I do have an appointment with a new GP tomorrow to have the nodes rechecked before I call the surgeon back to ask his opinion. Since that appointment, however, I've been able to feel one small hard node on each side in the supraclavicular area, and I assume they represent 'shotty' nodes. Much to my surprise when I got there, the surgeon said he couldn't feel any nodes, and therefore wouldn't biopsy anything. However, my GP did recently send me to a surgeon to get the nodes biopsied. However, I think it's more likely that I'm fighting off viruses on a regular basis (I have small children) than it is that I have lymphoma. I do have systemic symptoms of low-grade fever (on and off for a year), weight loss (50 lbs in 15 months, but I was trying to lose weight, and it's leveled off in the past 9 months), fatigue, and occasional mild night sweats. I've had 2 rounds of normal blood work and 1 normal chest/abdominal/pelvic CT. The reason I ask is because my GP has been able to feel my supraclavicular nodes for the last six months. I am very thin, though, which may be why mine are palpable.

But then I've read that palpable supraclavicular nodes are usually of concern b/c they can't be felt at all on most people. I've read that nodes that feel like buckshot, hence the term 'shotty', are usually reacting to a virus. Hi, I'm new with a specific question about 'shotty' supraclavicular nodes.

Shotty or shotty lymph nodes