Please tell me I don't have lung cancer

[mrdevious]

I know I'm probably being overly paranoid about this, but I don't know what else would cause this symptom. Basically I've had this small part of my chest, about 3 inches below my left collar bone, that's been really sore for the past 2weeks. It's not tender to the touch, but hurts when I take a deep breath.

I'm particularily worried about cancer because I've been smoking tobacco socially for the past 2 years, particularily pipe tobacco (fully inhaling). I'm at a point in my life now where I don't want to do any drugs. I've completely quit tobacco, alcohol, and yes even weed; mainly because I fear for my lungs and liver (with all the painkillers I take), and frankly I'm just sick of feeling high and want to learn to live without it. If I did have cancer though, I'd invest in a Volcano vaporizer and go back to the weed since it seems to inhibit/kill cancer cells.

So I don't know if it's cancer, honestly it's one of those things that just lingers in my mind and worries me a lot. Should I be worried?

mrdevious Reviewed by mrdevious on 05-01-2007. Please tell me I don't have lung cancer I know I'm probably being overly paranoid about this, but I don't know what else would cause this symptom. Basically I've had this small part of my chest, about 3 inches below my left collar bone, that's been really sore for the past 2weeks. It's not tender to the touch, but hurts when I take a deep breath. I'm particularily worried about cancer because I've been smoking tobacco socially for the past 2 years, particularily pipe tobacco (fully inhaling). I'm at a point in my life now where I Rating: 5

[Jimbob1310]

do you have a family history of small benine tumors?

[mrdevious]

do you have a family history of small benine tumors?

The only people in my family I know had cancer are my grandfather with prostate cancer, and my aunt who got leukemia.


BTW, I checked again and I was wrong, it is sore to the touch if I put on some pressure.

[Jimbob1310]

i would say right now for you to 100% DEFANITLY go to your doctor and get a chest Xray and a MRI of your chest.

this dosnt mean its cancer it could be from strain or stress but you NEED to find out fast. just in case

[lazy smoker7]

i got the same type of pains and pain and tender spots in my neck.. i got x rays of my whole repitory system ( smoked lots of tabacoo for 5 years and alot of weed the whole time also) i stopped the cigs 2 months ago. anyways it turn out its not cancer at all and is just some repitory inflamation and some other stuff i forgot. So basically just go get an x ray and have the doc look at em.. then youll know for sure... .. heres a link of lung cancer symptoms and I had alot of those symptoms mentioned on there and it turns out I dont have any cancer after the x rays so dont be worried if you see some symptoms of lung cancer because the same symtoms can be associated with different things. Lung cancer symptoms

[mrdevious]

i got the same type of pains and pain and tender spots in my neck.. i got x rays of my whole repitory system ( smoked lots of tabacoo for 5 years and alot of weed the whole time also) i stopped the cigs 2 months ago. anyways it turn out its not cancer at all and is just some repitory inflamation and some other stuff i forgot. So basically just go get an x ray and have the doc look at em.. then youll know for sure... .. heres a link of lung cancer symptoms and I had alot of those symptoms mentioned on there and it turns out I dont have any cancer after the x rays so dont be worried if you see some symptoms of lung cancer because the same symtoms can be associated with different things. Lung cancer symptoms

Shit man, I actually don't have most of the symptoms listed on that site. I'm starting to feel a lot better about this. I'll bring it up with my doc pretty soon when I get my meds refilled anyway though.

[ZeldaG.]

i got the same type of pains and pain and tender spots in my neck.. i got x rays of my whole repitory system ( smoked lots of tabacoo for 5 years and alot of weed the whole time also) i stopped the cigs 2 months ago. anyways it turn out its not cancer at all and is just some repitory inflamation and some other stuff i forgot. So basically just go get an x ray and have the doc look at em.. then youll know for sure...

shit smae hting happened here, i had weird paisn in chest and neck and then quit fags and shit and got my x rays and it was inflammation lol

[birdgirl73]

Definitely see your doctor. No one can diagnose you over the Internet. I'm glad you quit that tobacco smoking!

Lung cancer doesn't usually start as a spot that's painful with a deep breath or pressure palpation. That's more likely just muscular pain of some sort or some other sort of inflammation. The one thing that'd be worth checking with the doctor is whether it might be an inflamed lymph node. There are lymph nodes located very close to the area you mentioned, and when they become swollen or painful, doctors do like to know about that. Can you get in to see him a little sooner so you can put your mind at ease?

[mrdevious]

I doubt anyone cares by now, but I discovered what was causing it; I've just been doing too many pushups in the last while and tore a really deep pectoral muscle I didn't know I had. All that tobacco smoking made me a bit paranoid I guess

[rebgirl420]

hmm I know that when I had cancer I had a little tumor on my neck. It was hard to the touch and didn't hurt at all....ended up being a stage 3 Hodgekins Lymphoma and the tumor went through my entire chest to my belly button inside me...who woulda thunk it? Got get it checked out. Please. You never know!