Throat cancer

[Mandah2386]

Y'all I am convinced I have throat cancer or a tumor. It consumes my thoughts. I am still having the lump feeling though it has improved, tightness in my neck, feeling like I cant get a good breath and also like when I breath my throat burns like it would after going for a long run. Also when I was laying in bed I was feeling my neck and when I turn my head to the right there is a lump on the right side of my neck. Only can feel it when I turn my head but it's there. I'm a nervous wreck. I am calling the dr today a d going to go to ent. This is so scary.

 

[Mandah2386]

Called dr and he scheduled a endoscopy for next Friday and a ultrasound of my thyroid. Waiting game begins

 

[Rinka]

Hi.o
Are you able to see redness or some yellow spots in your throat? It sounds a bit for me like an infection. The lymph nodes in your neck might be swollen because of that. For how long did you have those symptoms?

 

[Mandah2386]

2 weeks. I dont see anything in my throat

 

[Kelculator]

Ahh the waiting is the worst! I cannot say you absolutely have no problem with your throat, but I admit I have felt all of your symptoms before and it turned out to be nothing, perhaps I just had been focusing on my throat too much. Being anxious also tightens your throat, something a lot of anxiety sufferers encounter. I have even once felt pain swallowing food. If you see nothing in your throat, I think it's a very good sign. At least you can reassure yourself by the fact that the feeling has improved? It can be so hard, I know. Keep us updated!

 

[Mandah2386]

Update: endoscopy came back clear. No problems, no reflux. Nothing. Waiting to hear about my thyroid results which I should have later today. Anxiety is a monster and will make you feel things that arent real. Now off to nap, and then tomorrow is a new day and I'm determined to make some changes for the better to once and for all tackle my mental health. Thank you to everyone who has posted on my thread.

 

[Steven]

Just logged back in here for the first time in a couple months and saw this post and it sounds just like myself. Although I haven’t come up with throat cancer for myself yet I’ve convinced myself of all kinds of diseases, disorders, etc. We can so easily convince ourselves that something is terribly wrong. Glad your results came back all clear!