Bump on back of neck

Trunchbee · Feb 15, 2020

Yayaceni11 said:
Hello everyone! My new worry today is a bump I found on my left side of the neck. I have been very tense because of anxiety and my neck has been stiff the last couple of days. Yesterday I was feeling my neck and found a movable lump but I am scared of it being something serious. My health anxiety has taken over me and I am panicking. I feel all of the sensations of somatic symptoms. Tense left side, stiff neck, ughh I just really wish I could let things go but my health anxiety always sends me down a spiral. I tried talking to my boyfriend about it but it only made me feel worse. He stated that I come up with something new every week which was not helpful and made me feel horrible. I know he wants to help but he doesn't understand what it is like to be constantly worried. He does not suffer from anxiety so I cant blame him for not understanding. I am hoping this is not something serious, please keep me in your prayers. I am just a wreck right now. HA sucks and can take over everything you love.

Hi Yaya,
I have the same problem. My fiancé doesn’t understand how our brains work and it’s scary to feel so alone. Health anxiety is the devil. I’m afraid to even speak any symptoms into existence.

Scared1234 · Feb 16, 2020

I found two bumps/lumps on accident last night. They are painless and I “think” they are lovable but I’m not sure if that’s what they mean by moveable. I was already worried about blood cancer even though my blood work from January was on. That was before I found these lumps. I’m going to try to have them looked at tomorrow even if it is just my chiropractor to start with. It’s impossible to get a quick appt at my dr! Have you had yours looked at?

Scared1234 · Feb 16, 2020

Sure will! I am hoping to have my chiro feel it tomorrow and let me k ow what he thinks. I also have a lot of tense muscles in my shoulders and back but this definitely feels different. And I have two: one on the right and the left but not same location.

Yayaceni11 said:
Hi! No I have not. I am worried especially because I feel my neck spasm and tense but I am wondering if it is from all the tense muscles that it could be a muscle knot? Mine is on my left back side and is also movable. I really hope it’s a muscle know and nothing serious. On top of that I also have random muscle pains that come and go. I hope you can find a quick doctor appointment and have it looked at. Any way you can follow up with me on what they tell you?

Also... is yours tender at all? Mine is painless and that worries me!

Trunchbee · Feb 17, 2020

Yayaceni11 said:
It is so scary feeling so alone. It is definitely the devil. The last couple of weeks my health anxiety has been out of control and I feel like it is taking too much time away from me. I am also afraid to speak any symptoms to into existence. Please dont feel alone. know that there are so many people out there who are experiencing the same feelings you are. If you ever need someone to talk to I am always an open ear I want to make sure we can help each other get out of this hole.

Thank you so much! I hope you’re feeling better today!

Scared1234 · Feb 17, 2020

So I had a nurse practitioner exam me today. She said it was actually in my muscles, both of them. She said I was skinny and it made it easy to feel lymph nodes. I’ve had a lot of body aches though and that worries me. But I think she would know the difference between lymph nodes and a knot in a muscle. I think I’ll give it a rest now!

Scared1234 · Feb 18, 2020

Yayaceni11 said:
That’s good to hear! Maybe it was a muscle knot? Yea I get a lot of body aches too but I think it might just be from my anxiety or at least I hope it is. Glad to hear you are well.

That’s what the NP said, anyway!

Jjsummerlin · Feb 19, 2020

Hey guys I recently found a lump on my neck. It has been there for two months. Drs just keep saying it’s lymph node. I finally went to an ent who did a cat scan. The dr said it looked just like a normal enlarged lymph node nothing to worry about. But I keep feeling like he is wrong. Then I noticed I had a bit of blood in my mucus. Not a lot just a twinge. I chalked it up to me dry heaving from my nausea but then it happened two more times. So I was convinced it was probably lung cancer. I went to my gp who said it was probably inflammation from my nose and it happens often and it wasn’t enough to worry. But I asked to have a chest X-ray done. The chest X-ray came back fine. But apparently it doesn’t really show the esophagus so now I have convinced myself that I have esophagus cancer that has spread to my lymph node.. I read online that esophagus cancer is pretty rare and only .4 percent of case are in people my age. But I just can’t shake this feeling. Idk what to do

Jjsummerlin · Feb 20, 2020

Mine are moveable and kinda hard. They don’t hurt neither does my neck or anything else. Was the blood in your mucus like when you spit it out or what?? It’s never happened to me before.. you’re right HA is so bad. I constantly feel like I’m gonna die..
It’s on the front of my neck by corartid artery

Jjsummerlin · Feb 20, 2020

Anxiety can make you have pains that aren’t even there. Your mind plays tricks in you..

Jjsummerlin · Feb 20, 2020

Same here this is my third trip to the doctor this week. I tired of seeing doctors but if I don’t I’ll constantly be freaking out

Jjsummerlin · Feb 20, 2020

They said they werent worried and that if it keeps happening to come back but she’s pretty sure I’m fine. It hasn’t happened again today. I feel a little better but I’m still so full of doubt I wish I could just trust them. Idk it’s so hard I wish I didn’t overthink so much. I swear I’m my own worst enemy at time. I mean I keep telling myself like this is there job , this is what there educated for.. idk what wrong with me

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