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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:51 pm    Post subject: Question Reply with quote
I'm 26 years old and have a 10 year smoking history, smoking on average 5-7 cigs. a day. Recently, I have experienced a feeling which I would describe as a "heaviness" in my chest. It is not painful and I am not experiencing breathing difficulties. I do have an infrequent, non-productive cough. I'm also experiencing occasional pain around the area of my shoulder blade. I experienced such pain about a year and a half ago as well and consequently had a chest x-ray (was experiencing some chest pain as well) which came out as normal. With the onset of this chest heaviness, I have experienced fatigue, dizziness and an inability to concentrate. Are these symptoms consistent with lung cancer or more with something like depression and/or anxiety? I understand that this is not necessarily a forum for diagnosis but I would appreciate any insight readers might have, especially since it appears that many of you are much more knowledgeable about these matters than I. Thanking you in advance for your help.

MRP

P.S. - I don't know if this is relevant but I engaged in 30 mins of fairly intense cardio activity (treadmill) 2 days ago w/no real difficulty.
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