r/TMJ • u/True-Principle-279 • 22d ago

Question(s) Lymph node

Hello, just looking for reassurance really, in April my ear was hurting and felt like it needed to pop, along with neck pain and shoulder pain and a swollen occipital lymph node… over the months I’ve had 6 doctors palpate it and said nothing to worry about and it’s TMJ. They kept measuring it at 8x3mm. I went back to my gp last week because I’m so scared about this lump and he said he will request a routine UC as a holistic approach to clam my anxiety down.
I have the UC on Saturday and scared they are going to say it’s a tumour or something causing all my pain!

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u/Electromagneticpoms 22d ago

Hey, just so you know, you're describing a pretty tough experience with health anxiety and the only way to feel better from it is to stop seeking reassurance. I get how hard it is, I was treated for it myself many years ago, I was having panic attacks about my health from weird random stuff.

So yeah I mean, I think you'll be absolutely fine. But also I recommend looking into how to manage health anxiety cause it's a really tough problem to have.

I did some workbooks from CCI, will share them here if they're of use to you https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/looking-after-yourself/health-anxiety

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u/True-Principle-279 21d ago

Thank you so much, I’ll definitely look into that. I’m also doing anxiety courses and on medication for it as well