Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Massachusetts
Lump In Neck With Other Symptoms Posted: 10-26-06 09:18am
I have had this lump on the right side of
my neck for some time now (over a year)
and I have had feelings of fullness in my
head (pressure) two cat scans and an mri
of neck and head and an mra of head showed
normal. I have been to the er room for
this on one occasion because the pressure
was very bad and I felt I needed medical
attention right away. After I was seen
and blood work done it showed that my
neutropphils count was high(79.2) range=
43.0 - 72.0% / lymphcytes low (14.2) range
= 18.0 - 43.0%. My segs for the
differential manual were high 78 range =
25 - 62% and lymphs low 15 range= 20 -
52%. I was also told the lump in my neck
was a swollen/infected lymph node (2
doctors confirmed this) the er doctor
suggested I bring this to my doctors
attention, which I did the next day, and
she told me there was nothing wrong with
me except stress due to the death of my
mother (died of lung cancer in march 2006
- I was at the doctors for this in june
2006). So nothing was done except that
she kept me on ativan for stress, which
did nothing for the feelings I get on the
same side of my head that the lump is on.
Over the past several months I have been
getting night sweats, feelings of just not
feeling good (always asking "do I have a
fever?" and feeling hot and cold- wake up
with night sweats which are not constant
but enough to make me aware there is
something going on) - I am just getting
over a sinus infection that took two weeks
to clear the infection but I still have a
cough and achey feelings (like the flu
going on 4 weeks) I had a chest x-ray
which was normal. I did some research on
the low and high counts of the blood and
the swollen lymph node in my neck and it
all led me to hodgkins/non hodgkins
disease. I am in need of some advice -
should I seek a second opinion from
another doctor or wait until my symptoms
get worse? Help!
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