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What were first symptoms and how long after xray to hear

pinkparis
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Hi all

firstly sorry to post I'm not diagnosed only recently been reffered for xray and bloods but been googling (i know that's always a bad thing) and just wanted know what people's first symptoms were please and how long after having xray did you hear from doctors

my symptoms are

cough for 6months + (always been told not to go doctors for a cough so left it until I got more unwell) 

for the last month I haven't been able to eat more than a couple of bites of food, my appetite has completely gone, a few weeks ago I was in size 8s now size 6 clothes are hanging off me, also cough started getting worse by now, lots of rubbish on my chest also throat feels different not sore but feels blocked/swollen like I can't get full breaths 

the last week has been the worst, struggling sleep with the cough now it's constant, worse when I try lie down coughing fits are the worst as with my throat feeling blocked/swollen hard catch my breath in between when it's consistent, muscle aches, hot sweats and cold chills, and started being sick now too sometimes, the last coughing fit literally scared me so bad, I was on my own with my young children and it lasted about 20mins but felt longer as can't breathe properly in between, after that the cold chills were that bad I was physically shaking so hard for well over an hour (might of been a bit of shock too maybe) and then after that was throwing up for a while even though I hadn't eaten that day, I had no energy at all to even move til the next day 

I am a smoker and have been for approx 7/8years on and off (stopped when pregnant with my children) 

I was hoping the doctor would give antibiotics as I'm really struggling with the cough and so scared of having another coughing fit like the last one, I have my daughters birthday party coming up and family funeral in a few days so really wanted just to feel "ok" to get me through them as only had xray done yesterday and they said can be upto a week hear back, doctors wouldn't give me any antibiotics she said she wanted me to have the X-ray/bloods first because of symptoms to rule this out first I'm seeing them again when results are back 

Does anyone know of anything also to help or ease the cough at all for now? 
 

TIA

 

 

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    Hi, I'm not a doctor but I would say you need to go back to see them with your symptoms. 
     

    smoker or not, if you've got signs of a fever, you need to be checked out.

    sounds quite similar to my eldest 19 yr old daughter, last January, I took her to the out of hours urgent care centre with similar symptoms - doctor diagnosed her with back pain and the pain was making her anxious, and sent us off home. 2 hours later I took her back because I wasn't happy, I could not physically check her pulse, it was racing that much (I lost count at 140) and asked for the nurse to check her pulse and temp.. well turns out she had double pneumonia which had developed into sepsis. 
     

    she spent a week in intensive care, thankfully they were wonderful and kept her out of septic shock.

    i was persistent by going back, as I suspected sepsis, my mum had it in 2015, so I knew what to watch out for.

    i would definitely go back sooner rather than later x

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    Codeine linctus or low codeine dose is a cough suppressant x

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    Thank you I will nip to the pharmacy today and get some to try x 

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    Try not to worry about it, I know how worrisome it is but remember that coughs have other causes as well and all are not related to cancer. Please call up the clinic or your doctor to see if your results are in, see if you can see your GP to alleviate apprehensions. Remember that you can usually call in to have a talk with the GP. Some people have a condition known as Emphysema which can also cause weight loss and cough. Stay strong and please do keep us updated.

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    Try not to worry about it, I know how worrisome it is but remember that coughs have other causes as well and all are not related to cancer. Please call up the clinic or your doctor to see if your results are in, see if you can see your GP to alleviate apprehensions. Remember that you can usually call in to have a talk with the GP. Some people have a condition known as Emphysema which can also cause weight loss and cough. Stay strong and please do keep us updated.

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