. I have an appointment with an ENT at the end of the month. At his last ped appt they did mention tubes. I am hoping that tubes won't be nessecary and that the shots will help but I think that he will end up with tubes. He has just not been himself. I thought the shot would be like a wonder drug and he would start being himself a...
Baby with cronic infection
Apr 06, 2008 07:01AM in the Ear, Nose & Throat Community
I have a one year old son that has had 3 ear infections since Jan. He was put on amoxil and had an allergic reaction so he has been taking omnicef. The Dr told us this week that the omnicef has not done anything and that he was going to give him a round of antibiotic shots. So far my son has had 2 of the 3 shots. My first question is how quickly do these ...