Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. You have helped more than you know!

Your videos have helped me get a full night's sleep for the first time in over a week. Fair play to you for using your difficult experience to help people in a similar situation 🙏

Can’t thank you enough, you are a real life saver. Have had a lump behind my ear since November (approx. 5 months) and have been so worried I definitely suffer from hyper sensitivity. thank you!

Amazing video ! Literally assured me with everything i wanted to hear , its so good to see someone with health anxiety speak up to reassure people. More people should do and help stop the edless google symptom checker

You really relieved my anxiety. I think i can have a good day now. Thank you so much!!! Also, you're beautiful.

I can’t explain how much you’ve helped me. Thank you.

My god you are literally me. I’ve gone from thinking I had lymphoma to thinking my daughter does. I have been through all this. It’s so good to know I’m not the only one like this. Thank you so much for doing this xx

Thank you so much. Ive been anxious about discovering one in my neck. I've been panicky and at times found myself staring somewhere. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Hope mine is nothing serious. The good thing is you help me deal with my anxiety and stress. ❤

I love your content, thank you for being so transparent...seriously. I giggle here and there because I partook in similar behaviors.

Thanks so much! You're a life saver! I've been worrying about a very small lymph node in my neck that's not even noticeable unless i feel it. I've no sign of infection, so it's unexplained. Keep thinking I've got lymphoma. The last few days have been a struggle, but you've helped me get through them. Thank you.

Been watching your videos lately, and it really helps me a lot with health anxiety.. you're a gift from heaven. Sending prayers for you and to your family.. I really hope you're doing well.😊🙏 Watching from Philippines🇵🇭

Thank u girl. U took my anxiety away.. Allah bless u...

You have literally calmed my nerves by at least 50% after watching this video. I have a what a doctor called reactive lymph node in my neck, said nothing to worry about but may be a sign of an infection and to to back in a month, said to rule out the C Word, naturally I didn't believe him because I am insane. So I google, I prod, I poke, I squeeze the thing until its doubled in size and I'm sat here in a ball of anxiety. It is so refreshing to listen to your video, and to read other comments, there are people like me out there. Thank you in all seriousness for your video, and to anyone who's spoke of their troubles. My god it helps.

Thank you so much for this video! you have no idea! thank you ❤ my health anxiety has been so bad. My story is so similar to yours so this hits home.

This has really helped with my health anxiety..Thank you

So happy I found this video. Feeling a bit less anxious now. Thank you!

Your channel is helping me so much you cant even imagine how much !

Thank so much for this video. Like you I have health anxiety and this vid has given me such a feeling of relief because you actually got answers from your doctors that people like me are searching for online and cannot find. There was one thing though. I have a sore lymph for a few weeks but no lumps. I need to see if my doc can explain that

Thank you very much...you have reduced my anxiety on this ...... Your experience was similar to me .. even i was also kept touching my groin swollen lymph node due to anxiety....... mentally you are exact copy of me ...i behave and talk, explain and do research about everything like you .... mentally you are exact copy of me ..i am not kidding..even your age is also similar with me...... anyways thanks for spreading awareness about this...is made my mind calm

thank you ... your words are anxiety killler ❤️

i love your channel. definitely helps with my health anxietyy

Thank you for this. So reassuring! I’ve literally been worrying because of the on one side thing mainly. Health anxiety is a curse hope we all get over it asap!

Google sometimes scares people when they search for symptoms

Thanks so much. I wish I had come across your post a couple of weeks ago. Anxiety is so hard. Your whole world focusses inward. The doctor says, 'let's get it tested to be sure' and before you know it, it's CT scans and biopsy needles and clicking machines. Your in and out before you remember any questions at all. Anyway thanks again for doing the post.

I can relate to the beginning of this story!! I’m loosing my mind to why I feel my lymph node

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!

THAAAAANK YOU! This video calmed me down!

This video helped me so much as someone with health anxiety and ocd!!

You just saved my life 👑 queen 💖. I just have a normal lymph node on my right side of the neck and it's smooth and high in mobility love you ❤️😊

Helped me so much this week. ❤

Thank you so much. I was so scared for months, had such bad health anxiety that I hugged my girl and told her I loved her thinking I was going to die. It seems over dramatic but health anxiety is so heavy that it’s suffocating. This honestly helped so much.

