I had a lump in my neck on the left side above where my shoulder the size of a marble. I went to the dr. and also had been really overly tired for about a month. They ran my blood for mono, and several other things. I also have thyroid disease so they ran my blood to test for that. When they called back, (3 days later) they said that my white blood cells are low and I had an increase in lymphocytes. She first told me that I probably had a viral infection, unless I get more lumps in my neck or elsewhere.

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