Hi I'm new to MN so please be kind, my dd14 has had a lump in her left leg for the last 2 months(we spotted it then but thought it might just go away on its own😬) small but prominent. I noticed it again last night and was shocked at how much it'd grown.
This morning I took dd to the surgery and asked for an appointment with a doctor. She replied saying that their wasn't any this morning but at 9:30 we could see a primary nurse (wasn't best pleased but appreciate that the NHS is crippling underfunded and was reassured if their was anything more sinicall she would refer us to a Dr). We went to this nurse who gave one look at my daughter and said that she was absolutely fine (refusing to look at my daughters leg in the process).Telling me she had a lipoma:fatty lump in the muscle. It's rock hard and attached to her kneecap! I then went back to reception and asked for an appointed with the Dr, she said no because the nurse had said no further investigation was required. I made a bit of a song and dance and managed to get a appointment with the Dr at 2:30.
We got there and she took a look and said it was possible cancer. The lump was 3cm×3cm rock hard and definitely not a fatty mass, she had bloods done to check her calcium level and put down as a emergency so we'll get them tmrw.
I asked for a complaint sheet to complain about the nurse, to which the receptionist said that wouldnt be necessary and that I had caused enough trouble as it is!
AIBU and any advice to help dd