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.
That doesn't strike me as cancerous. It looks more like tonsillitis to me. Potentially chronic tonsillitis as Martin suggested.
Though I'm not a doctor so do definitely get this checked out. Even if it's not cancer you still want this checked and treated as it's an ongoing infection that will make you feel terrible. My dad had tonsillitis that didn't heal itself and his tonsils were swollen and redder than yours and he's still alive and well today, so I think you'll be all right ;)
Make sure you call your doctor and get this looked at but I'm sure it will be nothing too serious. Don't go stressing about it or it'll make you feel and think the worst things imaginable. Anxiety sucks like that.
Take care and good luck I hope your doctor can help you with this :)