Well, I feel a little ridiculous posting...but I have some questions and I am not sure if I should be concerned or not. I am not an alarmist by nature...so I am feeling a little bit unsure as to why I am so concerned about this.
Background: Last year I had a baby (#2). With my first pregnancy, it took me 2 years to get to my prepregnancy weight. This time it took me 5 months (I didn't diet either time), and the weight kept coming off. I am now at a weight I haven't seen in 15 years since high school. My weight has stabilized, I am losing weight at a turtle's pace now compared to before. Last fall I noticed some 'lumps' on the right side of my neck, hard nontender lymph nodes that feel clustered into one long group going lengthwise down where the jugular is about 3 inches. At the end of November I got a bad cold...and have caught every one that has come remotely near me ever since. That'sunusual for me...but I am so run down. My allergies are the worst they've ever been. I cannot remember the last time I felt rested, I constantly feel extremely exhausted. Unsure if this was due to the second child addition, I have waited to see the doc. Finally, in Feb. after realizing the lumps were still there, I went and saw my doc. She felt my neck, and confirmed what I felt, felt the other side and found a small one there which I had just noticed days prior. She sent me for a CBC, BMP and CT scan of my neck and upper chest. The labs were normal and the CT scan showed the largest (?) lymph node to be 7mm so she wasn't concerned. She said to follow up if things didn't get better. I did, and she just didn't know what to think so we agreed to give it a few months and see what transpired.
It has been 2 months, and I feel the same. The lumps are still there, but it's hard to say if they are any bigger or not. I noticed a couple of days ago as I was scratching behind my right ear that I have a lump there too...I just don't know if it's new or not. I haven't felt it before, but I don't know if I felt up that high. It is ~ the size of a quarter, flat but slightly domed and non tender. It is not behind my other ear. I also have been running low grade fevers off and on for months now, running about 99.5- but could that be due to being on birth control pills? The dr. wasn't sure.
I have decided that if things don't improve within the next month, I will go back in. Do I really have anything to be concerned about, or am I being ridiculous? Has anyone experienced something similar?
Thanks for your time~