I cannot thank you enough for this video

This was very reassuring, thank you

Thank you so so much. I’ve been worried sick despite having these things in my cheek area and neck for years now. My health anxiety is so bad 😭

This has been me for the past month googling things and then googling other things from my groin lymph node thinking it was so big and you’re helping me realize it’s not Sitting here thinking I have cancer and looking up all the different symptoms of those cancers and then sitting there asking myself if I feel lethargic Also this worry has screwed up my appetite and then I read about the appetite thing Health anxiety is so real and I never realized how real it is until my groin lymph node was more noticeable than usual This video helped me a lot And now since I searched lymphoma now my phone keeps shooting ads for lymphoma treatment at me 😢

Benji made a video and said he likes how you power through it. And your daughter is beautiful!

This is literally my mind in a different body. I have a hard bump right in front of my ear and some ear pain. I’ve had three panic attacks in the past week because of everything I keep reading online. And it’s getting in the way because I’m just always googling everything. Since COVID-19 all the doctors are busy so I’ve been waiting a month I get an ENT appointment so all I do is worry. Which of course my anxiety causes stomach issues, sinus irritation, palpitations, headaches. That makes me think it’s spread to other parts of my body. I also get worried, because I hear about all these stories of doctors not listening to women or ignoring their symptoms. I totally understand y’alls worry. If you are worried just talk to a doctor, DO NOT GOOGLE ANYTHING. (I honestly google something at least once or twice a day for reassurance and it never works.). Just take a breath. You’ll be okay :).

Thank's Cherelle for all your information, and you are right I'm just like you I was freaking and touching and poking all day long 24-7 to make sure that it was not growing, now I just try to leave it alone, Thank's again Cherelle.

I am so grateful I came across your video. My anxiety has been building due to small lymph nodes I can feel in my neck. It would freak me out to a point where I didn’t want to check my neck and discover changes, but at the same time I was obsessive about it and sometimes couldn’t stop touching my neck - felt like I was going crazy! My husband keeps saying it’s nothing, he is so confident and I wish I felt that confidence. But your video has really helped me! Thanks G

Yeah i always had it behind my ear as a kid too it still comes but goes away. I hv 1 now its small its soft felt it before but goes away. But just noticed it im worried. But i ignore it. Google tells u so much gets u scared. Im so glad i watched your video. Your very strong person. God bless you.

I’ve been living a nightmare due to finding a lymph node in my neck, could of been there for years, I checked because I was worried about a mole and got in to my head it’s cancer and it’s spread. Then I found this lump and convinced myself I had stage 3/cancer. I started itching everywhere (in my mind). This video has made me feel so much better. Thank you

I feel a little better after watching this. Thank you. Going tomorrow for my armpit lymph node biopsy.

I’ve had a swollen lymph node in my neck for about 2-3 years. When I first found it I panicked so much and I remember finding this video and starting therapy. Thanks so much for this video it was so informative and really helped me rationalise x

OMG! I felt one this morning. It scared me a little. I felt it a few minutes ago & it grew & painful. I felt ill for days. It's scaring me. I think I need to email my Dr to request an appt before the weekend. Then again, I'm so tired of my health issues that if it's the C-word, I may be relieved only because I'm so tired of the ups & downs. Now all that said, I will end up praying & saying Affirmations before bed & in the morning when my anxiety isn't this high.

