Help pleaseeee:(

Hello has anyone found out why they have a lymth node  uve had one I feel it each size of neck next to muscle doctors say it tiny I think it feel huge I had a scan it showed all nodes were healthy some on one side were  3cms...  No one seems to be concerned I'm worried it could be serious aniexty is really bad

Hi Kristy, 

I am 15 and I have the exact same problem, it is so good knowing that i am not alone with this problem. I have extreme anxiety over getting cancer. I found an enlarged lymph node in my neck few weeks ago and it isn't going away, i am getting very stressed about it. I have told my mum about it but she doesn't seem to be worried about it and she doesn't understand why i am concerned about it  

 

HI just seen this thread. I have been to have nodes checked at the hospital today which thankfully seem ok, bloods fine. I have a little one age 2 and know i have some anxieties to health for justified reasons, and just think you appreciate life so much more, understand the fragility of it when you have little ones.

I went for a routine operation last year through choice to have my thryroid removed,it was overactive & affecting my ability to function day to day and problem had been recurrent.

On removal of the thyroid they found an encapsulated micro papilary carcinoma which means a it was a micro cancer that was contained.It could have gone off in the future, may not have done, likely would have.  I have a very difficult yr almost goingthrogh the grieving process, worrying about what ifs and jumping at any health concer, justifiably so. But actually i am very lucky, i have had great medical treatment from the nhs.

I am at un currently training within medical profession, which accelrates concern due to some knowledge, but google is the worse thing you can do. I could have self diagnosed myself with three different cancers last week ,and it is in fact very damaging. Cancerand the word association id horific and frightening, every year when  have a check up i feeling like pooping my pants it opens the box again, (although grateful for the monitoring) It is a frightening illness especially when you have known someone, or had a scare yourself, which they say is 1 in 3.

Its good to be aware, but you will make yourself ill if you carry on. I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

You just need to try get on with life and stop worrying unecssarily. If you need Cognitive behavoural therapy (CBT) it may be a good way to rationalise your thoughts and put things into perspective.

The fear of being ill will make affect your health and wellbeing, lifes short, enjoy it , live it, and take acton if its making you feel that bad. Defo think symptoms could be relate dto anxiety can body do very funny things.

Take care and stop worrying!

Hi I've just been reading all the letters sent in by women and young girls. I've had anxiety now on and off for sixteen years I'm 44. It started when my daughter was eight months old. I would be running around making sure my house was spotless everything had to have a place. The reason for that was my childhood, my mums house would be an absolute mess and dirty, the smell that would come from my mums house was unreal. Friends would comment at school about the state of my mums house. The reason I'm sayin this is because that was the start of my anxiety. When I moved out of my mums to start a life with my husband. I had abuse thrown at me from my mum and my stepdad. My confidence was shattered, my husband helped me build it back up again. But as soon as my daughter came along so did the anxiety.  Like I said when my daughter was eight months old friends and family started dying. Then there was the beef scare. There was also a war going on in Iraq. All this contributed to my anxiety. I couldn't read news papers for fear of there being something bad like a new illness or someone dying. It got to a point wear I planned my own funeral incase I died. I wouldn't go out of the house incase my daughter caught s disease. One day I was out shopping and a friend said hello to me. I just panicked pushed my shopping trolley to one side and walked out of the supermarket. I worried I had cancer. Of all types. Brain disease. Everything you name it I had it. Then one day I noticed my daughter was exceptionally hot and lifeless. I rang my doctor who said just give her calpol. I didn't listen instead I took my daughter to hospital. My daughter had meningitis. That shook me out of my anxiety. The first time. The second time it hit me was three years ago my best friend died of cancer of the bladder her doctor kept telling her she had an infection. And just kept giving her antibiotics. When finally she was sent to hospital in the November, it was to late the cancer had spread to her kidneys. She died in the March. I then hit rock bottom my anxiety came back with a vengeance. Then another blow came another friend of mine was diagnosed with ALS or motor neurones disease. They gave her three years to live. I then focused on her symptoms. My hands would lock up I felt weak my legs felt like jelly. I went to my GP. She told me it was my anxiety and that it can mimic illnesses. She wanted to put me on depression tablets but I refused. She then sent me to CBT which helped a lot. Then one day I was watching Peter Andre on tele and he also suffers with extreme anxiety where his hands would lock up. This sort of put my mind at rest. What scares me is if you  have life insurance and you start to take antidepressants and then something does happen like your diagnosed with something the insurance won't pay out because you've been on antidepressants. This I know is true because my cousin was put on antidepressants she told her insurance company because her doc told her to. And they terminated her contract. She wasn't allowed to apply for anymore life insurance until she had been clean for five years of the anti depressants. That  added to my worries. I now have the shaking at night aching arms and legs palpitations. And I worry evey time I go to the docs. All I'm saying is you not on your own. I now drink decafe coffee and tea no fizzy drinks and no chocolate as they all contain high levels of caffeine. As I'm writing this I have doctors today. And I'm totally in a mess about going because of the diagnosis. But I know that when I get home my three beautiful children will be there waiting to celebrate Halloween. With myself and my husband. Anxiety never goes away but you can manage it and how it affects you. Good luck your not on your own.😊😊😊😊

