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

Codeine linctus or low codeine dose is a cough suppressant x

Oh that must of been horrible for you both, glad you trusted your instincts and got a second opinion, I forgot to add I've had chest pains too and some back pain but all on the left side, so did mention to docs about getting my heart checked too as my dad collapsed last year and ended up with a pacemaker so he told us get our hearts checked then but they weren't concerned about that so not checking, I have had fast heart rate and I don't feel hot to touch, more cold if anything even when having the hot sweats, when I was at hospital yesterday I went in just a little crop top and leggings and was still getting the hot sweats then, normally I'm the type not leave the house without loads of layers on, I was initially thinking myself it would be a bad chest infection when I booked an appointment with the doctor, it was a foreign dr so her English wasn't great so not sure if she fully understood me but it's very hard get an appointment at my daughters normally have wait weeks so took what I was offered, I will ring them tomorrow morning and see if I can get back in tomorrow as they only give out same day appointments between 8-9am and usually all gone by about 8.10! Thanks for your advice x

Hi Tia,

I was diagnosed with lung cancer in mid November ( and pray you don't have cancer) but I had a dreadful, worsening cough which got worse during the time of the tests. I had surgery mid December to remove the tumour and with it want the cough. My chest specialist prescribed cocodamol and also prednisolone, so you could ask your doctor about that.

You should hopefully hear back very quickly if the chest X-ray showed anything suspicious. I got a phone call the next day from the GP surgery and was asked to go in ASAP. 

I feel for you so much about the cough and off course wish you all the best to get rapid relief and treatment for whatever you have.

Joy x

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

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.

Update

Xray took 10 days come back, doctor called me in discuss results said there's white "fluff" (as he described it) on the left side on the xray (where I've been getting chest pain) they want try antibiotics for a week and then I have to have another xray in 4-6wks to see if it's cleared and if not will discuss further what will happen, I asked what it is but they don't know I said is it fluid on the chest but he said no so just as clueless now than I was before I went x

Hi there,

It sounds like they think it's an infection and let's hope the antibiotics cure it. As I said with mine, they called me in urgently and used the word "mass" to describe what they saw on the X-Ray. 

Let us know if you feel better once these antibiotics kick in. Everything crossed that you do!

xx

I have a bit of a similar panic as Pink Paris. I've had a worsening cough (accompanied by some upper back pain). I didn't think much of it but went to the GP just in case. The GP asked me to have an x-ray and do a peak flow test. 

2 days after the x-ray I received a missed call from the GP surgery (or perhaps the GP?).

I called back and the receptionist said the result was flagged for me to book in an appointment with the GP to discuss the results. This made me panic, but when I booked it, the receptionist said the GP was available for a telephone appointment in 8 days time (Covid times). Freaking out a bit, as I since googled (I know...) that upper back pain and persistent cough were warning signs of lung cancer. But then on the other hand, 8 days doesn't sound that urgent?

Any experience would be welcome. Thanks!