Hi all,

I will quickly explain my problem and any advice is greatly appreciated.

I have suffered from low level swelling and some pain in the left side of my neck and chin for around 9/10 months. I noticed this immediately as it felt odd and was worrying. My gp eventually referred me to ENT and I was sent for full bloods and an utltrasound. Upon physical examination the doctors felt only a small swelling with no visible lumps of lymph nodes.

At this point I will add my young son had leukaemia which was very difficult to treat and he has needed to have many years of intensive treatment for. I worked at a company which regularly used pesticides to fog fabric to avoid being eaten by moths. I have always worried that although it is never known, this may of been one of the triggers for my sons illness. Also, it is known that working around pesticides can be a link to certain cancers.

The ultrasound seemed fine but as the sonography pointed out, what dye could see seemed fine and she did explain that there are many lymph nodes not visible on ultrasound alone. 

My bloods also seem fairly fine apart from one thing, a raised LDH level.

Now, the level is 317 and for me this seems like a little alarm bell going off. The doctor naturally tried to explain this as a mere blip and to retest the level. But I would like the MRI that was originally discussed to see if there is anything untoward that was missed in ultrasound.

Is this the right investigation or should I be asking for a CT and a sample to be taken to be analysed?

any advice greatly appreciated!