Hello ive also got a lump in my neck i had an urgent referral also. When i went to the ENT clinic they put a camera up my nose to go down my throat- doesmt feel the nicest but definitely not sore!!! They've now referred me to get a scan and biopsy (which is tomo)

I know exactly how you feel i have two wee young children and i am terrified of what the outcome will be.

Good luck x

Hi, i have been through same over past 6 months for neck mass. Lots of biopsies and bloods. They have ruled out cancer at this stage. However they still don't know what is the cause. It's hard not to worry. But it is important to remember there are a whole host of other things could be causing your lump. There is a never a right time to go through this but please try and keep busy and don't allow yourself to write a story before its happened. Love R. X

Wishing you good luck for tomorrow!

Dave

Thanks for replying, it's good to know that I'm not alone. Not sure whether I want to find out before or after Christmas really. Was there something with the camera that made the doctor refer you,  or is it a standard next step?

Im not entirely sure, ent doc did say he couldn't see anything so im hoping its procedure and hes not just trying to keep me calm. 

The quickness of everything scared me but i know ita a good thing. Horrible time of the year to be going through this hard to enjoy everything xx

Im also terrifyied. Im have a lump in my nose! And all the things people have with Nasal cancer, damaged smell and a blocked nose on the side of the turmor and conjestion. 

There really isn't much it can be for myself and I have a wife and a 4 ear old, she needs me. I have never been so scared in my life! So i know what your going through! If you dont much else to suggest anything cancer related then you don't that much to worry about really. 

Worst case - That cancer has a very high surivival rate. 

Just an quick update on this thread. I have had an appointment with the ENT consultant who has referred me for an ultrasound,  which I'm hoping will come through soon, and a follow up with him on 14th January. Still completely obsessing about it, and christmas is totally making things worse,  thinkng that this could be my last Christmas with the kids etc... sounds silly when I write this down.

The ENT consultant said that he was going to do an ultrasound but he didn't think it was anything sinister.  Or he might have said that nothing indicates anything sinister. I'm desperately trying to remember the exact form of words to see if I think he means he doesn't know, or he knows it's not. 

Anyway, I hope everyone who took the time to reply before manages to have some enjoyment over Christmas even with this hanging over them.

Hi I'm going through something similar although mine is problems with my periods I mean the similarity with the urgent referal from gp as I thought i was starting on menopause then gp did a urgent gynecologiat app and blood tests then I got blood results and wanted to see me to give me results so I got so worried , he said they were within normal range and he never actually said they testing for cancer so when I knew a few of tests like the ca125 was to test for cancer I'm wondering why he keeping it to himself (paranoid much lol) I'm over thinking everything. I had my gyno app on 21st and was in and out within 10 mins and most of that was in the waiting room and out I walked with a app for a scan and a app for week after the scan for a follow up and some papers that were thrust at me about 2 procedures he recommends for bleeding between periods and spoke about ibs with my weight loss and other symptoms bloating etc all I'm thinking was I hope it is just that simple and have i worried my children to death for nothing as I came out doubting my own symptoms. Now the horrid wait till 8th Jan so I know hope u feel and my family been good but sometimes I don't need them to say oh it won't be cancer your ok so I feel as if they don't wanna hear it so I feel I can't talk about how I feel just incase I upset them.

Hi,i see you mentioned neck mass in your post.I have the same on both sides of my neck at the bottom right on the top of my shoulders,it's a very soft mass and it does not hurt and is not sore,had it for a few months now and it has not got any bigger or smaller.You say that they have ruled out cancer.I have an appointment at the hospital in January 019 for an investigation of a raised lymphocyte count.Hope they find out what's causing your neck mass.

Regards Roger

Just to update  this post with the final outcome. I had an ultrasound and the sonographer was able to diagnose a benign thyroid nodule. So basically a 2cm fluid filled cyst. I had a follow up appointment with the ENT consultant and he was happy to concur. I am relieved beyond measure!

I have to live with the nodule now, but I can happily manage this.  I hope everyone had good news that was waiting for it on this thread.