I've had all the general signs of systemic inflammation for over a decade now and have tried different things the whole time to improve that with minimal results.
During most of that time, I have had chronically swollen lymphnodes in my head and neck. My doctor has been aware the whole time, and there has been no obvious cause found.
About 3 days ago, I noticed one of the swollen lymphnodes behind my left ear was sore, which was unusual. Despite my nodes being swollen all these years, they've never been sore. It remained sore until today. When I touched the spot to check on it, I didn't feel it there at all anymore. For the first time in over 10 years none of my usual swollen head and neck lymphnodes are palpable anymore!
That being said, I still feel signs of systemic inflammation. In fact, this week has actually been one of my "bad" weeks with increased fatigue, migraines, nausea, etc.
So, I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, I may have done to finally calm down my lymphnodes after all these years of trying everything else, so I can keep doing it!
Nothing in diet or supplement or anything like that has changed. The only things I can think of that might be the cause:
-the night before the lymphnode became sore, my husband gave me a head massage. He has given me many over the course of the past decade, and this one was no different. He knows not to be aggressive over the swollen areas and I didn't notice any kind of discomfort during. Possibly there was just something that worked this time to drain those lymphnodes? Maybe that's why I was feeling extra rough because of released toxins of some sort?
-I started a GLP-1 6 weeks ago today. Possibly a decrease in inflammation due to the GLP-1 and it has just taken my body 6 weeks to respond?
-I had a copper IUD for the past 15 years and had it removed in January. Possibly a decrease in inflammation after having that removed and it has taken my body this long to start to recover?
Do you think any of these are the likely cause? Anything else you can think of?