Hello, I have looked at over 15 pages of threads hoping to get more of an idea if I am worrying for nothing or if my gut feeling might be right about something, but still not too sure... so thought I would post and see what you guys think about it.

So here how it goes. Several weeks ago, I felt a lump on my upper right groin. I left it be for a few days, thinking I might have got hit at kenpo or did a wrong move. There was no scratch around, no redness, no cut, no nothing....the week after I saw my family doctor and told her about it. She did a physical exam and because I also have had regular pain in lower back and lower stomach, she decided to order a ct scan to see all of those things together. 3 days later, she called me at home confirming to me that it wasn't an hernia(which she had slight doubts about..) and said she wanted me to take antibiotic for 10 days(2 times a day) to see if it would make the lymph nodes decrease in size and all... well this week, I had my follow up appointment with her to check it out.

It is still there, although not as noticeable just by look, it can easily be felt(still the same lenght but a little less wide). It doesn't seem to be moveable at all and it is kinda hard(one part seem to be harder than the rest). So, she referred me to a surgeon in my city that I will see next week for consultation. She said she wanted him to excise it and do a biopsy to make sure everything was alright.

That said, there been other symptoms bothering me for the last while(some for quite a while, some for the past few weeks).
- I have been really exhausted and tired. Although, I get up and stay up most days til bed time, I feel tired all day and could easily fall asleep if I would let myself do so. I got a lack of energy that I am fighting to my best by keep on going to my kenpo on a daily basis(I don't work or anything so it is the main thing I do right this moment).
- I also got a lack of appetite that has been around for a while now... I mean never been the one to always eat a breakfast you know but some days, my stomach won't growl all day and I end up eating just because I want to make sure I don't faint at kenpo classes. If I eat, I feel like I had enough even just with a yogourt. That said, I am still able to get myself to eat a normal meal size at night mostly. But I feel full faster.
- Also, I get neasous very often it seems(which is unusual).... sometimes without even having anything, sometimes just after drinking something sometimes after eating. Nothing to keep my head over the toilet bowl but to be bothersome.
- Get a new kind of headache since a while(which might be realted to eating difficutlies?), my bones in my lower legs often hurt at night especially( i got problems with my knees but can't recall having that kind of pain in the bones(not joint) before), i get itchy pretty easily too for some reasons, hands and feet especially(new allergie?).... etc...

I probably could go on but to sum it all up, I been feeling like crap lately...

I guess I would like some reassurance or advices or something....

*also wanted to ask if it is usual for a doctor to ask for a biopsy that fast????

Thank you all and hope everyone is doing alright! Got you guys(and girls) in my thoughts!

Tekkymrc

It sounds like you have a very caring doctor. It is unusual to have a lymph node in that area for no obvious reason. There are many things that the biopsy could turn up such as a reactive node to a bowel infection or passing virus. Anxiety will even cause some lymph nodes to pop for a while and then for some reason they will die down again. The main thing is to follow through with what ever your doctor recommends that is reasonable to you. If you think something is not right ask for second opinion. If a treatment is involved that seems too limited or too involved, ask for a second opinion. But, it sounds like you are one of the lucky few whose doctor takes their problems seriously.

Tekkymrc,

You may like to try a couple of doses of Lycopodium 30c and see if that helps.

Lycopodium 30c is a herbal homeopathic remedy for such conditions associated with reduced appetite, easy satiety eyc. It could help.

Hello,

I just wanted to thank you both for taking the time to read me and reply! It means a lot to me. So much is going on at home, our financial situation, my wife's work, etc, that I feel I can't really lay my worries out on the table. I don't want to let it out on her and I know she feels already like there is always something wrong with me and it is getting on her nerves.(not that she is mean, but just that her too doesn't feel good all the time but she still get things done, i don't always do that...)

I hope the biopsy will reveal it is nothing serious and that the other symptoms I have been feeling lately will resolve or turn out to be nothing to worry about! I just want to get my life straight and make my wife happy and when I am stuck so much in my own head because of my fears and emotions, it is hard to get things done as they need to or when they need to.

