Steve_73
18-12-19, 11:54
Hi all
I've been a visitor a number of times to this site thankfully I've had my anxiety under control for a while but its at defcon1 now.
I had a really bad flu a couple of weeks ago, then that transformed into a cold where I had a cough
On sunday evening I coughed and there was a bit of blood
On Monday morning I coughed and there was some blood in the mucus
So this sent me into a tail spin
Got a GP appointment, he checked me out listened to my lungs, took oxygen and said all was fine
He sent me for a chest x-ray to placate me more than anything
Tuesday I coughed again and out came the blood with the white mucus (gross, sorry).
I was in a right state and called the GP who checked the results of the x-ray and it came back clear.
It only seems to happen last thing at night (though there was none last night) and first thing in the morning - first three of four coughs produced a bloody mucus still today.
I can cough like a champion the rest of the day with no blood brought up whatsoever.
I'm in a state, I feel like I'm getting pains all around my ribs now but I dont know if thats the anxiety
I've losing weight as I cant eat and that is obviously another trigger for the Big C.
Im over forty, I used to smoke a good bit but I have stopped for nearly 10 years
My wife is on the verge of leaving me, she thinks I'm being totally irrational, if the x-ray is clear I should just stop worrying, but she isnt the one who is bringing up blood.
Has anyone ever coughed up blood and it not been cancer?
I'm terrified
Thanks for reading
Steve
I've been a visitor a number of times to this site thankfully I've had my anxiety under control for a while but its at defcon1 now.
I had a really bad flu a couple of weeks ago, then that transformed into a cold where I had a cough
On sunday evening I coughed and there was a bit of blood
On Monday morning I coughed and there was some blood in the mucus
So this sent me into a tail spin
Got a GP appointment, he checked me out listened to my lungs, took oxygen and said all was fine
He sent me for a chest x-ray to placate me more than anything
Tuesday I coughed again and out came the blood with the white mucus (gross, sorry).
I was in a right state and called the GP who checked the results of the x-ray and it came back clear.
It only seems to happen last thing at night (though there was none last night) and first thing in the morning - first three of four coughs produced a bloody mucus still today.
I can cough like a champion the rest of the day with no blood brought up whatsoever.
I'm in a state, I feel like I'm getting pains all around my ribs now but I dont know if thats the anxiety
I've losing weight as I cant eat and that is obviously another trigger for the Big C.
Im over forty, I used to smoke a good bit but I have stopped for nearly 10 years
My wife is on the verge of leaving me, she thinks I'm being totally irrational, if the x-ray is clear I should just stop worrying, but she isnt the one who is bringing up blood.
Has anyone ever coughed up blood and it not been cancer?
I'm terrified
Thanks for reading
Steve