Could I Have Cancer? Im 16 Posted: 07-19-04 06:04am
Ok I am a 16 year old male I been smoking
for about lets say 9 months? Idk know
mayb 7 but I just got done being sick with
sinusitis and a cold I geuss thats what my
doctor said and im still taking the
medicine...But the problem is I havint
been sick for about 1 week and im coughing
liek crazy nothing really hurts except
someitmes my elbo hurts and I sometimes
have hard time breathing and y heart hurts
sometimes im very worryed I could have
cancer my mom is a meanie and wont take mt
to get a cat scan or anything says its my
fualt
sometimes my throat hurts to when I cough
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 07-30-04 12:13pm
Babies can get cancer so yes you could
have it.
Have you stopped smoking?? If you haven't
then I can only sasume you have a death
wish & why should your mum waste $$
getting you treatment if you won't take
steps to help yourself??
If you have stopped (or do so now!!) then
at 16 in most countries you can take
yourself to the dr & explain your
symptoms & ask for appropriate checks
(like x-rays & scans) to determine
cause.
Certainly sinus, coughing & breathing
problems can be caused or made worse by
smoking - but these can also be caused by
other things - allergies (which can be
developed at any age) to name just one.
The coughing & breathing could make
your chest hurt & you could mistake
that for your heart hurting. As to your
elbow - it may be totally unrelated or you
may be aggravating a nerve when you cough
& the nerve may link to the elbow??
Stop smoking, look into seeing a dr on
your own (if you're still at school the
counsellor should be able to advise you on
this if your mum still won't take you).
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