Torskus77
05-01-14, 20:00
Hi everyone, thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Firstly let me say I have suffered from Health Anxiety in the past, I got over it (to an extent) but it's reared it's ugly head again.
Been having a pain in my throat for months now. It's not what you would class a sore throat, not like when you have a cold, or your tonsils hurt. It's very difficult to explain. Sometimes it feels like someone is poking a knife inside your throat, sometimes it's an achey feeling, sometimes it feels like there is a lump in your throat.
It mainly shows around the adams apple area, usually to the left side, but it does move slightly sometimes. I also feel pain in under my chin (s) :-) I'm slightly over weight. I also feel pain in my neck, at the back, feels like my head is to heavy for it at times.
Been to the doctors many times, he has given me pain killers, tablets for Acid Refux (although I have had no tests for this) it is a possibility, and I do get chest pain sometimes too. It is also like there is a constant tightness in my throat area. After getting fed up of seeing me he has finally referred me to an ENT specialist to have the camera down my throat. He referred me as non urgent though, so it could take months.
The pain is constant 24 hours a day, but does get better and worse at various times. Always feel like I have a constant tightness around my throat. It totally ruined my Christmas, am so worried this is something serious.
I am a smoker, or I was, I gave up New Year (as I said I would to my family) and not gone back on it yet (almost a week!)
I have no idea what this is, the doctor seems less than understanding given my history of anxiety. I explained the pain to him, and he said " no such thing, it's either sore, or something is stuck" I though that was a ridiculous response. At least he referred me, now got months of worrying about this. Am getting married in March (if I am still alive) I really do think like that with everything I do now.
Firstly let me say I have suffered from Health Anxiety in the past, I got over it (to an extent) but it's reared it's ugly head again.
Been having a pain in my throat for months now. It's not what you would class a sore throat, not like when you have a cold, or your tonsils hurt. It's very difficult to explain. Sometimes it feels like someone is poking a knife inside your throat, sometimes it's an achey feeling, sometimes it feels like there is a lump in your throat.
It mainly shows around the adams apple area, usually to the left side, but it does move slightly sometimes. I also feel pain in under my chin (s) :-) I'm slightly over weight. I also feel pain in my neck, at the back, feels like my head is to heavy for it at times.
Been to the doctors many times, he has given me pain killers, tablets for Acid Refux (although I have had no tests for this) it is a possibility, and I do get chest pain sometimes too. It is also like there is a constant tightness in my throat area. After getting fed up of seeing me he has finally referred me to an ENT specialist to have the camera down my throat. He referred me as non urgent though, so it could take months.
The pain is constant 24 hours a day, but does get better and worse at various times. Always feel like I have a constant tightness around my throat. It totally ruined my Christmas, am so worried this is something serious.
I am a smoker, or I was, I gave up New Year (as I said I would to my family) and not gone back on it yet (almost a week!)
I have no idea what this is, the doctor seems less than understanding given my history of anxiety. I explained the pain to him, and he said " no such thing, it's either sore, or something is stuck" I though that was a ridiculous response. At least he referred me, now got months of worrying about this. Am getting married in March (if I am still alive) I really do think like that with everything I do now.