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 Posted: 04/25/08 - 16:21 Post subject: supraclavicular Swelling in Neck |
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I have swelling in my neck, they are golf-ball sized soft and feel like fluid filled swelling just above the clavical - assuming lymph nodes. They are cystolic in nature as they increase and decrease throughout the day but without any consistency and they are symmetrical. I have been to the doctor but they cannot find any reason to believe there is something wrong. This is only one of the several severe issues that remain a mystery to the doctors as of the last few months.
The first was two trips to urgent care for chest pains which they attributed to "inflamation of the cartilage" - all heart tests were done and no cardiac issues found so based on there being NO information they guessed.
The second was pain so severe in my right abdomen. It started feeling like indigestion and moved to pain so severe I wanted to die rather than experience it. It affected my back and front. They took many tests and x-rays and ultrasound, blood work and urinalysis - still nothing. It was attributed to "must have passed a gall stone" but they had no conclusive medical reasons for that.
Then little things - muscles are very strained in my arms and legs and they cause pain - I feel fatigue and exhaustion. The swelling in the neck is causing pressure pain in my head ears and shoulders. All the joints on my right side are achy and the knuckle on my baby finger is so sore I cannot type with it - but it comes and goes too. The index finger on my left hand had what felt like a boil deep under the skin for a day, then it disappeared. I have to say - I feel basically rotten and tired and have decided I am through with doctors at this point. I feel foolish to be told there is nothing wrong so many times - my symptoms are very real, not in my head and yet I leave feeling like a hypochondriac - I will make it to my yearly exams only but will no longer try to determine what is wrong. I am extremely frustrated with there being "nothing wrong". We know our own bodies, most of us are not making these things up. If anyone has similar I would like to know. |
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