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Respiratory Clinic referral - SCARED I HAVE LUNG CANCER!

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kay19801
kay19801

Hi all

After 7 months now dry coughing during the night and a little now during the day, chest tightness (for the last 3 weeks) and a serious of throat wheezing and choking sensations in my throat, feeling like my lungs do not have enough air in them so inhaling deeper every 5 mintues and accommpanied with icy air feeling in my throat when I inhale deeply or normally, I have been trialed with asthma inhalers, steroid nasal sprays, strong anti histamines, normal chest xray and spirometery test with a peak flow meter reading of 400 the GP has decided to refer me to a lung specialist and he is in his words words 'baffled'.

I am terrified of what they might find at this clinic as they deal with lung cancer and all sorts of stuff - my main worry is that this is lung cancer and it will only be picked up with a ct scan of my chest!

Has anyone been to this type of clinic before and what have they done if so?

Thanks ( I am literally quivering just thinking about it) - I am 36 f ex smoker (stopped 6 months ago)

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  • irina27
    irina27 kay19801

    Posted

    Hi Kay,

    I 'he been having similar symptoms , chest tightness, shortness of breath, chest pain in combination with throat tightness and "weak voice" for few weeks now. I am a female, 48 and 20 y moderate smoker.Went to the Dr. last week and they took an Xray and said everything  looks fine. Dr suggested it is COPD because he heard some "wheezing" and recommended to stop smoking. He also said that if it is lung cancer, it would only show on CAT scan.  Dont know whether to get it or not, its terrifying.

    • kay19801
      kay19801 irina27

      Posted

      Hi there, it is such an awful thing to have and what an awful thing for the Dr to say to you that lung cancer will only be picked up on a CT scan which to be fair 70% of lung cancers are first picked up on a chest xray! I guess it would be the size that can be seen on a xray if it is big enough!

      Have you stopped smoking? I have for 7 months and feel worse than ever!

      Do you cough? I do but generally just when I am sleeping, what a weird thing, I have tried everything and STILL I am waiting for an appointment with the lung specialist! I am going to ask for a CT scan if I have it I would like to know!

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