I was diagnosed with stage 1 BC two months ago. I had no lymph node involvement so starting rads next week. I haven’t had scans etc. I would feel positive except for this cough and strange sensation down the right side of my throat. Its been going on for over a month now. I saw my G.P yesterday and said my chest sounded clear and my breathing appeared to be good. Am i worrying unnecessarily?
Any advice please
Julie X
Mate when you get dx with bc…every cough, sniffle, ache and pain sends shooting alarm bells ringing through your head. Youve done the right thing by seeing your gp…if your chest is clear and breathing is ok its probably nothing to worry about…i know that doesnt help, but hoping that it puts your mind at rest.
Hi Julie
I agree with buttons. Three days after being diagnosed I was dashing off to my GP thinking I had a chest infection. It was pure panic. I have to say he was very good (but then, he always is), reassured me that my chest was clear and talked through the bc. Told me just to pop in if I needed to talk more. Fat chance of getting past the receptionists though!!
God bless.
Christay
My gp is the same…whenever ive had to take my kids to see him since my dx and treatment started…hes always done a sort of full MOT on me after checking the kids out…and plonked me on antibiotics if the kids have got a lurgy of any sort. The last time I had to see him when i was poorly…he asked what he could do for me…i suggested shoot me or give me a new body…he said…not allowed to do that as id get struck off (at least he was honest)…as for a new body…come see me next year and ill see what i can do for you. Which I thought was sweet.
Keep your chin up chica…its a long road, but its dooable…just amazing what things can trigger us off in a panic. I usually find if im walking down the street ill run into somebody and its ooo so and so is poorly been round to see them earlier she/he doesnt look well at all…in my mind im thinking…right how many days am i into chemo…are my bloods coming back up erm erm erm is it contagious have i been infected…makes you neurotic but it is perfectly normal to be neurotic while going through treatment…thats my excuse and im sticking to it!
My biggest concern with getting diagnosed with bc on the 6th of june this year is becoming an alcoholic!!! i feel i have license to do what i like! only kidding, its not easy, i had an itchy you know what, went to the doctors and he gave both me and the hubby treatment for thrush, (due to massive amounts of antibiotics) only had sex once since all this began, poor hubby near threw up when he saw the size of the tablet! and there was me blaming poor old tamoxifen lol (one good thing, at least hubby could rest assured that i had not had an affair lol)
please don’t worry about anything, if you don’t feel well, go to your gp, thats what they are there for, and ring your bc nurse if you need her, never feel that your wasting peoples time, because you aren’t!
lots of love
Alison xxx
Hiya,
I agree with all of the above! I certainly don’t think you are worrying unecessarily, cause if you are then that prob also goes for the rest of us that use this site! I have never ever worried about any niggles/aches and pains/coughs etc; at all until I was diagnosed with bc. Now it seems that the slightest ache has me fearing the worst.
I guess its just another unfortunate affect of this bl**dy ‘disturbance’ in our lives!
Hopefully we will learn to ‘live with it’, either that or we’ll all go insane and become raging alcoholics!
Take care,
Kelly
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Hi
If you had an op to remove the lump then it is probably the tubes that were down your throat during the operation that have caused it…
Lucy
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Ive been coughing ever since I started the chemo in May. Its getting easier now Im on Capecitabine tablets but a friend of mine who is on the standard treatment has still got a cough even though she has finished chemo and is now on rads. Again its easing up now.
I needed to sip water the whole time when I was on Epirubicin as my mouth was always dry.
Margaret xxxxxx
Thankyou so much for all your comments, I do feel a bit better and not so much of a hypochondriac. Dahlia ,yes it was you lot on the live chat that made me go to the G.P.!
Love to you all, Julie xxx