can YOU please calm me down:)?

[eddarun]

this lymphoma scare is taking over my life, I am officially obsessed!!!   Iīve been pressing my hands on my stomach 24/7, I feel a "lump" in my lower left abdomen.  Its not a lump actually...its a long cylindershaped structure....I doesnīt hurt at all and I have to press hard to feel it and I can move it from side to side...its about 10 cm long and 2 cm wide.     At first I thought it was coloncancer and I got a colonoscopy.   It didnīt show anything abnormal.  Now Iīm convinced its a swollen lymph node and that Iīve got lymphoma!   My GP sais its just my colon im feeling since im skinny.  But what worries my is that I can only feel it in my left side....not the right!  But looking at pictures of the colon calms me a bit since it doesnt look the same both sides (se pictures, I can feel the lump where the black mark is)      .....could it be my colon?  can you feel yours and is it the same on both sides?  A lyph node wouldnt have that shape well, 2x10 cm?     help a crazy woman out;)

[SighNoMore]

Yes the stomach and bowel structure varies greatly from left and right sides, as does the abdomen. If your GP says you are feeling your colon then I bet that is it. There are a lot more organs and structures on the right side vs. the left thus the difference you are feeling. Add that to the fact that you really have to search I doubt it is a lymph node at all especially given that size.

Stop self-checking! Get some fresh air, read, take a bath, redirect your attention!

[momo2]

I had the same scare a few years ago and my Dr said the same thing to me. Makes sense, especially if there is stool in your colon. Don't stress, your colonoscopy was fine.

[sassparella]

It doesn't sound like a lymph node, your doctor says it's your colon and he knows what he is talking about. You had a colonoscopy and all was clear so relax you're ok :)

[mollyfin]

Your doctor went to school for this, and does this for a living.  The guy knows a lymph node from a colon.  Chill :)  You're fine :)

[jenkyleg]

Currently going through a stupid lymphoma period myself, so I know what it feels like. The good thing about lymphoma (there are good things?) is that it's apparently rarer to present itself in the abdomen like that. I bet your GP is on top of the ball. :)