Aries82
07-07-15, 07:07
hi everyone,
this is my very first post here. i was up late googling symptoms and i came across this site on accident. so...i thought this may be a helpful tool to get some support or encouragment. so here is my story im a 33 yr old female in the US.
i am a smoker though i have cut down and now using an electric cig. no major health issues that i can positively say other than high blood pressure which is under control but here is the problem
so about 6 yrs ago i had a sever case of pneumonia confirmed by a chest xray that day i also was told a tiny nodule on left lung was present and that it could be nothing or could be something since i smoke well due to ignorance and fear i dismissed it and went on with life like usual fast forward 9 month later i ended up in the er due to sever back pain. they had done a ct of chest with contrast to rule out pulmonary embolisim i was told ct was all normal i asked the dr would this detect lung nodules she said yes but nothing was found. i brought the copy of the ct scan to my doctor and he said thats good news. so for last 5 years lung cancer never really crossed my mind again untill jan 5 of this year
my father who is 84 and quit smoking 45 years ago was diagnosed with lung cancer due to an accidental finding. i sat through his surgery and now go with him to every chemo. since then the fear is that the nodule is sitll there and just didnt show up on ct at er. the fear has taken over my life i can no longer get out of bed bc i feel that i will be dead in the next year so whats the point everyone says to ease your mind go to dr have another test well that scares me even more bc then it becomes real i know i have it so i must be brave
so i needed to reassure myself and requested a copy of the ct scan i had done at er 5 yrs ago i read it and yes it says all normal it did state a sclerotic lesion on left rib was a bone island which from what i read is not cancer. so now my thought is could it have been that bone island showing on the xray and no one knew it untll the ct scan was done??? i dunno anymore i havent had many infections since 6 years maybe 2 which antibiotic cleared up my most recent was a bad sore throat and cough a few months ago but i still have alot of phlem in the morning which my husband says its from smoking even though i cut down. so this friday i am being brave because this has paralyzed my life im going to the dr to get a chest xray had blood work a year ago all normal i dunno what else to say except i know my time is up please take a moment to reply if you have any thought to weigh in on or advice i would so much appreciate it
thanks all
this is my very first post here. i was up late googling symptoms and i came across this site on accident. so...i thought this may be a helpful tool to get some support or encouragment. so here is my story im a 33 yr old female in the US.
i am a smoker though i have cut down and now using an electric cig. no major health issues that i can positively say other than high blood pressure which is under control but here is the problem
so about 6 yrs ago i had a sever case of pneumonia confirmed by a chest xray that day i also was told a tiny nodule on left lung was present and that it could be nothing or could be something since i smoke well due to ignorance and fear i dismissed it and went on with life like usual fast forward 9 month later i ended up in the er due to sever back pain. they had done a ct of chest with contrast to rule out pulmonary embolisim i was told ct was all normal i asked the dr would this detect lung nodules she said yes but nothing was found. i brought the copy of the ct scan to my doctor and he said thats good news. so for last 5 years lung cancer never really crossed my mind again untill jan 5 of this year
my father who is 84 and quit smoking 45 years ago was diagnosed with lung cancer due to an accidental finding. i sat through his surgery and now go with him to every chemo. since then the fear is that the nodule is sitll there and just didnt show up on ct at er. the fear has taken over my life i can no longer get out of bed bc i feel that i will be dead in the next year so whats the point everyone says to ease your mind go to dr have another test well that scares me even more bc then it becomes real i know i have it so i must be brave
so i needed to reassure myself and requested a copy of the ct scan i had done at er 5 yrs ago i read it and yes it says all normal it did state a sclerotic lesion on left rib was a bone island which from what i read is not cancer. so now my thought is could it have been that bone island showing on the xray and no one knew it untll the ct scan was done??? i dunno anymore i havent had many infections since 6 years maybe 2 which antibiotic cleared up my most recent was a bad sore throat and cough a few months ago but i still have alot of phlem in the morning which my husband says its from smoking even though i cut down. so this friday i am being brave because this has paralyzed my life im going to the dr to get a chest xray had blood work a year ago all normal i dunno what else to say except i know my time is up please take a moment to reply if you have any thought to weigh in on or advice i would so much appreciate it
thanks all