I came across this channel recently, November of 2022 I began to notice swollen lymph glands which I now accept were reactive. It was unusual as I had never felt them before in my entire 41 years of existence . I began to google what these lumps were and was given the worst diagnosis from my search result. As the days went on I was convinced I had Cancer. Ive never in my life been through such an ordeal as I put myself through. The fear was like nothing I had ever experienced. I went to A doctor and he examined me and said these are "reactive" Lymph nodes. It felt great the relief I felt on the journey home. Once I got home I was fine until I lay in bed that evening and began to think. I began feeling the lymph nodes and noticed my voice was getting a bit croaky. I then began to combine the Lymph Node search terms with my saw throat. Next thing I convinced myself I had neck Cancer. I didnt sleep for so long. At night time I began to feel fearful of going to sleep. This continued and I visited the doctor again and reported the new symptom of a saw throat. He examined me and said yes you likely have a cold and likely this may be causing your reactive lymph nodes. I felt temporary relief again but within hours i was back at it again googling my symptoms. I was all over WebMD like a mad thing furiously typing in search of what is causing my symptoms. This cycle went on for months. until around March time. I began to feel so exhausted by the worry that I felt tired all the time. I was adding tiredness as a new search term along with Lymph nodes. (By this time my cough had cleared up) The Cancers I thought I had were numerous. I visited the doctor again although this time he diagnosed me with health anxiety. I had never in my life given a second thought to my health why at 41. I never understood at the time. I made a promise to my self that I would stop googling symptoms. Its such an easy thing to say but doing it is incredibly hard, but I stuck to my promise. I began concentrating on my hobbie in hopes of turning it in to a job. I was so focused on this that before I knew it months had passed and I hadnt googled my symptoms once. 6 months after first noticing them my Lymph Glands began to dissipate. One remained shotty which is fine as i now know alot about shotty lymphs . Who ever needs to hear this. Take away from my experience is you have to starve the anxiety of any stimulus what so ever. Rule number 1 Do not google your symptoms. Rule number 2 Do not google your symptoms. You will never beat it unless you can get your head around the complete abdication of googling health symptoms or bodily sensations. If you want the nightmare to end you must starve the anxiety. Its completely beatable . Its not easy but its worth it to regain your sense of inner peace. You have to be willing to fight for it. First step is deleting all of your saved health searches. Next step Connect with someone friends or family. Take a trip out for lunch. Go out for a long walk in the country or even just a park. Every time you feel the urge to google ask yourself. Is there something more beneficial I can be putting this time in to. Perhaps taking up a new hobbie. Perhaps plan that trip you have been wanting to go on. The more you do this the stronger those neurological pathways to recovery become. You got this !

thank you for your information ; you was very helpful ; again thank you so much

Thanks a lot for sharing about your anxiety, and also saying some things that I also couldn't find easily on Google search. The one thing I'm wondering about (which I will try to do some more research on) is whether hormones (excess estrogen, say) can cause lymph nodes to swell, because I got the impression from something I've heard, but I'm not seeing it mentioned at all. I often get swollen armpit nodes coming and going throughout the month, if I'm otherwise experiencing more hormonal symptoms.

Really important and super under reported piece you covered. If you are 15-35 even 40, and you have had chronic lymphnode swelling it is very rare for those nodes not to be very large/aggressive over a year or so. Remember out of all chronic lymph edema cases under 40 only .4 percent are cancerous.

Thank you so much for this helpful video, recently I had a severe ear infection and it swelled up my lymph nodes in my neck I also got more scared about my lymph nodes because my cousin was recently diagnosed with lymphoma but I was told by 3 doctors that this was normal because I had an ear infection but because I googled I got scary results and then for the past 3 weeks I’ve been feeling and checking my neck and found multiple little bumps in my neck and I have been checking my neck up to 6 times or even more a day and it’s been super stressful and I’ve cried for days thinking the worst as my family and friends think I’ve gone crazy. But this video has actually made me feel a lot better and not alone.

Thank you. This video was very helpful.

YOU ARE A BLESSING

thanks to your video it help me alot i have anxiety attact because of my lympnodes before its big i always check it out and now smaller like a pea or beans thanks for the information god bless

This was very helpful, I felt one around my neck and I was so worried, it's really small and even the doctor said there's nothing to be worried about, still I was worried sick. This helped me a lot. Google is the worst in these cases.

I love this! Thank you for making this video! I’ve literally gotten so depressed because the ER doctor said my lymph nodes were swollen and now I feel like I have lymphoma...I have an appointment Monday with my general doctor I hope all is well. I didn’t even know they were swollen btw I can’t feel anything.

I just found this video. I have the exact same issue with groin lymph nodes. I've also done the Google Black hole and constant worry. I've had an ultrasound, and everything came back normal except it being reactive, but within the normal size range. Hasn't changed in size over the last year, except when I constantly touch it and gets swollen. Thank you for this video.

I am so grateful. You have no idea. I’ve been so low, literally panic stricken for days. Couldn’t eat or sleep - mine is the size you say is healthy. I am so relieved. I can relax now. Thank you. You’ve saved my life xxx

I’m going through this exact thing and have my doctors appointment tomorrow! This has grounded me so much thankyou thankyou!!!!