I am in a country where I know no one, don't have any friends near by, and no one to talk to and my wife as already a lot on her plate, I wanna be there for her! So feels good to see some people wanna hear me! Thanks again!

I'll write more another time!

Tekkymrc

Hello,

I wanted to stop by and give an update on things are going right now. I still have a consultation schedule the 24th and was happy last week to hear my wife say she had off friday so she will be coming along with me.

The lump haven't really change size or hardness since last week... the top part is very hard(like a bone) and the bottom part is rubbery. I try to leave it alone but just check real quick everyday to see if it got smaller or changed any.

I didn't notice any other lumps on my body but I do wonder if there is some underneath for a reason. Under my armpit on both side there is some disconfort since a while and no appearant reason for it. Some days I do not notice it at all and some other day it get really bothersome.

There is also a side of my throat on the outside that has been bothersome although when I feel the sides, I cannot tell if there is anything there out of the ordinary except the sensitivity on that side in the upper area right under the chin. It kinda feel like I something stuck in my throat on that side and it just doesn't go away.

Also, I had a question for anyone who might have an idea about that. It started in 2005 and although it worried me for a while the dr said it was nothign to worry about. in the back of my neck at the right of the spine, I had started to feel a kind of lump. when I showed the dr he said that it was just my muscle being bigger on that side ????... sometimes I got neck pain though I dunno fi it is related to that, but the "bigger" side is still there after all that time, no pain to touch, rubbery and so on... could it be really just that the muscle of my neck are bigger on that side? its just that will all the other symptoms I have been having, it is starting to worry me some.

On the good side, I had a chest x-rays last week because doctor said that I hd been coughing for too long and had a bronchitis at least which she wanted to make sure wasn't turning in something more serious, and , the good part of that is that we are tuesday and she didn't call me or anything(i would assume she got the results by now) so if she didn't call yet, it must mean that there is nothing wrong with my chest! well nothign too serious or obvious that is.

anyways, if anyone can let me know what they think it would be appreciated, I been quite worried about lots of symptoms showing up lately and getting input from others as always help me put things in perceptive better!

Thanks again,

Tekkymrc

Hi Tekkymrc

Just wanted to pop in to say "Hi". You're doing the right thing by going for tests - I am saying that purely from the point of view of putting your mind at ease!!

If it turns out to be something (and I know from where you place your thread, you're thinking Lymphoma) it's not the end of the world!! Cure rates are fabulous these days and I'm living proof of that.

Trust me, the waiting and not knowing is the worst bit!!!

Hang in there and stay positive. I know it's difficult but try not to worry

Let us know how you get on

Ailsxx

Thanks Ails for your message and support:)!

True, it has crossed my mind my symptoms and late physical problems might be linked with a cancer of some kind. I am not running after a serious illness diagnosis but my symptoms worries me and I am the kind that rather know what is going on even if it is not so good than be left in the dark(whether it is nothing serious or what).

I saw the surgeon about my swollen lymph nodes in the groin and he was really nice, asked a lot of questions about general health too and said that considering everything else but also the fact that the lymph nodes are hard and still there, is a reason enough to get a biopsy done to rule out any chances of cancer. He said he could do a needle biopsy today if I wanted but that he didn't like it because it too often doesn't provide an answer and the complete biopsy is needed in the end anyways... so that is for what we opted. Waiting for the receptionist to call me when the date of surgery for one or the two lymph nodes to be taken out and biopsied. I hope it turn out to be nothign serious...but would rather have something be found out so it can be threated then nothing found that end up showing up way later and too late to be threated... (does it make sense???)

Thanks for your encouragment! I'll keep you posted!

Tekkymrc

Hi Tekkymrc

You make perfect sense!!! Best get it checked out and IF it is something get it sorted. If it does turn out to be something you strike me as the kinda person who will cope with everything very well because of this positive attitude that you have .

