Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello.
I joined here a while ago but haven't been online much because of my anxiety. My health anxiety is now bad because I've had a sore throat for about a year and now I've noticed a lump thing at the back of my mouth and I'm really worried it's cancer. I know a regular person would go to the doctors but I get so scared and anxious that I can't leave my house so I'm hoping someone here has experienced the same as me and can tell me what it might be.
Does it look like cancer? I think cancer mostly because of Google but also because it runs in our family. All my grandparents died of it and my cousin has it as well and she's only 36.
I've no other symptoms other than fatigue, nausea and unsteadiness when I walk where it feels like I'll fall over.
I've had this for so long the sore throat and I was originally given antibiotics by my doctor and that appointment last year nearly killed me! The anxiety was so bad I fainted, was sick, fainted again.. It was horrible!
Since then I've tried over the counter stuff but nothing works. And now that lumpy bit is there.
If you've got experience of this please say what you think it is as I am worried sick about this.
You need to go to the GP to have this checked, you really do.
Presuming that you have not had a tonsillectomy, the 'lump' is where one of the tonsils is located, there is another on the other side of your pharynx (throat). You might have chronic tonsillitis.
Is that serious? Would the treatment be at home I don't like hospital. Tonsillitis doesn't sound too bad I was worried about cancer. I not had a tonsillectomy before.
I finally got through to reception this afternoon but it was too late to talk to av doctor so I've got to call again on Monday.