Hi christine.

Yes you are right. I have read many of the posts of members here and am in awe of their bravery.

Ive done 3 things as suggested by members on here.

Firstly, my GP has put me on anxiety medication. 100mg ammitriptyline per night. Unfortunately its not instant and can take a while to work. Hopefully this will make this journey a little easier. The tablets certainly give you dry mouth in a morning.

Second. My GP is going to refer me to have counseling. She agrees i need it whatever they find on wednesday either for cancer diagnosis or for health anxiety if not.

Third. Ive told my wife. I am so glad its out in the open now. She is coming with me next wednesday. She said we will face this together and if its bad news we will fight it together. She is fantastic and my soul mate. I love this woman and want to grow old with her. I know that once i find out what im facing i will be much stronger for her and the children

I see a max/facial consultant tomorrow for my lump on my hard palate but im not sure what they will be able to do. They will probably just say to mention the lump when i see the ENT doc on wednesday when he checks my nasal area.

Today ive had such pains behind my right eye. Im hoping this is not related to my problems. Surely i would have more pain and symptoms in my nasal and sinus's before it reached my eye.

Hi Yorky ! I was happy to read your post in that you have been quite busy preparing. Medication and counseling play a big part in this whole picture, and having your soul mate at your side will make a tremendous difference in walking this path. I love her response when you told her ! Sounds as though she is going to be incredible strength for you.

We all will be here so please check in often and let us know how you are doing.

Hi

So ive been to see the ENT today and had a scope in my nostrils.

The scope revealed i have chronic sinusitis. He has put me on a 6 week course of antibiotics (clarithromycin) and 2 lots of nasal spray. If this doesnt clear my sinus's he will then do a ct scan. I told him i had already had 1 week of antibiotics but he aaid that wasnt enough and i needed longer with this type of antibiotic.

He thinks i may have 3 seperate problems. My sinusitis, my eye pain and the lump in my mouth that arent related to each other.

He is hoping the lump in my mouth will reduce once the antibiotics work their magic and if not will do further tests on the lump in 6 weeks.

For my eye pain, he wants me to see an ophthalmologist. He did notice that i have a ring of grey forming around the edge of my iris (my eyes are brown) which he said needs investigating. Upon reading on the net i see it could be a number of reasons ranging from contact lens trauma, high cholestrol and even age. i dont know if this is anything to do with my eye pain but the pain isnt easing so im going to get an emergency appointment tomorrow as the pain is getting me down.

So im feeling a little better about it all. I still dont have a concrete diagnosis for my hard palate lump but the ENT seems pretty sure its not sinus related. This was my main worry. I guess we shall see what happens in 6 weeks time.

Congrats on the great news!!!

Best wishes with your recovery from the problems your ENT discovered. Hoping you will heal quickly and completely.

Great to hear you're getting answers to your questions.

Thanks.

Im still not out of the woods yet with my lump in my mouth, i think more tests will be done when i next see him again in 6 weeks. But i feel much much better that all the symptoms are not linked.

I rang my GP today about my eye but they could only get me in for Monday. Hopefully i can get my gp to get me an urgent referral to see the ophthalmologist as its still no better.