About 5 or 6 weeks ago I was having some minor chest pain so I went into the emerg feb 28 got an xray, saw an ER doc and they told me that the pain was non cardiac, my heart checked out fine and that it was viral infection of some type and in the lungs and should clear up on it's own. Well that upset me so I immediately started to cut back on my smoking and quit within a short while. My very last cigarette was about 3 weeks ago but within about a week I started having trouble breathing, feeling my chest constricted at times and the excercising I had immediately began went from being able to jog a couple blocks before I had to walk, to 1 and now less. It's scaring the hell out of me. I went back to the doc and he assures me my lungs are fine. I'm even having a hard time doing my job which is at a warehouse and quite physical. My abilities until just a couple months back were very good for a 48 year old man, I could do as much work as any of the 25 year old kids. Has anyone had any experience with this?? I didn't start smoking at all until I was 27 years old and didn't really smoke full time till about 12 years ago at which time I smoked about a pack a day. I'd also say the air quality at my workplace isn't that great. It's quite dusty as many warehouses can be.
There is I should also say, no sign of copd in the xray.