Firefly1
12-06-17, 03:21
Long post incoming...
So I'd say it's been about 2 months now and it's not gotten better, if anything it might have been getting gradually worse...
Both sides of my chest hurt sharply when touched, on either side of my breastbone as well as near my armpits. I've also had the experience, though only twice and about a month apart, where one side of my chest started to become pretty painful when I breathed deeply and this lasted for somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes both times, forcing me to breathe shallowly.
There was also a couple weeks where I suffered from near constant breathlessness, where I basically felt like I wasn't getting enough air, though that seems to have passed for now.
I went to the doctor's who listened to my chest and said it sounded normal and suggested a muscle strain since it was tender to touch and was able to be pinpointed.
But it's not getting better and NSAIDs like ibuprofen don't seem to help. I've also noticed a slight cough I seem to have. It probably started around the same time but I barely took any notice of it at first. The cough hasn't gone away though, it's not major, just a few times every few hours where I give a chesty cough that feels like something needs to come up but isn't. One thing as well which could be completely unrelated - but I seem to keep getting mouth ulcers and I can't help but wonder if that's a sign of a weakened immune system due to something?
I don't know, i've been to the GP about my chest pain where they said the above, i've been about the breathlessness and I had a blood test for thyroid problems and it came back normal so I'm left to think it's all in my head. I've also been about leg pain not long before so I feel like I'm just wasting their time and I'm not sure what to do. It's not unbearable, I can live with it, but I can't help worrying it's due to something more serious than a pulled muscle.
Thanks for reading :noangel:
So I'd say it's been about 2 months now and it's not gotten better, if anything it might have been getting gradually worse...
Both sides of my chest hurt sharply when touched, on either side of my breastbone as well as near my armpits. I've also had the experience, though only twice and about a month apart, where one side of my chest started to become pretty painful when I breathed deeply and this lasted for somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes both times, forcing me to breathe shallowly.
There was also a couple weeks where I suffered from near constant breathlessness, where I basically felt like I wasn't getting enough air, though that seems to have passed for now.
I went to the doctor's who listened to my chest and said it sounded normal and suggested a muscle strain since it was tender to touch and was able to be pinpointed.
But it's not getting better and NSAIDs like ibuprofen don't seem to help. I've also noticed a slight cough I seem to have. It probably started around the same time but I barely took any notice of it at first. The cough hasn't gone away though, it's not major, just a few times every few hours where I give a chesty cough that feels like something needs to come up but isn't. One thing as well which could be completely unrelated - but I seem to keep getting mouth ulcers and I can't help but wonder if that's a sign of a weakened immune system due to something?
I don't know, i've been to the GP about my chest pain where they said the above, i've been about the breathlessness and I had a blood test for thyroid problems and it came back normal so I'm left to think it's all in my head. I've also been about leg pain not long before so I feel like I'm just wasting their time and I'm not sure what to do. It's not unbearable, I can live with it, but I can't help worrying it's due to something more serious than a pulled muscle.
Thanks for reading :noangel: