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Alrighty.
I'm suffering for the last few months with on-off symptoms of feeling like i almost have swallowed a cow (before you ask, no, i've not swallowed a cow).
It's like something is 'stuck' by my adams apple and a sense of feeling sick. It comes and goes without any real logic i can pinpoint. Sometimes like today when it's quite bad i get a shortness of breath during exercise and a higher heart rate than usual to maintain exercise rate/speed/etc.
apart from the obvious answer of bad aids... any other ideas ?
any other ideas ?
Ermmm! See your GP?
Not at all mate, i'm known as being one of the most laid back people ever, I/We are going through the process of selling our house currently, but not convinced it's stressing me per se.
You might be surprised, have a read up on it, any other symptoms match ?
It's fine. When it swells enough to stop you breathing for a few hours go to the GP
Go and see your doctor straight away, my father had similar symptoms.
tragically1969 - Member
You might be surprised, have a read up on it, any other symptoms match ?
Certainly reads a lot like my symptoms feel i must admit.
As above, Doctor is a must but that's probably what they will tell you, hopefully.....
Booked for 24th for an appointment.
10 days to stay alive.....
Fingers crossed i make it 🙂
Booked for 24th for an appointment
10 days to see a GP! Is that normal where you are?
10 days to see a GP! Is that normal where you are?
Utterly ridiculous, isn't it?
Last time I rang to make an appointment (persistent cough after a dose of man-flu), the receptionist asked if it was an emergency. Being in one of those moods, I said that I didn't know and that was why I wanted to see a doctor!
She said four days, I said I could be dead by then for all I know. So I got an appointment that afternoon.
It used to really annoy me that our surgery won't allow you to make an appt in advance for something non-urgent. You had to phone on the day (after 08:20) to try and get an appointment that day.
The only problem was I would be at work by then and it was an hours journey away! Useless!
10 days to see a GP! Is that normal where you are?
Dunno mate, i don't really go to the doctors. From my wife/sons experiences you can ring up at 8.00am and book one and generally get the same day.... but TBH i'm not convinced it's that urgent.
Thyroid issues maybe?
I would say that having had the symptoms for a few months, then being pushed by an online forum to see a doctor, that waiting another ten days probably seems appropriate....no?
DrP
Seems perfectly reasonable to me under the circumstances.
She asked if it was urgent....
I said no...
If i drop dead in 8 dead, you lot can tell her i was wrong.
It does and has happened 🙁
Good mate is an ENT consultant and has lost two patients in the last week - both had throat cancer. See the doc.
Thyroid issues maybe?
Agreed. My throat has felt like that for years. 😐
LOL you're the prophets of doom today
GMC now recommends we quacks do not give internet advice in situations like this
Go and see your GP
Who needs a quack when you have STW? 😉
oddly enough i've experienced those symptoms, but narrowed it down to drinking 1 type of coffee.. Harrogates.. i was experimenting with different supermarket coffees, and on cue everytime i tried a Harrogat coffee my throat felt like it was trying to swallow but couldn't..
edit: Taylors of Harrogate!
LOL you're the prophets of doom today
Absolutely. If it scares you into seeing the GP then it's done the job 😉
bit late,...but let's have a countdown
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As a doctor* I always advise people seeking an internet diagnosis to go and see their GP.
* I am not a doctor.
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...days to go....
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Goitre/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Had surgery when I was 7 for this I think.