Im messing with mine now i have to stop hope it goes away im lots neck and teeth problems and saw throtes everything is in my neck im so fed up. Im greatful for your video youtube should give millions of likes

It's 3am now and I can't even sleep beacause of my health anxiety.. and this video omgs you saved my life I also couldn't believe what the doctor said that it is fine but most of the symptoms that descrived on the internet said that if ur lymph nodes are unmovable and not painful at all it could be the cancer. And that terrified me a lot and I even cried relief now thank you so much

In the era of medical gasliiting, it is totally stress ouerload! 🙏

Thank you sooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, seriousely, you don't know how you saved my life................i am so grateful..................

Thank you so much for your valuable video

I must also say that I feel right now the EXACT same way that you did. I have some other symptoms as well. Hopefully I will have the same outcome but I will just have to wait and see...

Thank you so so much ❤️❤️❤️ genuinely.

I had this fear about over 4 years ago when I had my 1st child I have one at the side of my neck has been there a long time has never went away so my worries went away, then I had my other child 4 months ago an now it’s back n I keep checking again same worries

saw your channel in benjis video, also great content!

Thx so much for all this info! I have a scare for lymphoma as well because of 2 ‘swollen lymphnodes’ as I think. May I ask where you got all this information and if it really is all true what you are saying? Or is it all google-info? Because that sometimes is not true at all! Hope to hear from you! :)

Your so right about the ocd part and touching it :(

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thank you for the information 💁‍♀️ 🙏 From Atlanta,GA u.s.a

This what was happening to me ,wow thanks a lot dude

Benji really like your story 💜

thank you for saving my lifeeee

Thanks angel❤❤❤I was so sad

Phew, I was quite worried before watching this!

Thank you for your videos, it's great to have a voice of reason in a sea of paranoia!

Hm- Neck Lymph nodes feel swollen, but within that normal size range you are saying. I have been having major health anxiety lately because I keep blacking out, getting dizzy and light-headed, chest pains, and extremely exhausted, etc... Doctor told me it's just anxiety, but she ordered a few tests to rule out other things. Chest xray is normal. But my blood returned abnormal readings- low RBC, low WBC, high basophils, etc... So I have been researching and digging for info. And of course, doctor wasn't following up. I called and asked for a vitamin B12 test, and they never called. I figured that may be causing all of those symptoms and if so, I would like to start supplementing right away. I am so tired of the dizziness and exhaustion. Finding what I thought was s swollen lymph node did not help matters! I don't know where all this health anxiety and OCD is coming from. I never even go to the doctor. Maybe because acquaintances my age are getting cancer and having triple bypasses and brain tumors?

I have a lot of palpable lymphnodes! I have one just in front of my ear which moves over my jawjoint when i open my mouth. Very movible i guess? Sometimes i ever hear it rolling over my joint and it sucks.. I just read a article about a man who got a rash due to lymphoma.. That night i literally found a rash. Like colorless little bumps on my arm.

I wish we had more videos like this

Hi! A KZfaqr named Benji made a video about your water allergen so get ready for the comments!

you’re an angel, this video has just cured my month long anxiety i’ve had over this completely normal lymph node thank you so much for this video 🫶🏼🫶🏼

Sometimes i feel that i will die from my health anxiety. I have one lymphnode in my groin area around 1 cm (maybe less - i shave a lot) and one in my neck since August after a terrible cold i had for like a week. I've done an ultra sound, detailed blood work (for autoimmune diseases etc.), Ive been to 4 different doctors and each and every one of them said that I'm fine.. but i can't seem to let this go! I always check myself and find new lymph nodes everyyy single day. I haven't felt worse. I really do try but i feel like i have to get checked out again. P.S. i have no other symptoms of lymphoma and this is probably the most stressful year of my life (because of work, health anxiety etc.) To anyone that has ocd.. i feel you, i see you and im here struggling with you.. this us the worst battle I've ever had to fight! 🕊️❤️

Interesting. Im 74. Had swelling off and sometimes accompanied with pain. Had problems with my thyroid gland all my life. But never gave much thought about lymph nodes. Thanks.🙂

Thanks you made so much sense

You’ve really helped me so much. I’ve had a swollen lymph node on the left side of my neck for 3/4 months now. I had 2 courses of anti biotic which I waited 2 weeks in the space of those until it went down. However it hasn’t gone down, I got blood tests and the doctor told me I’m fine nothing has come up and it’s all clear, he also felt it too. He’s booked me a ultra sound for some peace of mind as he knows I’m a hypochondriac. I’m still panicking daily as I’m still concerned incase it’s something bad as I’m getting ear pain that side and also pain in my head as I have a lump on the back of my head that side, I’ve had this lump again for 3-5 months it’s not grown so could possibly be a gland. Just hoping the ultra sound is ok and the glands go because I’m sooo scared it’s something bad!

