Torskus
20-07-13, 22:06
This may be quite long and maybe a lot of people wont want to read it all, if anyone does take the time, then I would like to thank you in advance. I'm not really looking for answers as such, just someone to talk to would be good right now.
About 3 months ago, I began to feel really ill, and was having mild chest pain. I am not usually one to go to the doctors, but at this time I was so tired all the time, I forced myself to go there. I had some blood tests taken and it was found I had type 2 diabetes. Although not playing down the seriousness of Diabetes, I had caught it in time to control it if I changed my lifestyle, which to all intents and purposes I really have. This in some ways was a relief to all the other horrible things I had imagined, and there was something I could actively do to improve things.
The chest pains unfortunately never went away, so I had an ECG, which was normal, and eventually a chest x-ray, which I am still waiting for the results. In between all of this I have been given pain killers, and medication for acid reflux, which hasn't seemed to help.
Then I noticed I started getting sores in my mouth, so I went along to the doctors quite concerned, there were cracks on the corners of my mouth, and white patches just inside. My tongue had lots of raised bumps and was quite sore. The doctor dismissed all of these symptoms, but spotted a lump on my tongue, it was from a previous trauma where I bit my tongue. He insisted I went straight to the dentist, which I did. The dentist seemed to play it down, but did refer me to an oral surgeon as non urgent. I have been back to the dentist several times who keeps playing it all down, even though the lump appears to have got slightly bigger, and the sores in my mouth are still present. I have an appointment on the 5th of August to see the oral surgeon, I am scared to death this is something really bad. I have also been having pains in my jaw, behind my ears, and shooting pains in my face, which the doctor has given me various medications, all of which have made no difference.
Just to add, I also had two suspect lumps removed from my back in between all of this, 2 weeks later and I have heard nothing, so I am hoping no news is good news on this front, it is my mouth and tongue problems that seem to be giving me the most anxiety, from the day the doctor looked so horrified when he saw the lump I have been a nervous wreck.
I am 37, and a former smoker (given up recently, mainly because all of this scared me to death)
I have suffered with a lot of depression and anxiety in my life, but always battled past it, I can't get this out of my mind though, I have 3 young children, so many plans I want to do with them. I can't get it out of my head I am going to die. I look at my children and burst in to tears. I know no one can really make me feel any better, but it sure is nice to get this off my chest.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Mark
P.S I forgot to mention tight feeling in throat, like I have a lump there but I can't feel a lump as such. Doctor didn't really take this seriously either.
About 3 months ago, I began to feel really ill, and was having mild chest pain. I am not usually one to go to the doctors, but at this time I was so tired all the time, I forced myself to go there. I had some blood tests taken and it was found I had type 2 diabetes. Although not playing down the seriousness of Diabetes, I had caught it in time to control it if I changed my lifestyle, which to all intents and purposes I really have. This in some ways was a relief to all the other horrible things I had imagined, and there was something I could actively do to improve things.
The chest pains unfortunately never went away, so I had an ECG, which was normal, and eventually a chest x-ray, which I am still waiting for the results. In between all of this I have been given pain killers, and medication for acid reflux, which hasn't seemed to help.
Then I noticed I started getting sores in my mouth, so I went along to the doctors quite concerned, there were cracks on the corners of my mouth, and white patches just inside. My tongue had lots of raised bumps and was quite sore. The doctor dismissed all of these symptoms, but spotted a lump on my tongue, it was from a previous trauma where I bit my tongue. He insisted I went straight to the dentist, which I did. The dentist seemed to play it down, but did refer me to an oral surgeon as non urgent. I have been back to the dentist several times who keeps playing it all down, even though the lump appears to have got slightly bigger, and the sores in my mouth are still present. I have an appointment on the 5th of August to see the oral surgeon, I am scared to death this is something really bad. I have also been having pains in my jaw, behind my ears, and shooting pains in my face, which the doctor has given me various medications, all of which have made no difference.
Just to add, I also had two suspect lumps removed from my back in between all of this, 2 weeks later and I have heard nothing, so I am hoping no news is good news on this front, it is my mouth and tongue problems that seem to be giving me the most anxiety, from the day the doctor looked so horrified when he saw the lump I have been a nervous wreck.
I am 37, and a former smoker (given up recently, mainly because all of this scared me to death)
I have suffered with a lot of depression and anxiety in my life, but always battled past it, I can't get this out of my mind though, I have 3 young children, so many plans I want to do with them. I can't get it out of my head I am going to die. I look at my children and burst in to tears. I know no one can really make me feel any better, but it sure is nice to get this off my chest.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Mark
P.S I forgot to mention tight feeling in throat, like I have a lump there but I can't feel a lump as such. Doctor didn't really take this seriously either.