Re: Not sure if I can go on like this anymore.
Originally Posted by
Scaredtoo
I have posted but don’t get a lot of replies which is okay. Not complaining. I’m in a very bad place and am trying to reach out for help and or advice on what to do.
I’m spiraling into very extreme darkness. It’s getting harder to go on feeling so alone and so scared. I’m on meds and in CBT but I guess I’m having a relapse.
I had a sore throat few days ago with severe acid reflux. I mean every time I would swallow or would feel like a lump going up and down. I started Prilosec and am on that. Yesterday I started with weird pain when I take a deep breath. This pain appears in my back right behind my sternum (but in my back). I
Made the stupid choice of googling and every article I came to has said I’m a candidate for lung cancer. Female, never smoked, young at 43. According to
Statistics this is on the rise. This article on very well health has spiraled
Me down the rabbit hole. I mean I just don’t know what to do at this point. The pain and anguish and fear that I must immediately get an MRI is scaring me. I can’t eat. I’m withdrawing. My family thinks I’m crazy but most of all I’m terrified. I’ve never heard of GERD being in your back when taking deep breaths. I guess I’m just reaching out for some help or even encouraging words. I am distraught so figured I would try to help get some logic from anyone who is so kind enough to give it to me. I know none of us are doctors.
Not sure how much longer I can deal with this emotional suffering.
While I can’t say its impossible - I don’t agree that you are a candidate for lung cancer from what youve said at all. Risk factors for lung cancer are predominantly smoking, exposure to high levels of toxins in the workplace i.e asbestos or radioactive products or family history etc. Your symptoms also dont scream lung origin to me either. Have you spoke to your doctor about your symptoms? What do they suggest?
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