I have a lump on the side of my right leg. I dont think i injured myself either. When i touch it, it hurts. Its not visible though. Im in panic mode and i searched on the internet for like an hour looking up lumps in knees and came up with cancer stuff like bone cancer :(. im paranoid

im so worried that my heart is racing. i feel like im going to have an anxiety attack.

I went to the health center today and the doc looked at it and said he thinks its from bacteria getting into the hair follicles. So he is putting me on antibotics...to try to fight the infection.

i am so worried right now. :(

Don't let your mind take you there. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent researching every little thing that seemed to go wrong in my body. Take deep breaths, take a long warm bath and remind yourself that if a doctor wasn't worried, you shouldn't be either! There are so many lawsuits these days that if he even suspected something was wrong, he would have sent you through a myriad of tests. Have faith that everything happens for a reason. I hope you feel better. :)

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agree re the hot bath, let the doc do the worrying for you :jester:

I sympathize with you cause I am going through something similar and am near panic right now

I try and remind myself that I did not go to medical school and am not trained to make a diagnosis. Reading stuff on the net can really set you off because there is so much information and we laypeople don't really know how to interperet it. You've done the responsible thing and seen a medical professional and received a diagnosis - focus on that. I repeat it like a mantra; I've got a terrible sinus infection now that is putting pressure on my ears and giving me a bad case of vertigo. I've been to the ER, had a head CT, a chest x-ray and been on a heart monitor and have been to see my doctor. everyone says that my sinuses are putting pressure on my ears and that is way I have vertigo but I keep telling myself that it is a heart attack or stroke - so i keep repeating, it's just my ears, it's just my ears. it's almost as if I have to talk myself out of it! I hate it but it is what I have to do.

I hope you feel better soon!

I sympathize with you cause I am going through something similar and am near panic right now

I try and remind myself that I did not go to medical school and am not trained to make a diagnosis. Reading stuff on the net can really set you off because there is so much information and we laypeople don't really know how to interperet it. You've done the responsible thing and seen a medical professional and received a diagnosis - focus on that. I repeat it like a mantra; I've got a terrible sinus infection now that is putting pressure on my ears and giving me a bad case of vertigo. I've been to the ER, had a head CT, a chest x-ray and been on a heart monitor and have been to see my doctor. everyone says that my sinuses are putting pressure on my ears and that is way I have vertigo but I keep telling myself that it is a heart attack or stroke - so i keep repeating, it's just my ears, it's just my ears. it's almost as if I have to talk myself out of it! I hate it but it is what I have to do.

I hope you feel better soon!

I went through the EXACT same thing this summer! Didn't realize my cold had turned into a Sinus Infection. Went for a walk one evening (and we live in a VERY heavily "forrested" area), bent over to tie my shoe, stood up, and WHAM! Total vertigo, dizziness, etc. I almost immediately went into a panic attack, went to the ER. Found out after a mariad of tests that I had an accute sinus infection, ear infection, etc. After 4 weeks of antibiotics, I was fine, but had triggered a whole summer of panic episodes which triggered occular migraines which triggered MORE panic and I was in a vicisous circle for 3 months straight this time.

It's so easy to let every little ache and pain control our thinking. I know; easier said than done, but one thing I've stopped doing is researching things on the net. We AREN'T medical professionals and shouldn't try to diagnose ourselves (it's not exactly "doctor heal thyself"). It's better to have faith in a trained professional and let them take care of you!

I had a bump like that on the side of my head. I was positive it was a tumor; then I realized I wouldn't be necessarily able to feel a brain tumor on the side of my face with my finger. Turned out it was a clogged hair folicle, too!

At this point, I actually found myself laughing AT myself!