Gordknight
04-06-15, 07:07
Going into a complete panic lately over lung cancer. (God I wish Health Anxiety would leave me be!) About two weeks ago I started finding blood in my saliva/sputum whatever you wanna call it. Its completely random too. Could be after I have been running around and exercising or just sitting on the couch watching TV. Its been about half a dozen times over the past 2 weeks or so. Its never after a cough. So far its happened mainly in the evenings too.
I just suddenly taste blood ( it never happens after a cough and I have no persistent cough) in my mouth and I spit and my saliva is red or streaked with blood or in one case a few bright red specs. I of course lost my mind and started panicking and worrying about it. I have been trying to trace it back to what I could have done and all I can see it is the weather has been extremely dry then the next day extremely wet. I also have started singing a lot again. ( in some musicals as acting is my main profession) First time singing to this extreme in a year.
My history of tobacco is I started smoking when I was 16 and quit when I was 26. I smoked about half a pack a day at most.. usually less. At 28 I picked up vaping but I quit that a few weeks ago as well. I am now 32 years old and male. I am having no difficulties breathing or any pain.
As I am out of town where my current acting contract is I couldnt go see my DR so I went o the insta care or urgent care and told them my symptoms.
I had blood work done and it game back fine and the doc said my lungs sounded great. Then I requested a Chest Xray and the results came back clear. Though I have of course heard from evil dr google cases where clear chest xrays missed cancer.
I am just terrified and not sure what to do. I think Id be letting the HA win and be crazy if I went in and requested a CT scan. Any advice would be wonderful. Thanks in advance!
I just suddenly taste blood ( it never happens after a cough and I have no persistent cough) in my mouth and I spit and my saliva is red or streaked with blood or in one case a few bright red specs. I of course lost my mind and started panicking and worrying about it. I have been trying to trace it back to what I could have done and all I can see it is the weather has been extremely dry then the next day extremely wet. I also have started singing a lot again. ( in some musicals as acting is my main profession) First time singing to this extreme in a year.
My history of tobacco is I started smoking when I was 16 and quit when I was 26. I smoked about half a pack a day at most.. usually less. At 28 I picked up vaping but I quit that a few weeks ago as well. I am now 32 years old and male. I am having no difficulties breathing or any pain.
As I am out of town where my current acting contract is I couldnt go see my DR so I went o the insta care or urgent care and told them my symptoms.
I had blood work done and it game back fine and the doc said my lungs sounded great. Then I requested a Chest Xray and the results came back clear. Though I have of course heard from evil dr google cases where clear chest xrays missed cancer.
I am just terrified and not sure what to do. I think Id be letting the HA win and be crazy if I went in and requested a CT scan. Any advice would be wonderful. Thanks in advance!