Is it cancer

thank you for the advise and i think you right better to be safe than sorry and yes I'll keep you up dated on how it goes.

Hi Shannon,You need to get your self asap to your GP! I would think a strong course of Antibiotics,& a blood test is the next step.regards Amanda

Please do, I'm thinking of you.

i will i have now discovered that i have swollen lymph nodes in my neck armpits and groin

thank you.

Just read your new post, if you've found more swellings ring the surgery, tell them what you've found and ask if the referral has been made as a matter of urgency. Or, if you want more immediate attention, take yourself to A&E and tell them what's going on. They may do a scan there and then, but be prepared for a long wait, A&E is always busy. Unless they ask I wouldn't mention that you've already been to your GP.

i think im going to go to the doctors because i know how stressful hospitals are i have a spinal mri aready booked for a different reason but will that show the swollen lymph nodes?

I'll be honest with you, I don't know. But if you're going to speak to doctors tomorrow that's something to ask them. I had a routine CT scan after cancer treatment and they found my tiny brain tumour even though they weren't looking for one so I'm guessing that if it's a spinal MRI that would cover the ground lymph nodes but maybe not neck. Ask your GP, see what he says.

Groin not ground, predictive text inc's rubbish sometimes!

okay thanks for the advice much appreciated

hey just want to let you know as you asked to be kept in the loop i went to the doctors today and he said that my lymph nodes are definitly inflamed and that its very weird so im being dent to a specialist but i told him to tell me exactly what he thinks it is so he said he cant confirm his suspicions but he said it either a infection but all my lymph nodes are swollen and hard so he thinks its hodgkins lymphomer or non-hodgkins lymphomer and as im a child (13) i would get seem within 24-48 hours (and yes my parants know about this it was them who said to start it to get  advise)

Hi Shannon. First of all I would like to say what an incredibly mature young woman you are. You have been doing all the right things. Both Hodgkin's and non Hodgkin's are curable, I myself finished treatment for non Hodgkin's a year ago. I'm very pleased that your parents are helping you seek advice from other people who have had problems just like yours, it's not nearly so scary when you realise that there are lots of people just like you and we're all here ready to talk to you - and your mum and dad if they need a chat too. Your doctors will know exactly what to do to help you get any treatment that you may need. And you have the advantage of being very young, that's always very helpful. Please let me know what happens with you next, I'm good at listening and I'm always ready for a chat, with you or your mum and dad. Everyone will help you, mum and dad, doctors, nurses and others on this site. Speak soon x

thank you so much for the support x and let just hope its an infection x

 

Whatever it turns out to be sweetheart you're in a young body that's got everything going for it. Modern medicine is a wonderful thing, you'll be fine, you'll see. Let me know x

okay and thnak you again x