About Me: Female, 46, Birmingham, United Kingdom, member since Dec 2009
For a few years now, I have been having problems with my chest, back and neck. The chest and back pain get worse at night when i'm lying down. The neck pain is there all of the time. It feels to me like i've got a trapped nerve. Its a sharp pain that hurts each time
...
[More] i move my neck.
Recently the pain has been getting much worse. I have developed pins and needles down the left side of my face, neck and arm. I also keep feeling like i'm going to collapse. It feels like I have got problems with my circulation.
I have been seeing my doctor and he has given me lots of blood tests, which have all come back clear. I have had an xray on my neck and also of my chest. They xray results have also come back as being clear.
The pain is getting worse and I'm affraid to go to sleep as i feel like i'm not going to wake up. My doctor has told me he's going to send me to see a specialist because he doesnt know whats the matter with me. I dont think i can wait that long, but i dont know what to do.
I have enlarged lymph nodes on the left side of my neck, but nobody seems concerned about them. I was wondering if it might be the lymph nodes that are pushing on a nerve or something?
I have been rushed into hospital by ambulance a few times, and they have told me i've got an irregular heart beat, but nobody seems concerned about that either.
I am very worried and dont know what else to do. I feel like my doctor is getting fed up of me going to see him so much. But i really need it sorted. I dont think I can put up with this discomfort or the worry anymore.
[Less]