What would you do if you had all the symptoms of lymphoma?!
Question: What would you do if you had all the symptoms of lymphoma?
Tonight i was talking to my mum and i mentioned that i had a little bumpy thing in my armpit and she got a little worried... I have tried to look at it but its in a really difficult position for me to see easily so my mum had a quick look and suggested that i go to the drs. Im unsure if it has gotten bigger or smaller as i didnt pay too much attention to it until now. As i am sitting here typing to you i have the sensation as if my sleeve is a little bunched up in my armpit but know there is nothing there and im assuming my armpit is a little swollen.
In the last 6 months i have lost a considerable amount of weight going from an australian size 16 down to a size 8-10. This has never been an issue with me for several reasons... 1) i am more active due to having a 1 year old son 2) sometimes i do take drugs that alter my appetite and 3) i dnt really have time to cook a meal for me after cooking something for my son.
Since i have lost all this weight i have been noticing how much i sweat. Just vaccuming i will sweat that much that it is dripping down my face, or organising my son to get ready and go out. Over here we are in summer and i am living in a different house with a different climate but when i was 'fatter' i never remember sweating as much as i do now.
I have been under ALOT of stress for the last 2 months in dealing with shared custody of my son and have other family issues and i have put this down to my sleep deprivation. But nothing as if i need to sleep during the day or no energy i am still able to do everything i normally do.
Since moving into my new home i have noticed how people complain about my house being too cold with the aircon going but i dnt feel cold, i actually feel pretty warm. A few nights a week i have noticed that i will wake up all sweaty and have to turn the aircon on.
I am a smoker of about 15 a day.... and a couple months ago i have noticed how fairly often i am unable to take that deep breath. You know how you yawn or just inhale deeply and you get that little feeling of relief? I spend probably 30% of my day taking deep breaths or big yawns to get that feeling of calm relief.
For the last few months i have been joking around saying that someone must bash me in my sleep coz everyday i wake up with new bruises, mainly on my legs and i dont remember hitting them against anything but then i have just put that down to, maybe, im not remembering my son knocking himself against me or pinching me.....
NONE of this has worried me until now and thinking about all this has been brought on by a symptom search of something my mum mentioned about my lump.
Lymphoma symtoms seem to be creeping up everywhere but my lump has only been evident for the last few days.
The bump is similar to a large pimple without the white head, but i have no pain there at all (unlike normal pimples).... i can pick at it, poke it and there is no pain from the lump itself.... i cant seem to feel anything hard under the skin but then again i actually have no idea what im supposed to feel for, but i know i cant feel a lump beneth the skin.
Im afraid of going to the dr because i dont want to be treated like an idiot and find out its just an ingrown hair or something ridiculous... and be sent home told not to worry about it because its nothing... iv never had anything in my armpits before and i am extremely curious whether what i consider 'symptoms' is something i should be worried about or rather a coincidence? I havent been ill in the last year, im pretty sturdy when it come to sickness... Does anyone have an opinion on my situation? Do you think its all coincidence and im loosing my mind or could this be something much more sinister? Am i over reacting??????
Would LOVE some kind of advice
Thanx in advance :)
Answers:
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You are overreacting and do not have classic lymphoma symptoms.
Swollen lymph nodes look nothing like a pimple and are rarely seen.
Night sweats that accompany lymphoma occur when doing nothing and are drenching so that you have to change clothes and sheets.
I’m not saying there is nothing wrong I’m just saying cancer would not be on the top of my list of possibilities.
Go to your doctor and tell him or her what your symptoms are and let them make a diagnosis. There is no reason to feel like an idiot. You just want to feel like yourself again and it is their job to help you do that.
I am a cancer registrar.
Agree with Shari - go to your doctor and get an informed answer. There is no need to be embarrassed if it turns out to be an ingrown hair or the like - and that would be much better than lymphoma or some other cancer - wouldn't it? The unwise thing to do would be nothing, and continuing to worry about it. Get to the doctor, and good luck to you.
OK so the first thing you need to do is take a deep breath and relax it hopefully is not as bad as you think. see your Dr in the morning it could be something simple but better safe than sorry.
My dad has lymphoma but his first symptom was waking up in a cold sweat not a hot sweat the loss of weight is a symptom but so is stress.
go see your Dr in the morning
best of luck
shari