We had the second opinion today and the GP was beautiful in listening to my anxieties. She gave DD a massive check over, from ears to throat, lungs, heart, so on, which is more than I can say for the other twit. She said that DD was really well and that indicated that the lump shouldn't be anything bad, but she didn't expect that it would go away on its own so she handed me a ultrasound referral for the next stage. At least we're beginning to get somewhere.
Alan - you echoed my thoughts. If we could all just google how we were feeling we wouldn't go to the doctor in the first place!!
Hey Corelly, We have a Dr who googles too while patients are in, it's a bit off putting!
I had something similar when I was little and it turned out to be a cebacious cyst (??spelling). I had it removed and it was nothing sinister. It actually came back and had it removed a second time. Again nothing sinister. Think it's something like toxins trying to escape the body when you have had a virus or been generally unwell???
Definitely worth the second opinion..the second Dr sounds very switched on
Corelly I hope the ultrasound goes well and good on you for pursuing it further, I am just going to subscribe to this because I am interested to see what the ultrasound shows up. My DD has lumps (not just one) in her neck, all about pea size and each time I ask about it I get the same reply "its just lymph nodes". I havent been worried about it too much as she has been well and not sick or anything but I am a bit worried with some things people tell me that they could be.
Anyway enough about me, hope you gets some answers.
Had the ultrasound today and DD screamed up a storm so it made it difficult for clear images. I've been to see my GP this afternoon and the results are showing that it is not consistant with things like cancer, but they still are unsure with what it is because it could be many different things that aren't life threatening. So where we're at now is that I'm waiting on an appointment with the Royal Children's Hospital for further scans to see exactly what it is and we're being referred to a specialist. We've booked to have a holiday next week, and my GP told us to go, saying it isn't anything dangerous for us to warrant cancelling the holiday. But I still can't help holding my breath! Once we're back and the scans have been done at the RCH, they should have a better idea of what it is and if it can be left alone, or what treatment needs to happen.
I can't believe that this is going on. DD is almost 11 months old. At 7 weeks she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia and went into a brace. At three months, she had surgery for it and was in plaster followed by another brace which comes off for good this Friday. Just when we can go, hey, life is gonna be great and awesome and we can finally do so many things we haven't been able to do, and now this is thrown at her too. Poor little munchkin. It never happens to the bad people of the world, does it? Not to the drug pushers or the murderers or rapists.
Salad - from what I can gather from what I've been told, lymph nodes are hard and pea sized. What my DD has in her neck is liquidy feeling and about the size of a walnut. But don't you hate the dismissiveness when you ask and get an answer without any sort of check or test?
Thought I'd just update here again - DD had her ultrasound last night at RCH and the belief is that the lump is a mass of incorrectly formed lymph nodes that have mounded together. It's only a problem if it gets infected and we'll know if it is because it will get even bigger and be red and she'll be distressed. We're being referred to a specialist who will decide if they'll just leave it be, or if further action is required.
I tell you though, the people at RCH are just magicians. They chatted to her, played with her, and managed to get perfect usable images.
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