Dr.'s not doing anything .. I'm getting worse
For over 6 months I have been in to see my doctor complaining how tired I was all the time and how I just didn't feel like myself. He ran cbc said all came back normal and to come back if things did not improve. Every time I went to see him the same thing. I did have an elevated while blood count on one of my visits but the doc said it was probably just the common cold. Well in the past 2 months things had gotten progressively worse. I went to see him and informed him of extreme weightloss, fatigue, heachaches, and night sweats, almost like I had the flu or mono (which I had mono when I was in college a few years ago). He ran the same old blood work, but this time he noticed my a lymph node in my neck was larger than it was supposed to be. He ran so many tests the lab technician had to laugh and get out her book of codes and since they were rarely run. The results showed my lymph node count was high. But my TB test was normal, it was not mono, all the random tests he ran even for cat-scratch disease was negative. So the doc referred me to my ENT, hoping for a biopsy concerned it may be lymphoma due to my symptoms and how long I have been sick.My ENT was a complete JERK! He is overloaded with patients and felt I shouldn't be in his office for a swollen lymph node (at this time I had had it for over a month). He ran more blood work testing for lyme disease and did an IGG syrum test to rule out a virus. All looked normal. Not lyme disease no sign of an infection or virus. On my next visit to my physician, I explained how the ENT felt it wasn't his problem and did not even suggest a biopsy and when I mentiond it to him he seemed like I was nuts. The physician told me to keep my next appt and to tell him I was referred to him as the paperwork said for a lymph node biopsy.So at my next visit my ENT completely treated me like I was nothing but trash! He started attacking me on why I was there, that this was not an ENT problem, that I probably just had a common cold. I was frustrated. At 22-yea! rs-old, I brought my mother for support, she told the doctor that we were referred to him like the physician had mentioned to him for a reason that her daughter is not healthy, that she sleeps all day can barely function at a normal level of life and is getting worse. The ENT refelt my lymph nodes and said "well yes, the right side here is much larger than it should be." I burst into tears two months since the docs discovered this node and still no answers?! He recommended a biopsy, but since there are only 2 surgery centers in Erie, Pa. he said it could take a month to get into surger, let alone another week to even get the surgery scheduled!If anyone knows how this feels and has any ideas how to speed things up or improve my care please let me know. My physician is almost convinced it is lymphoma, he just needs to biopsy to officially diagnos it. This has been progressing for over 6 months. I don't think I can do another month of waiting let alone another day of feeling as worn out as I do. My body is completely exhausted. I just need to know if this is a normal doctor response to this or if maybe I should think of switching my care? Also any ideas how to get my biopsy sooner? Another month until they can even get in there to look at this node is rediculous after it being swollen for over 2 months!I'm frustrated and losing hope here. My physician keeps telling me to hang in here that he will have answers for me soon enough, but is a month and a half really as soon as I should have them?