Vinny
19-12-08, 09:07
Hi Everyone, I'm having a bad time with my HA at the moment and just seem to get one silly symptom after another.
As some of you may already know my main fear is throat/lung cancer. I'm a 52 yr old female and used to smoke up until 18 months ago. I've had various tests done including chest xray and endocopy which came back clear but still worry so much about getting cancer.
For the last 3 weeks I've had a painful neck which also gives me pain in my shoulder blades. I think I know how I done it but still keep worrying that it's lung cancer!! Last night in bed I woke up and turned over and experienced what I can only describe as a prickly pain in my chest which went through right to my shoulder blade. I could also feel the pain in the top of my right arm. It lasted for about 15 mins or so (on and off). It was really painful and as you can imagine sent me into panic mode. I laid there thinking I would have to ask my husband to call the doctor because I was getting very worried about it. Well the pain did stop and of course I went back to sleep. I got up this morning and the prickly pain is no longer there but I still have a painful neck and shoulder blade. It's a strange pain, not bad enought to take pain killers and hurts more when I laugh (have any of you experienced this before).
I'm sorry if I'm going on a bit but I feel so depressed about it all this morning and don't want anything to ruin Xmas :weep: . I don't want to go to the doctors in case he says I have to have any tests and I certainly don't want them this side of Xmas. I know deep down that it's coming from my bad neck but I can't get this worry about lung cancer out of my head (even though I've had a clear chest xray 15 months ago).
Have any of you experienced this prickly pain in your chest that goes right throught to your shoulder blade? I would be so greatful to hear from someone else who's had this and hasn;t dies of lung cancer :weep: .
xx
As some of you may already know my main fear is throat/lung cancer. I'm a 52 yr old female and used to smoke up until 18 months ago. I've had various tests done including chest xray and endocopy which came back clear but still worry so much about getting cancer.
For the last 3 weeks I've had a painful neck which also gives me pain in my shoulder blades. I think I know how I done it but still keep worrying that it's lung cancer!! Last night in bed I woke up and turned over and experienced what I can only describe as a prickly pain in my chest which went through right to my shoulder blade. I could also feel the pain in the top of my right arm. It lasted for about 15 mins or so (on and off). It was really painful and as you can imagine sent me into panic mode. I laid there thinking I would have to ask my husband to call the doctor because I was getting very worried about it. Well the pain did stop and of course I went back to sleep. I got up this morning and the prickly pain is no longer there but I still have a painful neck and shoulder blade. It's a strange pain, not bad enought to take pain killers and hurts more when I laugh (have any of you experienced this before).
I'm sorry if I'm going on a bit but I feel so depressed about it all this morning and don't want anything to ruin Xmas :weep: . I don't want to go to the doctors in case he says I have to have any tests and I certainly don't want them this side of Xmas. I know deep down that it's coming from my bad neck but I can't get this worry about lung cancer out of my head (even though I've had a clear chest xray 15 months ago).
Have any of you experienced this prickly pain in your chest that goes right throught to your shoulder blade? I would be so greatful to hear from someone else who's had this and hasn;t dies of lung cancer :weep: .
xx