JMR
28-02-12, 14:57
Hallo there!
Returned to the site after long absence.. but Health Anxiety has flared severely again. I have plucked up the courage to visit my GP & have an appointment this evening...but I'm getting more worked up than ever. Although I suffer from health anxiety and worry over symptoms, I leave it for ages and ages until I'm so worked up I feel I have no choice but to go to Drs! I dread results of any tests they may offer. Since May 2011 I have been experiencing tight/sore/ribs/chest and intermittently, the inability to gain a deep enough breath, and feeling of a 'rod' driven through my lower right ribs from front to back! I visited my GP in Oct 2011 and she referred me for physio therapy after noting my cracking shoulder joints (very long term problem which I don't worry about but it debilitates me at times). The physio found nothing 'structually amiss' and gave me exercises. I have been so desperate the past few weeks with the pain & breathing issue again that I have had chiropratic treatment too. This has helped initially especially with my shoulder problem. However, I am worried about the breathing issue in relation to pleurisy/lupus/scleroderma as i also have been suffering from Raynauds quite a lot lately and I know this is linked to connective tissue disease. I have noticed tiny white scar like/ streaks on the back of my hands & fingers so I am worried now! The breathlessness is not there constantly, and indeed I can manage 25 mins on a treadmill with only the usual breathlessness expected with exertion, & I soon recover so my cardio vascular fitness cannot be too bad surely? I am now anxiously counting down the minutes until my 5.30pm appt. Any ideas anyone? :scared15:
Returned to the site after long absence.. but Health Anxiety has flared severely again. I have plucked up the courage to visit my GP & have an appointment this evening...but I'm getting more worked up than ever. Although I suffer from health anxiety and worry over symptoms, I leave it for ages and ages until I'm so worked up I feel I have no choice but to go to Drs! I dread results of any tests they may offer. Since May 2011 I have been experiencing tight/sore/ribs/chest and intermittently, the inability to gain a deep enough breath, and feeling of a 'rod' driven through my lower right ribs from front to back! I visited my GP in Oct 2011 and she referred me for physio therapy after noting my cracking shoulder joints (very long term problem which I don't worry about but it debilitates me at times). The physio found nothing 'structually amiss' and gave me exercises. I have been so desperate the past few weeks with the pain & breathing issue again that I have had chiropratic treatment too. This has helped initially especially with my shoulder problem. However, I am worried about the breathing issue in relation to pleurisy/lupus/scleroderma as i also have been suffering from Raynauds quite a lot lately and I know this is linked to connective tissue disease. I have noticed tiny white scar like/ streaks on the back of my hands & fingers so I am worried now! The breathlessness is not there constantly, and indeed I can manage 25 mins on a treadmill with only the usual breathlessness expected with exertion, & I soon recover so my cardio vascular fitness cannot be too bad surely? I am now anxiously counting down the minutes until my 5.30pm appt. Any ideas anyone? :scared15: