Hi guys,
Where to start....I am 32 years old, I had a couple of collapses in the middle of last year, cancer was the last thing on my mind as all the drs were concerned about my heart due to abnormalities found on ECGs, symptoms settled down and I continued with work ect.
I work at my local hospital and on 1st of December at handover time on my ward I collapsed again and had a seizure, when I came round I was vomiting and couldn't breath through the pains in my chest. My wonderful colleagues rushed me downstairs to A&E where they checked me over and sent me home telling me to get my GP to refer to cardiology. Long story short, I spent most of December in and out of A&E with 'text book heart attacks' but all my ECGs were normal and bloods negative. The cardiologist finally relented and referred for an CT angiogram which I had on 06/01/21. At this point I was still convinced the problem laid with my heart.
The cardiologist called me the day after my angiogram and told me my heart was looking absolutely fine (phew!!) But then went on to say the scan shows I had osteoblastic lesions on my sternum and vertebrae and my lymph nodes are enlarged, she was making an urgent referral to oncology and the breast unit.
48hours later I was on another CT table having a full chest, abdomen and pelvis scan, since then I have heard nothing. I called the breast unit today for an update as I am driving myself insane overthinking and googling (I know, worst thing I could do, and would advise any of my patients against it) anyway they've said the scan is still with radiology and they're waiting for the report and I should hear in due course.
I've tried talking to my ward manager about it but she's said she doesn't want to comment as she's not my clinician and doesn't want to give me wrong information (which I sort of understand) but she doesn't want me in work until we know exactly what 'this' is due to the working conditions and covid infection rate in our local hospital at the moment.
I just wondered if anyone has been through similar or if anyone can shed any light on osteoblastic lesions because as far as I can see they're linked to secondary cancer and I am driving myself insane thinking and imaging the worst, I'm not sleeping, hardly eating and only interacting with people if I really have no other choice. I'm literally walking round like a zombie.
Thank you
