Help so scared and anxious
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Hi all
This is driving me totally insane at the moment and really anxious about it being something much worse like lung cancer
I have been ill over the last couple of months with various colds, the last cold I had was about a week ago & started coughing terribly. I do smoke, I am 36, female.
I cannot stop coughing.....every time I breathe in I cough, when I breathe in it feels like cold air in my throat that then irritates and causes me to cough. When I breathe it sounds like I am not wheezing but my throat is tight it sounds constricted (if that makes sense), throat feels somewhat tight also...
I want to the see Dr and only appointment I can get is next week Tuesday so another week of this torture!
I had a cough last year this time & my GP then sent me for an X-ray which came back satisfactory (very worried now something is not right), why is an X-ray satisfactory and not normal, did they miss the cancer in my lung last year!
Any advice, ANYTHING please!
Very anxious & scared
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JoyKF53 kay19801
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They probably said "satisfactory" rather than "normal" because you are a smoker and have therefore not got the healthiest lungs that you could have if you had never smoked. Not a criticism, I was a smoker myself! Because you are a smoker you are more susceptible to coughs and chest infections, I had them regularly, and unless you have been coughing up blood I would say that it is highly unlikely that you have lung cancer. Keep your doctor's appointment but let this be the scare that stops you smoking!
kay19801 JoyKF53
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JoyKF53 kay19801
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Please try not to be frightened, it really is more likely to be a chest infection or something similar. We all fear cancer, it's the word that does it, if it was called something else it wouldn't seem so scarey. I called my cancer Colin!! There's far more chance of it being something easily treated so try to stay positive. Let me know how you get on.
kay19801 JoyKF53
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Thought I would let you know, the cough has subsided slightly but now its my upper back its like I have strained it......really scared as this could be lung cancer!
JoyKF53 kay19801
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I think you got it right when you said "like I have strained it". I would say that that is exactly what has happened, the continual coughing has strained your back. What does your doctor say?
kay19801 JoyKF53
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