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I'm scared of my scan results?

I'm 16 and my lower throat has been feeling really tight since last month and I was scheduled for an ultrasound.

Today, I had an ultrasound of my throat. They laid me down and took a gel and went across my neck and the doctors there had their eyes glued to a computer screen and told me they would give me results on the next 24hrs. I'm really scared that it could be something really serious like cancer or something. I didn't tell the doctors that the tightness in my throat had gone away and they did an ultrasound.
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All ultrasound technicians are like that they do there job and that's it.  They are not allowed to give you your results. Exception pregnancies they show patients heart beats and the sex of the baby if parents want to know.  But if something is wrong they can not divulge anything. It's there job to take the scan then someone else reads the scan then your doctor will give you your results.  
So if you are nervous because you are reading something from her I wouldn't be to nervous because she was probably just concentrating on doing her job because she had to take measurements of everything in there. And look at all the details just to make sure you are all right.  Even if the symptoms had gone away it's good the ultrasound has been done, it will help releave your worries.
In some cases I found out my results in the same day. Good luck. If you need anything else don't hesitate to ask and keep us updated if you wish.
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