Hi - I am new to the forum and driving myself mad with worry. I ended up in A&E at the beginning of May due to a pain in my back and very high blood pressure. Sent home as all appeared fine but had a chest xray whilst there. GP called me 6 weeks later to say they had seen an opacity in the upper left area and wanted another Xray. I was not worried so went for another xray - the opacity was still there and radiographer mentioned ongoing changes. GP has scheduled a CT scan for 5th August but said she wasnt worried and it had not been requested urgently as they did not think it was cancer but they had to rule it out - she said the opacity must have been tiny as they hadnt even sized it ?? However, I am getting quite a few symptoms now - I have had a painful hip for months now which has gone into my mid-back area - more of a nagging ache than a pain and my shoulders are now aching and my neck area. I started with a sore throat around 3 weeks ago now which has developed into a cough - its like a tickle in the bottom of my throat. I am mostly spitting up white mucus but on 2 occasions this has included a tiny amount of brownish blood in it. My cough is worse on a morning and seems to settle a bit during the day but I have a vague pressure feeling in my chest. I have never smoked but do suffer with sinus problems and post nasal drip all of the time. I am googling everything to do with Lung Cancer and cannot stop thinking the worst. I suppose my question is whether anyone else has had these symptoms and is it right that an opacity would be very small on a chest xray for them not to size it ?? Any words of advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
