I found a lump

My hubby had a similar sized cyst excised from that same area/benign. I personally would have your doc call the EENT and speed up your appointment. That is what I would do and have seen it quite often. I had a nickel sized cyst removed from the inner lower lip/mouth area/benign as well.

renerian

Thanks for your reply. My Oncologist won't see me until we rule out the "other stuff" So I have an apt with my GP this afternoon, once i hear what he has to say i'm gonna try to track down my ENT, he is very good to me I run into him often at the hospital or in the elevator's at school and he gets what i need to have done, done. I'm really hoping for a benign little cyst or something. Hopefully i will know more later this afternoon.

not a nurse yet, but i personally find it ridiculous that a 23 yr old person with a hx of cancer within the last 5 years, who now has a lump and unexplained epistaxis, is not a priority. Your GP should immediately get the ball rolling on this and you shouldn't have to be the one tracking ENT, Oncologists etc. down. I just find that wrong. I hope everything works out for the best for you!

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Well this is in NB Canada that alone should explain it all It takes forever to get in and see a speciallist we only have 3 ENT's for the whole city and surrounding areas and one of them is an idiot. I would get an apt quicker if i tracked my Dr. down my self instead of going through his receptionist. But it looks like i won't need one, THANK GOD! I whent to my GP he said i was fine. He said he suspected my earring holes where irriated and that they were causing the swollen node. Sure enough when i took my earrings out the holes were a little red. He said he was positive that's what it was because it didn't have the characteristics of a cancerous node. He told me to put ploysporin and acohol on my ears and i should see the lump go away shortly. If not I should come back and see him. It made perfect sense and i would have never thought of it. I guess I would have wasted my oncologist time, so i'm glad i saw my GP first. I was so releived I almost cried. But he told me that my concerns were valid given my Hx and he was glad to see me. So i'm gonna keep an eye on it beacuse there's always a little bit of doubt in the back of my head. But i am so releived that there is an explanation that is not cancer. On a happy note I fond out today that i am doing my last semester of clinical on the Oncology unit. This makes me happy because I want to be an oncology nurse Thank you to everyone who replied to me

Glad you know you were evaluated. I have had my Canadian friends tell me the appointment times up there are not as fast as they would like.

renerian

So glad you are ok!

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Glad you know you were evaluated. I have had my Canadian friends tell me the appointment times up there are not as fast as they would like.

renerian

Waiting times here in Canada suck! Our Prime Minister is looking at ways to help/fix but they can be really bad. And there definitly not enought doctors. Especially here in NB as we are a relativly small province. Doctors are retiring left and right but they are not giving up their billing numbers and the gov't isn't realeasing many new ones. My GP is actually retiring in Jan and i will be sad to see him go. He would always squueze you in the day you called the next day at the very latest. Most people around here end up waiting for a week. If it's for a cold your over it before you ever see the Dr. I'm so releived to have someone more knowledgable then my slef not to worry :) i write my last exam tommorow morning and then tommorrow night i can party with peace of mind

yay this is great news!

Praise the Lord! I am really happy for you. Have a good friend up in Ontario who had ITP for quite awhile and was sent home sans dx..wasn't til she hemorraged that they put her in the hosp. She seems to be O.K. now.