kirstynic
16-05-21, 06:30
Hi,
A few weeks ago I developed a cough, it’s not like a tickly cough, or is it chesty in that it’s non productive. It starts with a sensation in my chest that makes me need to cough - it sort of sounds a little barky when I cough and it’s not like a long cough… more like a ahem ahem (so just 2 coughs) but it happens continuously throughout the day. Gosh my babbling probably is making no sense. Sometimes it feels like a feeling right at the bottom of where my throat and chest meet and it makes me want to cough. I’m also getting left shoulder pain.
I had a phone consultation with my drs surgery last week and they sent me for a chest X-ray which I had Thursday. I haven’t had the results yet but I’m so scared.
Stupidly I googled hoping to reassure myself but obviously this didn’t happen! I actually learnt that it’s more common in young women than breast and ovary cancer and I found out I’m at increased risk because my dad passed away of lung cancer and because I grew up breathing in a lot of second hand smoke in the home. I’m so so anxious! I’m 35 with a little girl and I just want to be healthy and be with her for as long as possible :,(
A few weeks ago I developed a cough, it’s not like a tickly cough, or is it chesty in that it’s non productive. It starts with a sensation in my chest that makes me need to cough - it sort of sounds a little barky when I cough and it’s not like a long cough… more like a ahem ahem (so just 2 coughs) but it happens continuously throughout the day. Gosh my babbling probably is making no sense. Sometimes it feels like a feeling right at the bottom of where my throat and chest meet and it makes me want to cough. I’m also getting left shoulder pain.
I had a phone consultation with my drs surgery last week and they sent me for a chest X-ray which I had Thursday. I haven’t had the results yet but I’m so scared.
Stupidly I googled hoping to reassure myself but obviously this didn’t happen! I actually learnt that it’s more common in young women than breast and ovary cancer and I found out I’m at increased risk because my dad passed away of lung cancer and because I grew up breathing in a lot of second hand smoke in the home. I’m so so anxious! I’m 35 with a little girl and I just want to be healthy and be with her for as long as possible :,(