Re: Well here we go... 150mg
Originally Posted by
Paradise10
How I am going to get this out of my head and articulated to a doctor I have never met before is beyond me at the present moment
Write down what you want to say, just a one or two sentence prompt as a reminder, more if there are more than one factor to a topic and don't forget to take it with you.
The symptoms I am having at the moment are...
I feel exhausted most of the time and most things are a huge effort as my body feels like lead and heavy. I have no energy.
I also feel like I cant take in enough air sometimes when I breath, like I can't take a deep enough breath. I also can't breath through my nose.
I am also getting aches in my left breast area in like a c shape around the outside, this aches also radiates into my back, this gets worse as the day goes on.
These all probably come to down to a lack of fitness and being overweight, Ava. The best thing you can do is get some exercise. Works wonders to anxiety too. You don't have to run a marathon on day one. Just walk 50 feet from your front door and back again. Keep 'rinsing and repeating' 4-5 days a week while slowly extending the distance. Also consider cutting back on the amount of carbohydrates you're eating, especially sugar (and sugar substitutes are nearly as bad). No need to go full evangelical keto, but try avoiding anything that contains more than 4-5% carbs.
Being the trained medical professional that I am.. (Haha.) I have diagnosed myself with lung cancer. (My nan died from this a couple of years ago and this has preyed on my mind a lot since then.)
I doubt you have lung cancer, but consider having an x-ray every 2-3 years from age 50. I had multiple risk factors for lung cancer and that's what saved me. The second or third one picked up the nodule when it was only 10-12mm diameter which made it easy to excise with little risk of having spread. Still cost me half a lung though. By the time symptoms start it is often already far to late which is why only about 12-15% are still alive 5 years after diagnosis. Radiation and chemo can slow it down, but they don't cure that often.
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