Hey Everyone,
I'm a 27 year old female, non smoker...having major anxiety. About three weeks ago, I noticed a smallish lump on my jaw line. It was painless, and moveable. Because I have anxiety, I ended up going to the emergency room, who's doctor told me it looked like a tooth absess. Went to my dentist on the Monday, who said it wasn't, and my teeth are totally fine. Dentist did a panoramic xray, plus general xrays, didn't see anything abnormal. Went to my GP who ordered mandible xrays..came back absolutely normal. Anyways, I'm moving so I went to my new GP who I told this story too, and she ordered mandible xrays plus soft neck tissue xrays...haven't gotten those back yet. Currently my symptoms are a tingly left side of face (sometimes, and its not a stroke), painful neck, painful areas on the neck....vague pain... and major anxiety. Everytime I try and look up a symptom on the net, I get all these cancer links...its scary and I think I'm losing my mind. Dad was diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphoma in Dec. 05...now is cancer free...his came out in a large lymph node on his neck....I'm just freaked that they're going to miss something on me or my xrays and I"m going to die. ....yes I know I need help for my anxiety, but I can do that at a later time.