lilitu
22-05-16, 07:41
So I have a really screwed up situation.
I'll start with the usual, and hopefully I am the only one who thinks this is serious. Has anyone had something like this?
I had the flu about 5 months ago. Sinus infection. Got antibiotics. It went away for a week... and then came back again, and has hung out ever since at a lower level.
I've been struggling to quit smoking in that time.
I can feel the post-nasal drip. I have little tingles up one side of my nose. I've had a cough for months. My throat is sore and I'm constantly clearing it, or feel like I have a frog in my throat. Sometimes I have air hunger. I think one of my lymph nodes on my neck is swollen. My nose gets so raw it bleeds, even though it doesn't seem all that congested.
When I'm not smoking, the breathing clears a little, as does the cough, but I clear my throat more. On the whole, I'm not sure if it's better or worse. Right now, I'm back to smoking out of sheer terror, which is of course making me even more worried that I'm hurting myself.
I'm terrified. My father died of oesophageal cancer 2 years ago. You can see where this is going...
My GP's have not taken me seriously. And I don't mean "they didn't give me 30 tests for cancer." I mean they didn't even feel my neck or look at my throat. NOTHING. They didn't come within 5 feet of me. All they did was throw random prescriptions at me which did nothing but make my nose bleed more.
I finally got them to refer me to an ENT, but now I'm stuck on a waiting list for possibly another 2 months, and I don't know if I can take it. I might go private. But I shouldn't be spending the money on that, because...
My flat mate and I have recently discovered we probably have toxic mould. It's causing mental and cognitive problems for both of us. She's started getting migraines again for the first time in years as well (that is how allergies present for her). There is no easy or quick way to either solve the problem, or get out of the apartment.
I did manage to get away for a week, and my anxiety dropped substantially (though I do genuinely believe there is some kind of actual issue which requires actual treatment -- I have always had touchy sinuses and tonsils, and allergies).
I think this flat is causing 70% of my anxiety. And I can't get out.
I need to save everything I can to try to move. We live in London, and it's not cheap. I can't afford to just stay in a hotel, and we're expats, so we don't have a big network of friends yet.
I'm convinced I'm dying, but ironically, not from the thing that's probably actually poisoning me, and I feel hopeless because I'm stuck here and my landlord is trying to avoid doing anything to fix the flat.
Help.
I'll start with the usual, and hopefully I am the only one who thinks this is serious. Has anyone had something like this?
I had the flu about 5 months ago. Sinus infection. Got antibiotics. It went away for a week... and then came back again, and has hung out ever since at a lower level.
I've been struggling to quit smoking in that time.
I can feel the post-nasal drip. I have little tingles up one side of my nose. I've had a cough for months. My throat is sore and I'm constantly clearing it, or feel like I have a frog in my throat. Sometimes I have air hunger. I think one of my lymph nodes on my neck is swollen. My nose gets so raw it bleeds, even though it doesn't seem all that congested.
When I'm not smoking, the breathing clears a little, as does the cough, but I clear my throat more. On the whole, I'm not sure if it's better or worse. Right now, I'm back to smoking out of sheer terror, which is of course making me even more worried that I'm hurting myself.
I'm terrified. My father died of oesophageal cancer 2 years ago. You can see where this is going...
My GP's have not taken me seriously. And I don't mean "they didn't give me 30 tests for cancer." I mean they didn't even feel my neck or look at my throat. NOTHING. They didn't come within 5 feet of me. All they did was throw random prescriptions at me which did nothing but make my nose bleed more.
I finally got them to refer me to an ENT, but now I'm stuck on a waiting list for possibly another 2 months, and I don't know if I can take it. I might go private. But I shouldn't be spending the money on that, because...
My flat mate and I have recently discovered we probably have toxic mould. It's causing mental and cognitive problems for both of us. She's started getting migraines again for the first time in years as well (that is how allergies present for her). There is no easy or quick way to either solve the problem, or get out of the apartment.
I did manage to get away for a week, and my anxiety dropped substantially (though I do genuinely believe there is some kind of actual issue which requires actual treatment -- I have always had touchy sinuses and tonsils, and allergies).
I think this flat is causing 70% of my anxiety. And I can't get out.
I need to save everything I can to try to move. We live in London, and it's not cheap. I can't afford to just stay in a hotel, and we're expats, so we don't have a big network of friends yet.
I'm convinced I'm dying, but ironically, not from the thing that's probably actually poisoning me, and I feel hopeless because I'm stuck here and my landlord is trying to avoid doing anything to fix the flat.
Help.