gwood80
21-07-15, 20:37
I'm absolutely terrified I have lung cancer.
I am 38 years old and was a smoker for around 14 years till about 3 years ago. About a fortnight ago I coughed up a little blood (pinprick) and thought nothing of it. In the meantime my dad went in for a chest x ray so I was v concerned about that. Last wed I coughed up another bit of blood (literally a pinprick) so got a doctors appointment for that day. She sent me for a chest x ray and I came home that night to a message on my answering machine telling me to contact the doctor. The surgery was closed by this time so as you can imagine this was a very anxious 12 hours till the morning.
When I phoned in the receptionist told me my x ray was abnormal, the doctor wanted to see me but that it wasn't anything sinister and not cancer.
I went to see her that morning and she explained I had shading around the outside and top of my lungs, and she also mentioned nodules. The radiographer's report suggested vasculitis, pneumonia or it could be something else.
Since then I've obviously been all over Google, and have had the results of blood tests today. I don't know the specifics but when I phoned up for them the doc had left the message that everything was OK.
I'm worried for a few reasons: most days I still cough up the same small amount of blood (I don't actually have a cough though). Also, I would have thought that something would have shown up on my bloods to reflect what the radiographer suggested. My chest and back is definitely tighter/sorer than it was this time last week.
I have an referral with a respiratory consultant I am waiting for. This is serious impacting on my family life as I have two young children I am unable to give my full attention to.
Feels good to get this out
I am 38 years old and was a smoker for around 14 years till about 3 years ago. About a fortnight ago I coughed up a little blood (pinprick) and thought nothing of it. In the meantime my dad went in for a chest x ray so I was v concerned about that. Last wed I coughed up another bit of blood (literally a pinprick) so got a doctors appointment for that day. She sent me for a chest x ray and I came home that night to a message on my answering machine telling me to contact the doctor. The surgery was closed by this time so as you can imagine this was a very anxious 12 hours till the morning.
When I phoned in the receptionist told me my x ray was abnormal, the doctor wanted to see me but that it wasn't anything sinister and not cancer.
I went to see her that morning and she explained I had shading around the outside and top of my lungs, and she also mentioned nodules. The radiographer's report suggested vasculitis, pneumonia or it could be something else.
Since then I've obviously been all over Google, and have had the results of blood tests today. I don't know the specifics but when I phoned up for them the doc had left the message that everything was OK.
I'm worried for a few reasons: most days I still cough up the same small amount of blood (I don't actually have a cough though). Also, I would have thought that something would have shown up on my bloods to reflect what the radiographer suggested. My chest and back is definitely tighter/sorer than it was this time last week.
I have an referral with a respiratory consultant I am waiting for. This is serious impacting on my family life as I have two young children I am unable to give my full attention to.
Feels good to get this out