i think my doctor is trying to kill me - Lymphomas Message Board

pinkmada · 11-08-2007, 03:41 PM

im not sure if i've mentioned before but a year ago, in the middle of the doctors not being able to diagnose me, i was vomitting blood, had an endoscopy and told i have a hietal hernia and they didn't do anything to push it back in. the last 2 weeks i have had a bit of a cold and cough and every morning when i wake up i cough up loads of gunk. the last week there has been streaks of pink or red blood in the gunk and whenever i blow my nose or sneeze theres spots of blood in it. so i had an appointment with my onc on tues for a checkup and told her cause i trust her. she said its probably the hernia but is ordering a chest xray just to be sure. i had also made an appointment with my GP to let her know. i told her my onc had ordered the xray and she looked at me and said 'i'm not worried'. she said its not the hernia cause i'm coughing up blood and not vomitting up blood. but then the hernia has torn my diapragm and thats all connected so how can she say it's not? does she have xray vision?! no she doesn't! so she prescribed me with omeprazole (an antacid!) and i then told her that i was prescribed that last year and it made me throw up. but she told me that with everything else going on last year i dont know how i'll react to it this year and to take it anyway and if i do start throwing up to call NHS24!!!!! (NHS24 is an AWFUL service we have in the UK and people have died from calling them and being told 'just take some paracetamol' over the phone when they can't see or monitor symptoms! So i left my doctors, tore up the prescription cause its a waste of money and i don't particularly like vomitting so i'm definatly not going to take something that i know will make me vomit! and i'm still unsure of how something for heartburn or indegestion is going to help me stop coughing blood! so yes, i think my GP is trying to kill me. i posted in the acid reflux section just incase someone has anything similar but i am really just ranting about the awfulness of my doctor!

xxxxx

ps. my onc says that everything seems fine. all my bloods have been perfectly normal. yay!

singer78 · 11-09-2007, 12:56 PM

The good news is, your bloodwork is perfectly normal!

I'm so happy to hear that!

Can you switch doctors? Just because you've been with one for a long time, doesn't mean you're locked-in, right? Not all doctor's are created equal, that's for sure!

I'm where you were, about a couple of month's back---
Waiting for them to schedule a Pet/Ct scan. I remember you had to take a train to get there. I bet that seems like a long time ago to you, doesn't it?
I can't believe I finished my last treatment today.
What did you do, to keep from going berserk, before you heard from your scans?
If I remember correctly, you were like me---very anticipatory.
I wish I had more energy---I'd tackle some chores here at home.
When did you say your energy returned? A couple of weeks? I'm praying for that to happen to me.
How're you today? Feeling better?
love, S.

LINDA505 · 11-10-2007, 08:38 AM

Pinkmada,
I can not help but respond to your thread. In all my years in medicine I have
yet to hear of anyone vomiting blood or coughing up blood from a hiatel hernia. If they do It is rare. With most people you might have pressure and
discomfort in your chest, burping, reflux , sour taste in mouth. There is nothing to push back in with a hiatel hernia. It is not like that. You just have to avoid doing certain things that aggrevate it. I do not think in any way that your blood is from that.a It sounds like you have a cold with a sinus infection. At night when you are lying down your sinuses drain into your throat and in your stomach. When you get up you have the urge to cough up everything that you swallowed. The tinge of blood is irritation from you sinuses I am sure. If you have alot of mucous it might aggrevate
your hiatel hernia and cause chest symptoms and a cough which just further
exacerbates the situation. Sometimes you can rupture small blood vessels in your nose and throat from very strenuous coughing. I would get a chest xray to r/o bronchitis. I would change docs if you think they do not have your best interest in mind. They do not always take the situation at hand
seriously when you are young. I know that this is not right when this happens as it delays proper treatment. You need to guide your own health needs as no one knows your body better than you. Try and not lay flat
when you go to bed and prop your head up on a pillow to avoid sinus drainage. Try and not cough hard to avoid the strain on blood vessels and it will prevent severe irratation. Hope this helps until you can get to a doctor that will give you the proper treatment.

Take care
Linda

pinkmada · 11-11-2007, 03:10 PM

Hey singer, i started freaking out about my CT scan results the night before and had sort of a panic attack on my bathroom floor! but for my PET results my onc called me a few days before my appointment with her and tols me the news so i didnt have time to stress about it. i cried loads after though! happy tears! i am so glad that your treatment is over and i pray that you get fantastic results! i think just knowing that you are finished treatment makes you feel better anyway. i think it was about 5-6 weeks before i bounced out of bed feeling amazing!

Linda, thanks. I have an appointment with a new doctor at a new practice on tuesday. i do not have any of the other symptoms you mentioned which is why i am confused by the meds i was prescribed. my onc listened to my chest and said it sounded normal and my o2 levels were normal. i wonder if the bleomycin in the chemo has irritated my lungs? they stopped giving me it towards the end of my treatment because i was starting to get very out of breath and was coughing up stuff in the mornings. my onc said she would call me if my chest xray was abnormal so hopefully she won't call me.

thanks guys

xxx

pinkmada · 11-20-2007, 10:26 AM

Hey, hope everyone is well. My new doctor prescribed me amoxicillan which i have just finished and am still coughing up stuff. my onc called me at the beginning of the week and said my chest xray is completely normal. is it possible that i have torn my throat by coughing so hard? and its actually nothing or would that have shown up on the xray? i have another appointment on thursday to see my gp and hopefully get stronger antibiotics cause i am very tired of coughing so much in the mornings.
x