prismpower
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Hello I don't know if anybody remembers me but I posted here a few months ago about having bronchitis really bad and the anxiety it caused me.
Well... its Aug 4 and my chest is STILL uncomfortable, almost constantly. It's hell and I hate it. I don't really want to go to the dr.'s again so I've been avoiding it and I can't really afford the tests anyway.
I do not cough up mucus or anything. I don't even cough all that often, just normally when I do. I will clear my throat a lot and my chest feels like... inflammed and just weird. It's not a pain usually, just a weird discomfort. Drs said before that its acid reflux/GERD. I have been doing everything I can think of to control it. I take my medications, I eat pretty healthy, I try to exercise (maybe not as much as I should.... it seems to feel the best after a good hard workout) And I'm losing even more weight. I have come so far, I should feel good but instead... I'm miserable. Ironically, I was happier when I was 50 pounds heavier and much more out of shape lol.
The flu I got really bad nine months ago seems to have permanently damaged my chest in a way. Sometimes I get extra paranoid and think that I have some type of chest cancer... and I read somewhere even benign tumors can cause problems if they are large enough. And so I think its that but I don't really know yet. It doesn't even feel like heartburn most of the time, just.... a strange discomfort. It's so weird and ****** up. I hate the way it makes me feel. I try not to focus on it....I already got a tube stuck down there once and they said I was fine, just inflammation that can be managed by better lifestyle choices and pepcid AC. So I take that sometimes. And it's always worse at night and in the morning.
also ... it comes and goes in stages. It feels weird and ****** up sometimes like something is blocked in there or something (like tons of inflammation or something)... and then it will somehow magically pass away and I can feel myself breathing again. Then I start calming down and I feel better. And then I'm happier for a short while until it comes back. Its also like my esophagus will pinch and tense up too tightly. It feels almost like a problem with the esophagus or bronchial tubes still and not really heart. I doubt its my heart, I've had lots of EKGs and they always turn out fine and my blood pressure is always in a healthy range, just a little high sometimes from being nervous around ppl but they know that.
anyway the anxiety and doom and gloom is way worse than anything else, even if I had stage IV cancer I would just be forced to deal with it. Anyway, thanks so much for listening! I feel broken, but not dead yet.
Well... its Aug 4 and my chest is STILL uncomfortable, almost constantly. It's hell and I hate it. I don't really want to go to the dr.'s again so I've been avoiding it and I can't really afford the tests anyway.
I do not cough up mucus or anything. I don't even cough all that often, just normally when I do. I will clear my throat a lot and my chest feels like... inflammed and just weird. It's not a pain usually, just a weird discomfort. Drs said before that its acid reflux/GERD. I have been doing everything I can think of to control it. I take my medications, I eat pretty healthy, I try to exercise (maybe not as much as I should.... it seems to feel the best after a good hard workout) And I'm losing even more weight. I have come so far, I should feel good but instead... I'm miserable. Ironically, I was happier when I was 50 pounds heavier and much more out of shape lol.
The flu I got really bad nine months ago seems to have permanently damaged my chest in a way. Sometimes I get extra paranoid and think that I have some type of chest cancer... and I read somewhere even benign tumors can cause problems if they are large enough. And so I think its that but I don't really know yet. It doesn't even feel like heartburn most of the time, just.... a strange discomfort. It's so weird and ****** up. I hate the way it makes me feel. I try not to focus on it....I already got a tube stuck down there once and they said I was fine, just inflammation that can be managed by better lifestyle choices and pepcid AC. So I take that sometimes. And it's always worse at night and in the morning.
also ... it comes and goes in stages. It feels weird and ****** up sometimes like something is blocked in there or something (like tons of inflammation or something)... and then it will somehow magically pass away and I can feel myself breathing again. Then I start calming down and I feel better. And then I'm happier for a short while until it comes back. Its also like my esophagus will pinch and tense up too tightly. It feels almost like a problem with the esophagus or bronchial tubes still and not really heart. I doubt its my heart, I've had lots of EKGs and they always turn out fine and my blood pressure is always in a healthy range, just a little high sometimes from being nervous around ppl but they know that.
anyway the anxiety and doom and gloom is way worse than anything else, even if I had stage IV cancer I would just be forced to deal with it. Anyway, thanks so much for listening! I feel broken, but not dead yet.