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I'm worried I might have lymphoma or pancreatic cancer

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daniel94060
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I'm a 22 year old male. For the past 2 months I've had various gastrointestinal symptoms that haven't really ever gone away. These include diarrhoea, undigested food in my stool, abdominal pain, stomach gurgling. In addition, I also feel dizzy a lot of the time and have a feeling of a lump or tightness in my throat that sometimes makes it difficult to get a full breath. I also have general physical weakness. These symptoms are worse some days than others but have never completely gone away. I've brought these issues up with my doctor and he's now scheduled me to see a gastrointestinal specialist on the 15th this month.

I also noted in my last gp appointment a week ago that one of my lymph nodes (under my right side jaw) was slightly swollen. He told me that it could be related to my symptoms and to keep an eye on it. Since then the lymph node has gotten bigger and I'm worried that it might be cancer. Additionally, I have recurrent abdominal pain in my upper left abdomen which spreads to my back and shoulder which has led me to suspect that it could be pancreatic cancer. Corroborating this is the fact that my blood sugars have been somewhat abnormally elevated recently (I'm type 1 diabetic).

I realise that suspecting cancer is rather silly since other than these gastrointestinal symptoms and the swollen lymph nodes there are no other signs I could have cancer. I haven't lost any weight and my appetite is normal. I haven't had any night sweats and I don't have a fever as far as I can tell. I also can't find any other obviously swollen lymph nodes anywhere else. But for some reason, I've convinced myself that this swollen lymph node means that I have cancerand that I need to go back to the doctor ASAP.

Essentially what I'm asking is this, am I freaking out over nothing? Should I make a doctor's appointment for this Monday or should I wait to bring it up at my gastro appointment on the 15th? Also, is it possible that I could have cancer? Sorry if this is a silly question but I think I'm very very anxious right now and just need some reassurance

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