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Would you go back to the GP?

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jinglebellmel · 25/04/2019 13:11

Hello, my judgement is totally out at the moment due a bit of anxiety so was wondering what others would do? I noticed swollen lymph nodes about 8 weeks ago now - in my neck, throat, collar bone area and groin and I saw my GP about them. She felt the ones in my neck, said they felt normal and most likely down to a cold I'd had a few weeks previously. She said if it was her she'd forget about them but if I wasn't able to do that (she is aware of the recent anxiety and I embarrassingly cried during the appointment Blush ) then to check them again in 4 weeks.
4 weeks has passed, they are still there, one or two feel a little bigger, most just the same. I saw her 2 weeks ago for a lump in my breast which she said was normal lumpy breast tissue and a mole which had changed (which she also said was fine).

Now, understandably, I'm pretty sure she is sick of seeing me and thinks I'm just a bit nuts! So do I go back next week about the lymph nodes? I'm a bit embraced by how frequently I've been to the Dr's over the last few months and I feel that she's likely to put everything down to anxiety from now on and not really take me seriously. Her advice was to ignore the raised nodes, but everything I read elsewhere disagrees with that. What would a sane person do??

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midsummabreak · 25/04/2019 13:23

Its fine to go back, to get an opinion on the swollen glands Knowledge is power, and you can go forward keeping faith in GPs recommendations. I hope you find it reassuring to see your GP as the worrying about the unknown can do your head in

jinglebellmel · 25/04/2019 13:34

@midsummabreak thank you. Yes, it certainty is doing my head in! I really just feel embraced about the whole thing, I feel as though I've overreacted about a few things lately and am now questioning my own judgement and worried I'll be branded a time waster. But I think you're right, I do need reassurance.

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Boysey45 · 26/04/2019 09:22

Go back, it doesn't matter how many times you go if your worried then you need to get it sorted.I'd ask to see a different G.P as yours might be crap.If theres no different G.P then I want to be referred to the hospital. they can all sorts of tests that the G.P cant do.

Oldmum55 · 26/04/2019 09:34

Keep going back Jingle, if you can maybe see a different doctor, I've done a lot of this in the past when my anxiety was bad, and it's the only way to keep sane. Just being able to talk about your worries helps. Flowers

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