Hi all. After a bad period of stress in Dec 23, in Jan / Fab I noticed firstly that I had to keep clearing my throat and a horseness of my voice. I put this to the back of my mind and carried on with life. in March / April I started to get gripping pain after eating in my upper left chest. Then came the stomach pain / loose stools. I was started on PPI's which I didn't get on with an moved to an H2 blocker. I had a mysterious actived lymph node under my right armpit that measured about 1cm and lasted a month or so. I had an ultrasound of my liver where a (probably) benign lesion on my liver was found. by May I was getting horrible 'food stuck' sensations behind my breastbone. last month I had camera investigations that found gastritis and reflux. Since then my symptoms have worsened. I have a persistent cough, and the food stuck feeling is now more in my throat, indigestion can last 12 hours and I have difficulty swallowing. I am seeing my GP on wed and thinking I should ask for an urgent referral to ENT?
Hi RyanE
Welcome to our community though sorry to hear about what you have been going through. The impact of stress is so often totally underestimated, I was recently signed off work for about 10 weeks.
Best wishes for your GP appointment today and hopefully you will find a way to move forward.
<<hugs>>
Steve
