Since Jun 2020 I've had atypical chest and abdominal pains. It started as a sporadic sharp come-and-go pin like pains in my ribs/chest and upper abdomen and that remained the constant until the begining of the year. The abominal pain has pretty much vanished while the ribs/chest pain has graduated to a come-and-go sharp pain in the lower part of my left chest that I can trigger when I twist and the last few weeks a burning/soreness in my right chest. The pain, while somewhat painful, is more uncomfortable. 3x since Jun I've had a sharp cramping sensation in the center of my chest. The 1st time freaked me out enough to go to an ER. Tests showed nothing. I've been brushed off as having anxiety, perhaps muscular/skeletal issue that needs to resolve on it's own or maybe gastro although OTC meds don't seem to help. I did have a week or two of dizzy spells but that resolved on it's own. I also keep thinking I have shortness of breath but then wonder if I might just be paying too much attention to my breathing. I do occasional jump rope tests to see if I can regain my breath quickly and I do.
I've had a bevy of tests. 3 chest x-rays (Urgent Care, ER and regular doctor), bloodwork, 3 EKGs, abdominal ultrasound and abdominal CT. All my tests have been normal. The CT did show some mildly enlargled lymph nodes, but not large enough to worry the radiologist. They'll be doing a follow-up CT at the end of the month to check stability and a 1st time chest CT. I'm told if that is normal, which seems to be expected, I'm at the end of the road.
I'm a 36 year old white male, I don't smoke, I drink but not exessively, I'm a few lbs overweight but not obese. My doctor says with my medical history being boringly normal it's highy unlikely I have cancer, but my mind continues to go there. My dad had breast cancer when I was in my teens and passed a few years ago from thyroid cancer. His two brothers also had some form of cancer. One is still with us the other passed. As far as I know they all had the BRCA gene. I was tested for that and I don't.
Perhaps my mind if getting away from me, but I have my concerns. I do the thing you shouldn't do an obsess over Google, but I've also seen the ravages of cancer. I lost a step father to it as well. I know my body and I know something is wrong. But being told anxiety is what is making me anxious. Having no answers also makes me anxious. Being told I might not ever have answers makes me anxious.
I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this but I thought it can't hurt to reach out for thoughts, advice, anything. Much appreciated.