I'm a 44 year old white male.
I had a sore throat that started just before the lockdown, which went away but then I had pain on the right side of my tongue which I think is from teeth grinding , but it also seems to be causing pain to my right tonsil and right ear.
I have had a few dr's appointments over the phone because of covid and then finally got referred to an ent which ended up being over the phone! I did that appointment and he said there didn't seem to be anything to worry about but would get me in to be seen at some point, but wouldn't be soon as I wasn't taking pain killers, I said I had been so he said he would see what he could do.
I finally got seen at the hospital last Friday 14/08/2020.
I saw a ENT called Vincent, I didn't get his last name, he asked about my history, I've never smoked but drink quite a bit of wine in the evenings, moreso since the lockdown and he nodded and said everyone has been.
In then said that he needs to look in my throat with a camera and gets suited up. I went into another room and he sprayed the anesthetic into my nostrils and into my mouth, and it felt very weird.
He then tried putting the camera up my right nostril but then went up the left instead, he had a look around for a few mins, whilst I had my eyes closed tight as it wasn't very pleasant. He then said he was bringing the camera out.
He started explaining that he didn't see anything to worry about but there was some excess lymphoid tissue or something like that, I'm not 100% sure what were the right words but he wasn't worried about it and said that normally this tissue is gone by the time you are an adult but not always, he was about to keep expalining things to me but he didn't have a chance, I told him I was feeling faint and the next thing I know it's a minute or so later and I'm on my back (on the bed) and he is taking my pulse, I had passed out!! Then the nurses came in and checked my blood pressure and my pulse which she said was low. It was 54bpm but that's normal for me as I run a lot.
After all this drama he said he wasn't worried again, but would do an mri for peace of mind.
Because I was really confused after fainting I didn't ask him everything I would of if I hadn't fainted, but I did ask him again if he was worried and he still said no.
Today I managed to get through to radiology to see if the referral had come through and the lady said yes and it's been marked as urgent, so I was worried before because I have severe health anxiety, but now I'm really worried which is what has led me to post here. I really didn't want to because I'm sure everyone here has better things to do than talk to a hypochondriac. Is it normal for an mri to be marked as urgent after the ent has said that he isn't worried?
I know that until I get a result I'm going to be thinking that it's game over for me, my mind likes to torture me over things like this and it's started already, I don't know how many guys come on here and admit to being a bit teary but I am now.
Sorry for the long post, I just didn't want to miss anything out.
