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Worried I could have lung cancer

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I am worried I could potentially have lung cancer 

I won’t lie I am a heavy smoker, not a chain smoker but I do smoke a lot

I have started tasting blood in my mouth, have aches all over my body, have a constant cough and feel more tired and fatigued than usual 

Should I get this checked out? How would I go about getting it checked?

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    Hi Lucy
    This sounds similar to my journey, in short I am a smoker of 20 a day and over the course of December developed a bad cough and was coughing up blood, I was tired and fatigue but work as a chef so put it down to being busy, and developed pain in my back that was restricting movement
    I booked a emergency GP appointment for the same day (phoned at 8am, check with your GP) the Gp checked me over and due to coughing up blood sent me for an emergency Xray which the radiologist was sufficently worried about to book me for a urgent CT scan (results I am waiting on)
    If I were you I would go down this route, for piece of mind more than anything, 
    Hope you get better news than me

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    Hi Lucy
    This sounds similar to my journey, in short I am a smoker of 20 a day and over the course of December developed a bad cough and was coughing up blood, I was tired and fatigue but work as a chef so put it down to being busy, and developed pain in my back that was restricting movement
    I booked a emergency GP appointment for the same day (phoned at 8am, check with your GP) the Gp checked me over and due to coughing up blood sent me for an emergency Xray which the radiologist was sufficently worried about to book me for a urgent CT scan (results I am waiting on)
    If I were you I would go down this route, for piece of mind more than anything, 
    Hope you get better news than me

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