I could have used you! At least you've got kids, tho it may require some sorts of persuasion?
I had always thot my Thyroid was an issue, and the Neuro said NOT! It took some funky blood workups to get my Ocon to refer me to an Endo...Who did the AI-Thyroid tests...The PN and the thyroid mite be connected? But I think the two issues went whacko independently of each other....
I'd managed to 'save' some old sonos that were going to be destroyed from when I'd first gotten thyroid problems a dozen years ago and the Endo compared them to his own sonos.... comment was: "Original ones show 'YUCKY' Thyroid, Now, it's REALLY 'YUCKY'!" [Auto-immune scarring] What does one say to that? Other than....'Oh, I sort of figured something was off.'
Just press asking questions! Don't give up? It only took me four years of asking all of my dozen docs the same questions to get answers! July isn't that far away really... But THEN press for answers and w/lymphomas you mite just want to have a look-see by a good Oncologist? Especially if it [cancer] runs in your family history that you know of... or even suspect. Ocons look for/at other markers from blood tests and something mite pop up there-tho I hope truly that all is clear! It's a peace of mind thing, if you can afford it-DO it!
If insurance is an issue? Your local American Cancer Society may have programs for screenings and the like...how extensive depends on where you live, I'm afraid. I hope you get lucky!
Hugs and hope always! Keep faith in that your body is telling YOU things, it's just the learning what's being told to you that's a challenge. - j