I am a 22 year old male current non smoker. I used to smoke 2 packs a day between the ages of 15 and 17. once a month or so, I go through periods of about 1 week of heavy marijuana smoking using aluminum and other household items. For the past 2 years I've had severe sore throat on a daily basis, and just recently have been noticing increased shortness of breathe during physical activity and an increase in severe headaches along with several other minor health changes. I feel a "heaviness" in my right lung that is new. I also dry cough almost every day. (One or two coughs only) I have been to several ENT's and they've all told me that my sore throat and cough is a result of acid reflux. I do remember having taken an x ray of my chest one year ago (ENT ordered it) and it came out negative for cancer. out of all the lung cancer symptoms I've read about the only one that I do not seem to have is coughing up blood. All of the other symptoms I seem to have with the first being my shortness of breathe and my chronic sore throat. I am wondering if my history of heavy cigarette smoking along with my current heavy marijuana smoking and all of my weird lung symptoms could be enough reason to go to the ER first thing in the morning? thanks.
You have been to SEVERAL ENT's? That is highly unusual. Most people never see an ENT in their whole life. Is there another part to this story? I can't imagine several(three?) ENT's blowing off your symptoms for GERD. Maybe see a pulmonologist this time and get to the bottom of the symptoms for sure.
LUNG CANCER TAKES DECADES UPON DECADES TO DEVELOP BUT STOP NOW SO YOU DON'T GET IT IN THE FUTURE MY NEIGHBOR DIED FROM LUNG CANCER LAST MONTH WASN'T PRETTY
The first question about cancer should be what are the common symptoms in all kinds of cancers.
So far as my knowledge goes – All types of cancer are found in people with low stomach acids. In cancer patients the glucose in cells does not burn in the presence of oxygen to produce 38 units of energy. In cancer patients the glucose ferments to produce 2 units of energy.
There are no other common symptom in all various types of cancers.
It has been found that in most of the cancer patients there is accumulation of acids just under the skin of cancer patients. but lot of people have been found to be very less acidic or highly alkaline.
All the disease have something to do with stomach. Now let us start with stomach and down till excretion.
Whatever we eat goes in the stomach. There is Hcl acid in the stomach and lot of other enzymes are added to the food and chyme (paste) in stomach or while going down in the small intestines or elsewhere.
The food remains in the stomach for 4.30 to 5.00 hours. The food starts moving into small intestine after 20 to 30 minutes after eating. The stomach vibrates at the rate of 3-4 vibrations per minutes in order to mix the acids and enzymes and make a fine paste of food so that the same can be pushed in the small intestines.
During this process of mixing of acids, enzymes and food lot of acidic gases are produced. since these gases are light in weight it creates a pressure and pushes the food in the small intestines.
Now if one drinks water or other liquids with the meals and goes to bed shortly afterwards. so solids and liquids in the stomach the person will feel discomfort and will tend to sleep towards left side. That will cause the acidic gases and acidic liquids to escape from the stomach. That will reach to blood. High acids in the blood will cause the gap in the tissues to increase to allow the acids to be stored outside the blood system. during the course of sports these acids are reabsorbed in the blood system. but usually sportsman are found to be drinking huge amounts of water shortly after sports and hence become suspectible to cancer.
I have done small experiments in respect of last statements. If a person drinks water with meals and goes to bed immediatelt thereafter and gets up after 1 or 2 hours he will feel very thirsty. but if a person drinks water early say at 7 pm and eats dinner at 8 pm and goes to bed after 10 without drinking water or other liquids he will not feel thirsty after 1 or 2 hours of going to bed.
Now when one starts drinking water before meals the entire process which causes cancer starts getting reversed. Within 7 to 10 days he has water trapped in the body which needs to be released. but since the fluid levels in blood system are sufficient this can not come back. That excess of water and acids outside the blood system is the reason for none burning of the glucose in the presence of oxygen.
So after about 10 days the cancer patient should be given water fast for 24 hours. this water fast should be repeated every 7 days till the reports of the cancer patient becomes all right.
During water fast the cancer patient should not be given any water or any other liquids. but the person should take normall meals. Sudden exposer to dehydrating environment should also be avoided. The should reason in bed or indoors so that dehydration does not take place at a fast pace. Slow dehydration is the key to cure cancer.
One should expect recovery from cancer in 2 to 3 months. though there could be complete recovery from cancer but the above system should be followed and person monitored for at least 1 year.
Which country are you in?
From your question I can see that you have had comprehensive investigations into what appears vague symptoms.
Do you have GPs where you are. (Doctors based in your community- first line for non emergency cases- such as yourself). If you do it would be more appropriate to see them first.
On a different but extremely important note. your smoking of an illegal (again depends on where you live) substance.
CAN CAUSE PARANOIA, given you've had so many investigations -all negative, I would hazard a guess that your brain is mush because the drugs (and booze incidentally- if you do that too).
Stop the drugs- don't go to the ED- this is NOT an emergency. Let the nurses and Doctors treat emergencies – there time and the departments resources are critical to saving lives.