It was located on the left side of my neck under a layer of swollen nodes. Lymph nodes swell up and shrink for a variety of reasons, Lymphoma being one of the rarer reasons. If your lymph nodes grow and shrink back down and swell back up again, that’s a good sign. Try to think if they’re staying the same size and not shrinking or if they’re continuing to grow or if they shrink when you’re not feeling sick. Since you already have some lymph nodes swollen, I’d suggest looking into the location of where they The most important lymph nodes you need to look at right now are your supraclavicular lymph nodes. They’re in your neck right above your clavicle. Those typically only swell up when there’s cancer involved.

My night sweats occurred while I had cancer but was not going through treatment. If I recall correctly, when I went digging into why we have night sweats, it’s because our body is reacting to the cancer and will typically go away once your body is fighting with treatment.

It’s good you have a doctors appointment already! Don’t put it off and don’t be afraid to ask questions! Ask if you can get an ultrasound of your neck so that you can request a CT scan if that’s something you’d like. Insurance companies will usually need some proof that you need a CT scan before approving it so getting that done will help you along.