Like I say, it's not the end of the world. I'm in full remission (will offically be a year next thursday) and am back at the gym, have been to USA, Singapore and Malaysia this year. Not showing off just showing you that you can just get on with things. It has stopped me doing abolutely nothing!!!! It's in the past, finished, dealt with

All because, like you, I went and got it sorted and didn't live in a river in Egypt (de Nile - the old ones are the best!!)

Take care

Ails xx

Hi Tekkymrc

I've just reread your post and you seem like a really really great guy. I feel really guilty coz I just focused on the Lymphoma stuff (busy trying to get ready to go out and feel really bad for that - please forgive me - I'm shallow on more levels than I care to admit!!!)

Listen, for what it's worth, I feel you need to talk to your other half about your concerns. I know you say she has her own stuff going on but if she's as special as she sounds, she'd never forgive you for not letting her know what's going on and the fact that you need her love and attention. It's great that you wanna be there for her but sometimes that means letting her be there for you!!!

Let me know how it goes

And don't take my word as gospel - you know our missus better than me!!!! My mates are always telling me that I talk a load of Cr*p


Ails xx

That's alright Alis.
It is not that I don't talk to her about what is going on with me, it is just that sometimes I feel I talk to much about it for a while(like say it everytime there is something bothering me(headache, stomach, tired, joint, etc...)and then she gets at me feeling like I am complaining all the time... so then I try to not mention it all the time.. back and forth... so ya... she knows I am not feeling that great but I don't want to push the issue unless something comes up... ya know.

Thanks so much for your concern and encouragment hon:)! Hopefully the doc office will call soon to schedule the surgery, the biopsy results are gonna come in real soon after, and things are gonna get better regardless of the way it goes:).

Hope you have a great week-end!

Thanks again, will keep you posted on how it goes...

Tekkymrc

Well, got surgery the 18th to take out one or two of the lymph nodes to get a biopsy done and rule out possibility of cancer...

Now, I start to feel a lymph node on the other side(left)... my hip been bothering me on both sides... like it press on the nerves or something...

It feels like there is a bump under my arm pits when I do certain movements but I don't feel anything there...

I just wish the biopsy was today so they could rule it out and I could stop wondering... oh well...

Last night for some reason, had nausea so bad I had to sit outside in the cold for a while because I thought I was gonna be sick... dont feel that well but could really be worse... I just hope its nothing to worry about ya know...sigh...

Hiya

Good luck for the 18th. Feeling sick could've just been coz you're so stressed. I now it's tough but please try not to read too much into things!!

Take Care and let us know how it goes

Ails xx

Hello, I am anxious to hear your biopsy results as well! I have a lot of your symptoms and have been going to the doctors since Oct. 5th (woke up with swollen neck lymph nodes on sep 26th and they've only gotten worse since....my complete story is under "Ears, Nose and Throat" board if your interested in reading it.....haven't gotten much feedback on it. I cant wait to hear what you have, take care!

You're right Alis... I need to stay patient and not panic... I get I am just tired of not knowing what is going on and feeling like s**t... I mean if it is just an infection thing, then why doesn't it go away... I just want to feel better that is all! I hope I don't sound too whinny:(

Hiya

not whinny, human!!! It's only natural that you have these concerns. There's nothing worse than feeling poorly and not knowing what you need to do to feel better - it wears you down!!!

Even if you were whinning - it's what I'm here for

Take care of youself

Ails xx

Hello, I have looked at over 15 pages of threads hoping to get more of an idea if I am worrying for nothing or if my gut feeling might be right about something, but still not too sure... so thought I would post and see what you guys think about it.

So here how it goes. Several weeks ago, I felt a lump on my upper right groin. I left it be for a few days, thinking I might have got hit at kenpo or did a wrong move. There was no scratch around, no redness, no cut, no nothing....the week after I saw my family doctor and told her about it. She did a physical exam and because I also have had regular pain in lower back and lower stomach, she decided to order a ct scan to see all of those things together. 3 days later, she called me at home confirming to me that it wasn't an hernia(which she had slight doubts about..) and said she wanted me to take antibiotic for 10 days(2 times a day) to see if it would make the lymph nodes decrease in size and all... well this week, I had my follow up appointment with her to check it out.

