Hi Jeng73,

Welcome to Cancer Chat. It's good to hear that you've seen the doctor about this and that you don't have too much longer to wait for the referral appointment.

My reply here should mean a few more people see your post, so if there are others with similar experience then hopefully they'll be along soon.

I hope you're able to find out more soon.

Wishing you all the best,

Ben
Cancer Chat Moderator

Hey I've recently undergone the same process. I presented at gp with 2 swollen lymph nodes on the right side of my neck, I'd not been Ill and even when I have previously been I'll I've never had those nodes swell up before. Also had weight loss, drenching night sweats, bloods were in the drs words "all over the place" high infection markers, high white blood cells, severely anemic, etc. pain in my lower back that could bring me to tears, the most intense itching all over my body. Stomach cramps and little appetite. Gp referred me to ent under the 2WW

while there they put a camera up my nose and down my throat to have a look but all looked fine however the dr was still concerned with the size and feel of my neck nodes (there were 3 by the time I went to ent) he sent me for an ultrasound guided core needle biopsy. That happened roughly 2 weeks after the ent appointment. (Sounds worse than it is, it didn't hurt just felt weird) took almost a month for my biopsy results to come back which unfortunately came back as classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. I was then sent for a PET/CT scan to find out what stage and the plan of treatment. In my case I'm stage 4, it's all over my neck, one in my right armpit, three in my tummy and in my bones also. Drs have assured me the goal is still to cure as stage 4 with lymphoma is different to stage 4 with other cancers. I started a chemotherapy regime called Escalated BeacopDac on the 17th March. It's a scary process because it's all new but everyone is so positive about it!

Hoping you get some good results at ent. Good luck!

just came across your reply as I'm going through similar symptoms now and I wanted to say I hope you're ok!