progressive multiple respiratory symptoms

hello
i have similar symptoms but mine lasted for over 1.5 year! constantly happening everyday and progressively getting worse. i feel that i cannot breathe enough air at first (even at rest and worse on exertion). i easily get very bad palpitations. i do not have cough or pain initially but as time passed by i now developed daily cough, which i had blood stained/streak sputum. i feel that something is blocked in the middle of my chest , centrally, where i need deep cough to sort out expel that 'thing' out, but usually it will come back after a few seconds after i cough. recenlty i noticed some black dots seen in my cough, something like charcoal powder or dried blood clots?

the other thing is chest pain. i developed more and more frequent chest pains in the central where it's dull and achy pain (not sharp or stabbing) and it looks like my inside of throat or middle portion of chest got' hardened' and it' painful whenever i inhale (it's getting tighter and tighter). is this musculoskeletal of some form of pulmonary pathology? the pain is felt INSIDE though and not particularly painful on the outside muscles. i am scared that very soon i cannot breathe because i am very exhausted not to struggle for everybreath.

3rd symptom is that i have this right lower rib pain originating from front sometimes shooting to the back and sometimes to the side and sometimes to the shoulder area. sometimes my shoulder blade area will ache for a few days just like muscular pain.

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[National Jewish]

Your doctors have done a good job in trying to find the cause of your symptoms.  While your symptoms are clearly real, the negative testing suggests that your symptoms are not on the basis of a serious or life-threatening disease.  To have your questions answered, you might want to consider being seen at a Center that commonly deals with difficult diagnostic problems such as a local University Medical Center Clinic.

[suffer]

when i lie down on my back i instantly feel a 'blockage' in my central chest like something pushing from behind to the front, and i will then cough because something feels blocked halfway. there's also lots of air moving up and down my gullet and some noises heard too. i feel that i cannot swallow well esp fluid.

some positive findings:
ANA positive 1:360
ESR always between 20-30 (i am age 29 female)
IgG a little bit higher than normal?
anti-DNA, ANCA etc -N
PFT- normal last year, normal june this year, suddenly got restrictive pattern (80%) in august, then normal again in october (why? although both times i feel difficulty expanding my chest)
CXR-N
CT thorax done a year ago- calcified lymph node (?where)
HRCT done 4 months ago (then without chest pain) - N
Mantoux test for TB-N
bronchoscopy done recently- cannot locate bleeding source, some white sputum seen, aspiration taken for culture etc -awaiting result
echocardiogram- 1st time PASP~43mmHg with MR, TR/ 2nd time no MR/TR seen so cannot determine PASP
Ba meal no hernia seen.
colonscopy- colitis

tried lots of medication you name it: ranitidine, losec, motilium, metaclopramide, xanax, ativan, aspirin, antacid, peppermint oil, buscopan etc etc etc NO USE.

do you think something is wrong with my lungs?
may i know if MRI of thorax can reveal if inflammation of soft tissue is a cause or will it cause my symptoms?
does it sound like connective tissue disease which i am being followed up on?
cardiopulmonary problems?
i do not think stress or functional problem will cause all these will it?
is my right rib pain doing with all these ? could that be something wrong with my diaphragm above or below? can HRCT catch any mass in thorax or diaphragm area?

i feel soooooooooo desperate for all these days and i cannot function normally. i've just been suffered for tooooooooo long.
I really really hope that someone can give me a light. I all rely on you , doctor. hope that you can help me.
(yes i've been seeing rheumatologist and respirotologist)

-Zoe The Sufferer
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[pete1]

I have some of the same symptoms. At times it feels like I can not get a good breath in. That something is blocking my breath. When I lay down, I can hear a wheezing noise sometimes as well. It also hurts to inhale deep. It all seems to be on the right side though. It feels like I can not inflate my right lung all the way or something to that affect. The symptoms are hard to describe. I do not have an answer for you. I was layed off and don't have the insurance to get all the tests needed. I wish you much luck and prayers. It is very stressful. I don't even want to leave the house because I am not sure if I will be able to breath right. Let us know if you find out what is wrong. I would love to know myself.

Pete1

[suffer]

i am zoe, the original author. Doctor, why don't you answer my question i have been waiting anxiously looking forward to your reply. sorry for being so pushy but i am just so desperate hoping to get a reply from you. MANY THANKS.

Zoe

[tinyhuey]

I just found out that my copd is progressing .I now have acute bronchitics, emphyzma, and getting over penouma. My friends at work are going to quit smoking to help me quit. My family think I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill.My husband is so scared . I guess I need all the support there is out there. I have been smoking for 28 years,3 to 4 packs a day.