| May. 6th, 2008 @ 11:14 pm Rather meh :( |
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On Sunday morning I woke up with two large lumps on my neck - immediately panicked and worried myself sick. Decided after the crap advice from NHS direct website and some kind words from friends that I should wait until today and then get a doc's appointment if no better. So woke up this morning, poked at lumpy 1 and lumpy 2 and found they have clearly had conjugal relations and there is now a new baby lump. Poked at em some more as if to push them back to where they came from with no joy!
Went to doc's, he poked them and asked if they hurt, so I told him they felt bruised, which they did at that point. He said not to worry as he wasn't worried unless they were painless. He gave me some penicillin and said I should come back on Friday for some blood tests just to rule out Thyroid problems.
Later today I realised that actually the lumps don't hurt, it was probably my incessant poking and prodding and squeezing of them that made them hurt!
Now i'm trying to be all chill about all of this but i'm wondering whether I should notify my GP of this and own up to poking them and that they don't hurt on their own and they got a little bigger.
I'm kinda viewing this as pointless as I'm going for the bloods on Friday and results should be in next week.
But I suppose, i'm also kind of worried that if it is actually something more than nothing if I leave it I'll be hearing the dreaded words of "Well Miss Wilson if we'd have caught it earlier we may have been able to save your head, however, now it is clear we need to amputate - sorry"
Ok clearly not but that's kind of how stressy I'm getting over all of this. If it's just a plain ol' infection then groovy, I'd rather this is a quick blip and out of the way. If not and it's Thyroid issues they are generally treatable, I know that, I'm fully aware of that and it would explain the issues with overheating a lot, sweats, tiredness and inability to concentrate and screwed up immune system.
If it's not there are a few choice other things that could cause this and none of them are pretty. At present I'm hoping for the infection and it will go away with the penicillin. If not I really won't mind Thyroid issues, ok not great but certainly I'd be able to cope with that.
I just thought you guys should know just in case you catch me in a stress and I snap at you and to see if you have any advice. Apologies if I've snapped at anyone over the last few days!
I'm going go and think happy thoughts and avoid the urge to scalpel these buggers out, damn it I feel like i'm in that film "How to get ahead in advertising" - can't wear my hair up neither otherwise I look a little deformed - not much but noticeable. Really can do without the clients at work giving me shit.
*Edit* - I now have another one, which I noticed about 11pm further down in the dip where neck meets collar bone about this seems to be the largest in diameter but remains still under the surface. Trying not to freak out right now - no chance of sleep :(
2nd *Edit* - ok so the new one is hurting like a bugger, it's causing pressure, I can't sleep - I know it's stupid but I'm utterly petrified I won't wake up! Now aren't I going to feel stupid when it turns out to be something and nothing eh!
*Edit* the 3rd - After speaking to local emergency surgery, I'm going to attend to pick up my bloods requests from the doc's and then take em to the lab at the hospital and get em done today I think! |
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