Anyone here had a swollen lymph node for months?

[cutecat25 14]

I’ve had two ultrasounds and a full blood work up and everything came back normal. They even said in the second ultrasound it had gone down a little bit.

I’m terrified to get a biopsy, but i’m also terrified just to leave it.

Has anyone else had one that lasted a long time, but it ended up being nothing?

[bin_tenn 1252]

That happens to a lot of people. There's nothing wrong with lymph nodes occasionally swelling, even if it's for a seemingly long time. If lymph nodes didn't swell, you'd be sick a lot more often, because their job is to "eat" foreign Invaders (e.g. viruses, bacteria, etc).

[sTeaLth 237]

I remember a few years back having one swollen.  Once I noticed it, it did scare me a bit but I tried to ignore it.  A few weeks later I remembered and felt around that area, it was gone.  I had forgotten to remember.  Keep an eye on it but not so close that it scares you!  Give yourself a time table, like a month or two.  If there is no change or it worsens then get it checked out.  Very common though and especially in this season of colds going around.  

[lofwyr 215]

My son had some that were swollen not for months but for four years. No big deal at all.

[cutecat25 14]

On 10/24/2018 at 5:02 AM, lofwyr said:

My son had some that were swollen not for months but for four years. No big deal at all.

Did he ever get them biopsied?

[Hypomania 29]

On 10/23/2018 at 6:18 AM, cutecat25 said:

I’ve had two ultrasounds and a full blood work up and everything came back normal. They even said in the second ultrasound it had gone down a little bit.

I’m terrified to get a biopsy, but i’m also terrified just to leave it.

Has anyone else had one that lasted a long time, but it ended up being nothing?

Yep. Have a big one on my neck since I was but a small boy. Also some smaller neck ones that have been palpable for years, and one on my groin that's been palpable for at least 5 years.