NotCool
16-10-15, 01:28
Hey,
I'm a 26 year old male, and I've always been arching/stretching my chest outwards until I heard a "pop", for years. Last year in December I did that, and I experienced mad pain in my sternum. Around the time I also replaced my mattress to a harder one, so it could be related. Anyway, since then I've been living with dull pain (only in certain positions) in my sternum. I need to add that I sit a whole lot behind my PC.
Now, 10 months later it's really nagging me, and worrying me that it might be some kind of cancer, slow progressing obviously, but cancer nonetheless. I wake up with sore sternum almost every day. I looked into costochondritis, and the symptomatology seems to fit, but I'm still very worried. I decided I'll visit the doctor in the near future. I also need to add that around 2 years ago I've had my chest X-rayed for an unrelated condition, and nothing was seen.
Please, what's your take on this? Is it normal for costochondritis to linger around for so long? It's been months now. Is there a possibility it's cancer, or that it's been cancer all along, ever since last December? I'll be grateful for any kinds of replies.
I'm a 26 year old male, and I've always been arching/stretching my chest outwards until I heard a "pop", for years. Last year in December I did that, and I experienced mad pain in my sternum. Around the time I also replaced my mattress to a harder one, so it could be related. Anyway, since then I've been living with dull pain (only in certain positions) in my sternum. I need to add that I sit a whole lot behind my PC.
Now, 10 months later it's really nagging me, and worrying me that it might be some kind of cancer, slow progressing obviously, but cancer nonetheless. I wake up with sore sternum almost every day. I looked into costochondritis, and the symptomatology seems to fit, but I'm still very worried. I decided I'll visit the doctor in the near future. I also need to add that around 2 years ago I've had my chest X-rayed for an unrelated condition, and nothing was seen.
Please, what's your take on this? Is it normal for costochondritis to linger around for so long? It's been months now. Is there a possibility it's cancer, or that it's been cancer all along, ever since last December? I'll be grateful for any kinds of replies.