KevinM
14-05-08, 03:59
Hello everyone,
Been awhile since I've done this - thought I had this HA stuff beaten, guess not. Been having real throat problems for awhile now. Sometimes my throat is just sore, sometimes it's painful when I swallow, other times it's the lump in the throat sensation. The thing is it comes and goes. I can go hours or a day and nothing then suddenly - it's there. My doc siad it's allergies (bad this time of year here) GERD, sinus drip, the usual stuff. After fighting this since mid March I saw him today and he said he wants me to see an ENT. Of course the anxiety shot through the roof but he said it was merely precautionary. He has no reason to suspect cancer but of course poeple like us don't hear that and suspect the worse. So now I wait another 6 days until the ENT can see me - trying hard to keep things cool and go on about life. In some remote part of me I know it's ok - BUT WHAT IF?
Anyone else have this - general wierd feeling, perhaps tenderness in the throat - that moves everywhere! It's in this corner one minute, over here the next, under the chin next, or down by the adams apple or just below it. Then theres the lump - it all comes and goes. I sometimes get jaw soreness but everything is transient. I'll wake in the morning and think - hey my throat feels ok - then boom - it doesnt. Can anxiety really do this?
Really trying to keep it together! Would really like some re-assurance.
Thanks
Been awhile since I've done this - thought I had this HA stuff beaten, guess not. Been having real throat problems for awhile now. Sometimes my throat is just sore, sometimes it's painful when I swallow, other times it's the lump in the throat sensation. The thing is it comes and goes. I can go hours or a day and nothing then suddenly - it's there. My doc siad it's allergies (bad this time of year here) GERD, sinus drip, the usual stuff. After fighting this since mid March I saw him today and he said he wants me to see an ENT. Of course the anxiety shot through the roof but he said it was merely precautionary. He has no reason to suspect cancer but of course poeple like us don't hear that and suspect the worse. So now I wait another 6 days until the ENT can see me - trying hard to keep things cool and go on about life. In some remote part of me I know it's ok - BUT WHAT IF?
Anyone else have this - general wierd feeling, perhaps tenderness in the throat - that moves everywhere! It's in this corner one minute, over here the next, under the chin next, or down by the adams apple or just below it. Then theres the lump - it all comes and goes. I sometimes get jaw soreness but everything is transient. I'll wake in the morning and think - hey my throat feels ok - then boom - it doesnt. Can anxiety really do this?
Really trying to keep it together! Would really like some re-assurance.
Thanks