Hi I've just been reading all the letters sent in by women and young girls. I've had anxiety now on and off for sixteen years I'm 44. It started when my daughter was eight months old. I would be running around making sure my house was spotless everything had to have a place. The reason for that was my childhood, my mums house would be an absolute mess and dirty, the smell that would come from my mums house was unreal. Friends would comment at school about the state of my mums house. The reason I'm sayin this is because that was the start of my anxiety. When I moved out of my mums to start a life with my husband. I had abuse thrown at me from my mum and my stepdad. My confidence was shattered, my husband helped me build it back up again. But as soon as my daughter came along so did the anxiety.  Like I said when my daughter was eight months old friends and family started dying. Then there was the beef scare. There was also a war going on in Iraq. All this contributed to my anxiety. I couldn't read news papers for fear of there being something bad like a new illness or someone dying. It got to a point wear I planned my own funeral incase I died. I wouldn't go out of the house incase my daughter caught s disease. One day I was out shopping and a friend said hello to me. I just panicked pushed my shopping trolley to one side and walked out of the supermarket. I worried I had cancer. Of all types. Brain disease. Everything you name it I had it. Then one day I noticed my daughter was exceptionally hot and lifeless. I rang my doctor who said just give her calpol. I didn't listen instead I took my daughter to hospital. My daughter had meningitis. That shook me out of my anxiety. The first time. The second time it hit me was three years ago my best friend died of cancer of the bladder her doctor kept telling her she had an infection. And just kept giving her antibiotics. When finally she was sent to hospital in the November, it was to late the cancer had spread to her kidneys. She died in the March. I then hit rock bottom my anxiety came back with a vengeance. Then another blow came another friend of mine was diagnosed with ALS or motor neurones disease. They gave her three years to live. I then focused on her symptoms. My hands would lock up I felt weak my legs felt like jelly. I went to my GP. She told me it was my anxiety and that it can mimic illnesses. She wanted to put me on depression tablets but I refused. She then sent me to CBT which helped a lot. Then one day I was watching Peter Andre on tele and he also suffers with extreme anxiety where his hands would lock up. This sort of put my mind at rest. What scares me is if you  have life insurance and you start to take antidepressants and then something does happen like your diagnosed with something the insurance won't pay out because you've been on antidepressants. This I know is true because my cousin was put on antidepressants she told her insurance company because her doc told her to. And they terminated her contract. She wasn't allowed to apply for anymore life insurance until she had been clean for five years of the anti depressants. That  added to my worries. I now have the shaking at night aching arms and legs palpitations. And I worry evey time I go to the docs. All I'm saying is you not on your own. I now drink decafe coffee and tea no fizzy drinks and no chocolate as they all contain high levels of caffeine. As I'm writing this I have doctors today. And I'm totally in a mess about going because of the diagnosis. But I know that when I get home my three beautiful children will be there waiting to celebrate Halloween. With myself and my husband. Anxiety never goes away but you can manage it and how it affects you. Good luck your not on your own.😊😊😊😊