Sore spot on my throat/neck. Am I going to die?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Sore spot on my throat/neck. Am I going to die?

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:19:17 AM EDT

Yesterday I noticed a spot on my neck, on the left side of the adam's apple. It's about as wide as my pinkie tip, and it's red . It hurts to touch it, and it feels slightly swollen. I'm afraid it might be throat cancer, but I don't have any other symptoms that would indicate it. The inside of my throat Isn't sore or swollen. Obviously, if it doesn't go away in a week or so, I'll probably see a doctor, but I don't want to jump the gun. It doesn't really look like cancer, but rather like a bug bite. Anybody have something like this? The only other things I could think of was a pimple or a bed sore. It feels too deep to be a pimple though.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:21:17 AM EDT

[#1]

Squeeze it. If it pops then it's not cancer. If it doesn't pop then dead man walking.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:21:24 AM EDT

[#2]

In grown whisker?

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:21:52 AM EDT

[#3]

Ingrown hair?

Dibs on guns and ammo though, just in case.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:22:18 AM EDT

[#4]

Radiation from the microwave is causing a new head to sprout out of your neck.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:22:28 AM EDT

[#5]

Yep, now send me those guns so they don't go to waste.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:22:34 AM EDT

[#6]

Yes, you will die.

When, and of what, who can say.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:23:00 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
In grown whisker?

This. I've dug around and pulled two inchers out before.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:23:27 AM EDT

[#8]

Definitely AIDS.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:23:30 AM EDT

[#9]

See a doctor before jumping to unpleasant conclusions.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:23:59 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Squeeze it. If it pops then it's not cancer. If it doesn't pop then dead man walking.

I'm honestly hoping that it is a pimple that just hasn't come to a head yet. I've never gotten a throat pimple before, so I wouldn't know what they feel like.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:26:58 AM EDT

[#11]

Herpeghonosyphilaids. The prognosis is grim, I'm sorry.

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Posted: 9/30/2011 11:27:38 AM EDT

[#12]

It could be cancer..................

but it's way more likely to be a cyst, or a pimple, or ingrown hair, or something else benign. Just relax and see a doctor if it doesn't go away after a week. The odds of it being something really bad are remote, there are dozens of other things it could be.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:30:57 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Radiation from the microwave is causing a new head to sprout out of your neck.

I saw a seagull with a third stubby wing running around under a KV line yesterday

there's some weird ass shit on this site

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:34:18 AM EDT

[#14]

If it tells you to "start the reactor" then listen to it....

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:34:30 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
See a doctor before jumping to unpleasant conclusions.

What kind of help is this?

This is gd for craps sake.

This man needs anwers now.

Any dizziness or loose bowels?

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:40:58 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
See a doctor before jumping to unpleasant conclusions.

What kind of help is this?

This is gd for craps sake.

This man needs anwers now.

In that case it's definitely stage 4 cancer a bubo from plague. You've been warned.

Posted: 9/30/2011 11:56:17 AM EDT

[#17]

edit-Damn, too slow.

Posted: 9/30/2011 12:00:32 PM EDT

[#18]

Your a little young for throat cancer.

Two packs a day for 50 years will put you in the running though.

My money is on ingrown hair/cyst/pimple/benign inflamed lesion thingamabob.

It happens.

Posted: 9/30/2011 12:02:53 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Definitely AIDS.

My first thought when I saw the screen name...

Posted: 9/30/2011 12:04:57 PM EDT

[#20]

Stab at it with a sharp knife while looking in the mirror.

.

Posted: 9/30/2011 12:05:36 PM EDT

[#21]

syphilitic chancre.

sorry dude, the Adams apple ones have the worst prognosis

Posted: 9/30/2011 12:06:37 PM EDT

[#22]

One of those bugs that look like a maggot that burrow under the skin.

Posted: 9/30/2011 12:19:10 PM EDT

[#23]

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