It is still there, although not as noticeable just by look, it can easily be felt(still the same lenght but a little less wide). It doesn't seem to be moveable at all and it is kinda hard(one part seem to be harder than the rest). So, she referred me to a surgeon in my city that I will see next week for consultation. She said she wanted him to excise it and do a biopsy to make sure everything was alright.

That said, there been other symptoms bothering me for the last while(some for quite a while, some for the past few weeks).
- I have been really exhausted and tired. Although, I get up and stay up most days til bed time, I feel tired all day and could easily fall asleep if I would let myself do so. I got a lack of energy that I am fighting to my best by keep on going to my kenpo on a daily basis(I don't work or anything so it is the main thing I do right this moment).
- I also got a lack of appetite that has been around for a while now... I mean never been the one to always eat a breakfast you know but some days, my stomach won't growl all day and I end up eating just because I want to make sure I don't faint at kenpo classes. If I eat, I feel like I had enough even just with a yogourt. That said, I am still able to get myself to eat a normal meal size at night mostly. But I feel full faster.
- Also, I get neasous very often it seems(which is unusual).... sometimes without even having anything, sometimes just after drinking something sometimes after eating. Nothing to keep my head over the toilet bowl but to be bothersome.
- Get a new kind of headache since a while(which might be realted to eating difficutlies?), my bones in my lower legs often hurt at night especially( i got problems with my knees but can't recall having that kind of pain in the bones(not joint) before), i get itchy pretty easily too for some reasons, hands and feet especially(new allergie?).... etc...

I probably could go on but to sum it all up, I been feeling like crap lately...

I guess I would like some reassurance or advices or something....

*also wanted to ask if it is usual for a doctor to ask for a biopsy that fast????

Thank you all and hope everyone is doing alright! Got you guys(and girls) in my thoughts!

Tekkymrc

Hi, I have had a lump on my neck for two years, plus I have had scans over the last year which show my spleen to be enlarged. I have extreme pain on the left side of my upper side and side going into my back.
You stated that you had been very tired, me to... I have no energy, and I keep getting really ill and having blisters all over my body!! Docs are fed up of me, not getting any where- hope your well.

Fairy-lights,

Hi hon, thanks for your reply. I am sorry to hear that you have been feeling that bad for so long. I know it can really wear you down to keep feeling sick and tired and to see that no doctor is figuring out what is happening to you.

You say the doctors are fed up with you... but what do they expect you to do, wait at home without a word 'til it is so bad you end up in the ER? Did you go for a second opinion? I mean, there is nothing worse than a doctor that doesn't take you seriously because he wasn't able to find anything... because obviously in your case, there is something going on although no one knows what yet...

If it is something possible for you to do hon, I would definitly go see a new doctor... tell everything that has happened, and the tests that has been done and their results and tell him or her that you just can't take it anymore, you need someone to help you find out what is going on, so you can get the right treatment and finally feel better!!!

I will keep you an my thoughts!!! Hang in there hon, I know it ain't easy but I am convince someone will end up finding the answer to what is happening to you and that you will receive the right treatment to help you get better!

Take care of yourself, see another doctor if you can and in the meanwhile, rest as much as you need to, eat heatlhy and stay hydrated. Try to get some fresh air everyday, I did notice that it helps me out to go sit outside a bit everyday or when I go shop for grocery... the simple fact to go out... kenpo really helps me out too when I am able to get fully into it and forget the pain.

Peace,

Tekkymrc

Fairy-lights,

Hi hon, thanks for your reply. I am sorry to hear that you have been feeling that bad for so long. I know it can really wear you down to keep feeling sick and tired and to see that no doctor is figuring out what is happening to you.

You say the doctors are fed up with you... but what do they expect you to do, wait at home without a word 'til it is so bad you end up in the ER? Did you go for a second opinion? I mean, there is nothing worse than a doctor that doesn't take you seriously because he wasn't able to find anything... because obviously in your case, there is something going on although no one knows what yet...

