Trying to stay calm....
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Topic: Trying to stay calm....
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Subject: Trying to stay calm....
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 7:28am
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Jake got into bed with us this morning for a cuddle. As he lay across my bump I was stroking his head and neck and felt a lump in his neck!
Of course in the short time since this discovery I have been through every possible scenario I can think of (including the ones I dont want to think of) and have scolded myself for my panic. Naturally we will be off to the Dr today but I am trying to find the happy medium of concern that doesnt result in my breaking down freaking out thinking about the worst, I mean it could be (and most probably is) nothing! Please tell me at least one of you would quietly freaking out right now! -------------   
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 7:49am
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I know I would be too hun, tis only natural. However, try not to. My Mum had a lump in her neck a few years ago which turned out just to be an infected cyst which did need to be cut out, but at least it was an easy fix and no big deal. Its not bothering him is it? I mean if it was you would have discovered it before now. Good luck at the doctors. -------------  
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:03am
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He pulled away when DH was feeling it BUT he may have been "man' gentle and prodded him in the neck...
I am hoping its just a ball of fluid or something, just wish I had found it yesterday as we were at the GP's yesterday anyway... they will think I am a neurotic mother rocking up again today LOL -------------
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Posted By: littlestar
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:23am
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Does it move when your son opens and closes his jaw. If you put your finger on it does it seem to move independently?
Not that it will stop you worrying - but if the lump doesn't seem to be 'attached' to anything its more likely to be something harmless. I had a couple of lumps turn up on my neck not long ago and I freaked out - it would be so much worse if I found them on my boy. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:26am
 I'm sure we'd all be freaking out a bit! The first thing I thought (before I read MamaT's post) was a cyst too. Hope you get into the doctor asap so you don't have to worry all day!
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:41am
I had a lump in my neck a few years ago, and totally freaked out (not assisted by the fact the GP wasn't sure, and I had to get a fine needle aspirate done - owie  )..... but it was just a reactive lymph node - very common in the neck. Has he been sick lately? It could be left over from that?
Anyway, hugs, I would be stressing too....hope the doc apt is not too late in the day! -------------  
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 9:23am
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Ok so Dr Google has for once calmed me down!
Yes Blondy he has been sick so I am not worried at all anymore... very common in children to have them and while I am not Dr it definately sounds like this! Will still take him to Dr to be sure but I am happy to wait until I can see my Dr rather than who is available today. Thanks everyone  -------------
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Posted By: Disco
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 9:32am
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You can often get lumps appear after an illness, usually a lymph node. I get them behind my ear and sometimes under my chin. they usually go back down by themselves but always good to get it checked out.
DH had a huge one on his neck a few years ago and we freaked and then the doctor freaked, ended up in hospital a few hours later where they did loads of tests. turned out to be glandular fever! not nice but much better than other things it could have been. i think we always think the worst and usually it's not something to worry about :) |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 10:42am
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Glad you've got reassurance already Mel, was just going to post how common they are post-viral illnesses.
Hope the Doc can put your mind completely at rest! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 12:47pm
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Mel. I would be freaking out too, but yay that you're feeling more reassured now. I once "discovered" lump on the neck of a boy in my class but it turned out he'd been crook recently and that's all it was. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 1:12pm
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Let us know how it goes at the Drs
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 3:09pm
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I found a lump on Cadens neck when he was 6 weeks old and freaked out, at his 6 week dr check he looked at it and it was just a inflammed lymph node.
Is it on the side if his neck? Thats where Cadens was and on the other side you could feel a teeny tiny one. It went down after a few days. *hugs* ------------- |
Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 6:59pm
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What was it in the end Mel? I remember a guy I knew once got lumps on his neck and it was something to do with his tongue and some how they squeezed whatever it was out of through the bit under his tongue? I think that's how they did it anyway...
Hope all is ok. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: Jessica
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 7:44pm
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Mel, I hope that everything is sweet. I used to get lumps on my neck all the time when I was a teenager and used to be terrified that it was something serious but the Dr said they were harmless and could come and go. ------------- 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:34pm
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Couldnt get in to see the GP today but spoke to the nurse and she said it sounded like a lymph node. If it changes in anyway (ie gets bigger) then to take him in, or if it starts to bother him at all.
Otherwise if its not gone in 2 weeks to get the Dr to check it out... DH and I decided to sleep on that and see how we feel in the morning if either one of us feel uneasy we will take him in. Thanks for your concern everyone, I really hope it disappears, I dont much like the idea of putting him through having it tested  -------------
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:38pm
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Is it kinda squishy Mel? ------------- |
Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 8:49pm
melnel - just to warn you, my lymph node took months to go down and part of that was due to me checking it all the time  the less you touch them, the quicker they go down, so just be aware! Also - if the lump hurts Jake, that's probably a good sign in terms of it being related to illness, as it indicates the lymph node is just doing it's job. -------------
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 11:29pm
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I dont have any answers Mel but ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 04 August 2010 at 10:20am
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Its not squishy but there is give, so when you push on it there is movement but the lump itself is not squishy....
The nurse said to leave it a few days before checking it again, I guess thats why LOL Its very hard to not check it though! -------------
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