Just Rambling = go to doc/don't go to doc ???
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:20 pm
Hi folks,
Just going to have a little ramble here.
Does anyone else wonder should they go to the doc, or not. Perhaps I look at it from a different point of view, cos here in the UK we pay for our healthcare in our taxes and so it is 'free'. We just pay a nominal sum for our prescriptions, which by the way we have just heard today are being halved to £3 from January, and will be free from 2010.
Anyway..... I have been suffering for about 4 months from certain symptoms unrelated to rls. I had a post about it at the time. It was all about a very severe lump/choking feeling in the throat and the middle of the chest. At the time the doc said stress/anxiety and altho I agreed at the time, I'm now not just 100 per cent certain that it still is. The symptoms are all much better tho not gone away, i.e. still a choking/tight/lump feeling in the throat/midchest tho not anywhere nearly as bad. Don't always take the diazepam 2mg that he gave me cos don't reckon it did much good. He also gave me omeprazole once a day in case there was an element of reflux or hiatus hernia, but I upped it to twice a day which I feel works better.
I am awaiting test appointments for endoscopy and treadmill to rule out any other causes.
Cos of the credit crunch I am now working a 3 day week which is bliss tho the nearly halved salary hasn't quite bitten yet.
However, tho these symptoms have improved, I have no idea if this is because of the occasional diazepam, the lessened hectic lifestyle now I am doing a 3 day week, or the omeprazole etc etc.
What I have discovered in the last couple of months, is that as soon as I get to work and to my desk/computer, that within a couple of hours my shoulders get sore and in particular my neck as if it isn't strong enough for my head. (sounds like repetitive strain/posture) I am pretty sure this in turn is affecting the feeling in my throat and chest and making the symptoms much worse. I know I am lifting my chin forward and upwards to look at the monitor screen and reckon this is maybe to do with wearing varifocal glasses. I am in the process of getting new glasses with top of the range lens in the hope of improving the working area of the lens.
When my shoulders/neck get really painful I take ibuprofen or diclofenac (voltarol) which helps a lot with the discomfort, and also in turn my throat/chest also feels much better (hence my doubt that it is 100% anxiety).
So.... should I just continue taking the brufen/diclofenac for the shoulder pain (which helps my throat cos it helps my neck???) until I eventually have the tests done. Or do I go to the doc just to say I think my neck/shoulder pain is affecting my throat.
I should say that when my shoulders are sore, that I am sometimes getting intermittent pins and needles in my hands and fingers. And now and again a slight lightheadedness. Don't know if there is any relation or just coincidence. For years I have had shoulder discomfort but it was dealt with and didn't affect anything else.
I used to never go to the doc, and now feel that for the last two years I have been there every couple of months.
Should I cancel my appt for tomorrow. or do I go..... I hate to think I am being a nuisance. As if now I am nearly 60, that I have nothing else to do but be a hypochondriac.
As it is 5 days since I have been in the office my symptoms have been pretty good, and in the time it has taken to text this v e r y l on g post my neck has become sore and I can feel the discomfort again in my throat/chest.
I'm just looking for a few viewpoints and how anyone else feels who may be in a similar position, and who has had the will power to read this post through to the end
Sorry to have gone on, and on........
Thanks folks.
Just going to have a little ramble here.
Does anyone else wonder should they go to the doc, or not. Perhaps I look at it from a different point of view, cos here in the UK we pay for our healthcare in our taxes and so it is 'free'. We just pay a nominal sum for our prescriptions, which by the way we have just heard today are being halved to £3 from January, and will be free from 2010.
Anyway..... I have been suffering for about 4 months from certain symptoms unrelated to rls. I had a post about it at the time. It was all about a very severe lump/choking feeling in the throat and the middle of the chest. At the time the doc said stress/anxiety and altho I agreed at the time, I'm now not just 100 per cent certain that it still is. The symptoms are all much better tho not gone away, i.e. still a choking/tight/lump feeling in the throat/midchest tho not anywhere nearly as bad. Don't always take the diazepam 2mg that he gave me cos don't reckon it did much good. He also gave me omeprazole once a day in case there was an element of reflux or hiatus hernia, but I upped it to twice a day which I feel works better.
I am awaiting test appointments for endoscopy and treadmill to rule out any other causes.
Cos of the credit crunch I am now working a 3 day week which is bliss tho the nearly halved salary hasn't quite bitten yet.
However, tho these symptoms have improved, I have no idea if this is because of the occasional diazepam, the lessened hectic lifestyle now I am doing a 3 day week, or the omeprazole etc etc.
What I have discovered in the last couple of months, is that as soon as I get to work and to my desk/computer, that within a couple of hours my shoulders get sore and in particular my neck as if it isn't strong enough for my head. (sounds like repetitive strain/posture) I am pretty sure this in turn is affecting the feeling in my throat and chest and making the symptoms much worse. I know I am lifting my chin forward and upwards to look at the monitor screen and reckon this is maybe to do with wearing varifocal glasses. I am in the process of getting new glasses with top of the range lens in the hope of improving the working area of the lens.
When my shoulders/neck get really painful I take ibuprofen or diclofenac (voltarol) which helps a lot with the discomfort, and also in turn my throat/chest also feels much better (hence my doubt that it is 100% anxiety).
So.... should I just continue taking the brufen/diclofenac for the shoulder pain (which helps my throat cos it helps my neck???) until I eventually have the tests done. Or do I go to the doc just to say I think my neck/shoulder pain is affecting my throat.
I should say that when my shoulders are sore, that I am sometimes getting intermittent pins and needles in my hands and fingers. And now and again a slight lightheadedness. Don't know if there is any relation or just coincidence. For years I have had shoulder discomfort but it was dealt with and didn't affect anything else.
I used to never go to the doc, and now feel that for the last two years I have been there every couple of months.
Should I cancel my appt for tomorrow. or do I go..... I hate to think I am being a nuisance. As if now I am nearly 60, that I have nothing else to do but be a hypochondriac.
As it is 5 days since I have been in the office my symptoms have been pretty good, and in the time it has taken to text this v e r y l on g post my neck has become sore and I can feel the discomfort again in my throat/chest.
I'm just looking for a few viewpoints and how anyone else feels who may be in a similar position, and who has had the will power to read this post through to the end
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Sorry to have gone on, and on........
Thanks folks.