The advice I was given by my consultant was not to worry as other indicators aren't progressing at any great rate and to' take two paracetamol when needed'. I've found heat works especially those in and and around joints - I get my wife to place her hand on one in the crease of my elbow and it really does feel better after!!

I think this is all part of living life with CLL lingering in the background. I currently have a problem with my groin which is affecting my ability to some things as I would do normally. Mine are affected by exercise and body strain encountered in just living my day to day life. Since diagnosis I have found them in more and more places and where I was previously aware that there was one there are now, on occasion, several. They are always there and continually swell and reduce presumably dependant upon what infection I'm fighting. Mine were apparent in my neck prior to diagnosis back in late 2012 (traced back to early 2011 via previous bloods). I've been told that they should be painless! I've also had the 'closing off' feeling in my throat from time to time. I am stage A, on watch and wait and always suffer with painful nodes albeit mine appear a little smaller - those that I can feel are probably 1 - 1.5cm although a CT scan at diagnosis revealed others somewhat larger. Similar thing here, if you're like me it gets you down from time to time.

Painful lymph nodes