Help! I developed and discovered a tender swelling in front of my left ear thats not on the other ear. Technically it is an enlargement of the "anterior auricular node". This was 5 days ago. Its about the size of a big lima bean and just sort of sticks out, easily feelable. I went to the doc and he asked if I had any infections, cuts of my face, etc., no I had none. So he ordered blood tests-one was a cbc I know, but I am not sure what else. The results came back normal. I asked him "so do I need this biopsied?" He said no. He doesn't know what is causeing it. Well, its not sore anymore (surprisingly because I poke at it so much), its firm and non movable and I am wondering- well, what do I do now? It doesn't really bother me, except mentally. I asked about lymphoma and he said 99% sure its not, that I have a better chance of winning the lottery than developing a lymphoma. But I can't seem to get rid of the anxiety of it being there. Any advice or do I need to be posting on the anxiety boards? Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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