If it is something possible for you to do hon, I would definitly go see a new doctor... tell everything that has happened, and the tests that has been done and their results and tell him or her that you just can't take it anymore, you need someone to help you find out what is going on, so you can get the right treatment and finally feel better!!!

I will keep you an my thoughts!!! Hang in there hon, I know it ain't easy but I am convince someone will end up finding the answer to what is happening to you and that you will receive the right treatment to help you get better!

Take care of yourself, see another doctor if you can and in the meanwhile, rest as much as you need to, eat heatlhy and stay hydrated. Try to get some fresh air everyday, I did notice that it helps me out to go sit outside a bit everyday or when I go shop for grocery... the simple fact to go out... kenpo really helps me out too when I am able to get fully into it and forget the pain.

Peace,

Tekkymrc

Thank you for your reply, I realised to day I must have looked quite selfish replying to your question with my problems? Sorry, I'm new to this!!

I am going to see a new consultant on Wednesday, and I am going to ask him to take a biopsy of my lump, and then see where we go from there?.

I have a dog, so on the days I have enough energy I take him out for a short walk, I'm glad you are getting enjoyment out of your Kemp? I've never heard of that I live in the UK what is it?

Good luck with your doc appointment!

Kenpo is a form of martial arts. I did Shotokan for over 8 years, 2 years of Judo and some Jujitsu through all that, but then I moved to USA with my wife and I couldn't find a Shotokan Karate school around so decided to try something a bit different and here I am doing Kenpo!:)

I'm ticked off a bit because I haven't went all week because of my leg... I dunno if it is the lump or what but really been bothersome... and been generally feeling like c**p... oh well hopefully will go all next week because then I got my biopsy the 18th and doc said to take a week off kenpo after to heal well... sigh... anyways... hope everything goes well with ya! take care !

Tekkymrc

Good luck with your doc appointment!

Kenpo is a form of martial arts. I did Shotokan for over 8 years, 2 years of Judo and some Jujitsu through all that, but then I moved to USA with my wife and I couldn't find a Shotokan Karate school around so decided to try something a bit different and here I am doing Kenpo!:)

I'm ticked off a bit because I haven't went all week because of my leg... I dunno if it is the lump or what but really been bothersome... and been generally feeling like c**p... oh well hopefully will go all next week because then I got my biopsy the 18th and doc said to take a week off kenpo after to heal well... sigh... anyways... hope everything goes well with ya! take care !

Tekkymrc

Hi there, and thanks for your reply.
I am sorry to hear that you are feeling so unwell, I am feeling really unwell as well, I have a sore knee and I ach all over and another sore throat!!!!
What are your main symptoms, and how long have you been unwell?
I'm not looking forward to my appointment.

Well, had my surgery thing today... went fast... showed up at 8h15, filled out papers, sign here and there, got into a hospital gown, sign some more things, got my temp and pressure taken, IV put in, talk with surgeon and anasthesis, went into surgery room, stuff injected to send me to sleep and woke up in the recovery room. Drank a little bit, got dress with my wife help, got into the wheel chair after getting my prescription for vicodin and the instruction and appointment for next week for results and follow-up. ... so ya, got something to eat, prescription filled, back home, called my mom let her know it went well... my wife helped me get settle... and here I am, pain ain't that bad, just really unconfortable right now... hopefully gonna have good news next week... dunno...

Tekkymrc

Mate - sorry, had the 28th stuck in my head for some reason otherwise I would've told ya to break a leg or something!! Good luck for the results - it really does get better from here on in no matter what they are!!

Let us know how it goes and take care of yourself

Ails xx

I'm glad tht you are feeling ok, sounds like you had a very eventful day, keep us posted, and thanks for letting us know how you got on.

Take care, thinking of you and your family

Susie x

HI

How are you, let me know what's been happening over the last few weeks, I am having a biopsy on the 17th Jan.

I look forward to hearing how you are

Take care

Susie