My health anxiety is absolutely horrific atm. I’ve got a small one just behind my ear. It’s freaking me out!

Thank you for explaining I got one in my groin and it moves around. I was freaking out so much until I watched this.

Thank you so much! Helped me to hear this and your story. I‘m so sick of Google always saying 'every palpable lymph node is concerning' and me having multiple palpable lymph nodes freaked out. I have mine now for about a year and none of them have grown (0,5-1.2cm) since then. But I’m having hives now so I’m going to see a doctor again. :( Hope this isn’t connected to my lymph nodes. anyways thank you!!

I'm not kidding - this video saved me. I have severe healthy anxiety and, upon finding an almond-shaped, almond-sized lymph node behind my jaw/under my ear, I freaked out. I literally could (and can) not stop thinking I have lymphoma, because it feels very firm and not movable, which was also terrifying. Now that you mention it, there really is nowhere else for it to move, as it's under the skin and pressed against muscle, tendons and obviously my jaw bone. I'm still going to see the hematologist because there is still a possibility that it's something sinister, but fingers crossed it's not. Anyways, thank you so much for this video, it definitely did calm me down a lot and I feel like I can breathe until my actual appointment, which is next tuesday (21/12). Fingers crossed!

Thank you! This calmed me down a lot the only problem is I have one lymph node I can feal that is right in between my neck and my collarbone so I can’t decide if is normal or not and it’s driving me crazy

What about the ones that you can see when your crank your neck a certain way? I have one below my ear that’s like that when I extend my neck muscles on my right side. I got it checked by my doc but i’m still scared about it.

Thanks for this video ❤. I found 2 lymph nodes on my daughter's neck when she was like 9 months old. Maybe they were there before but i didnt notice them. She will be 3 years old in january and she still has them. They dont seem to have gotten larger then when i first saw them. They are like the size of a bean. The nodes are movable. But the thing is that they feel a little bit hard when her neck is streched somehow. But if i check when her neck is in a normal position, they feel softer. I asked her doc some time ago and he said its not uncommon in kids to be able to feel or even see the lymph nodes if the child is thin. And my daughter is a thin child. Some months ago, she had a CBC and Eritrosediment and it was normal. I dont know why, but these days my anxiety is super high. I look at her and cry, thinking the worst. I have been reading google and the C word comes up. She is so active, energetic, she doesnt sweat much, her appetite has not changed, she doesnt complain about any pain. Does anyone has a similar experience with their kids?

Im so glad i found you. I want to cry. Im so terrified of lymph nodes. I have a lot of swelling and pressure on my groins and hips. I feel like very uncomfortable but i cannot find swollen lymph notes. Im thinking the worse and Im afraid to go see a doctor.

Brilliant thank you!

Hey Cherelle, I'm sure a lot of people have asked you this, but can you drink water without getting allergies?

So I’ve started to worry about some that I have found in my groin. I feel like I can feel many on each side so I’m kinda scared. And I don’t want to burden my family with more worries. But they aren’t big but there’s several so that’s why I’m worried.

I was diagnosed with a abnormal one today but mine is large and doesn't move as it's in the groin. and I thought I needed to start planning my funeral especially having children. I started to vomit I went into panic mode and just couldn't function all day. I decided to look it up on KZfaq and your video came up. I'm now waiting for my app with the hospital so they can look into it much further. Listening to you I must say I feel so much better mentally I just need to calm my anxiety down and hope for the best. I hope you are feeling much better. Thanks for your video help. God bless

oh my god!! I suffer from health anxiety, i’ve got a swollen lymph node in my neck for about 2 months now and i poke and prod it and due to covid the docs won’t see me!!! You have saved my life, i can sleep at night now !

Just saw ure documentary I hope u get better with some miracle

I'm having a biopsy on a lymph node in my armpit on Wednesday, and I'm nervous. This video really put my nerves at ease. Thank you.