I am hoping that if I put this out there maybe I can give my doctor a little more to go on. Here is my story in the last 3 months.

I went to the doctor at the end of April for a cough that had lasted a little too long. She diagnosed me with bronchitisis and had me start taking prednisone. I took for a couple days and then had what I thought at the time was a reaction to it. My left foot/ankle started to swell. I contacted both the pharmacy and my doctor and they both stated that it is possible for this to happen. My doctor said that if it was bothering me that I could stop the medication which I did because the swelling was uncomfortable. The swelling did finally go down but that is about when other strange things started happening.

I was having a hard time lying down with out having a strange sensation in my upper chest/throat area. Kind of like a knot in my throat. I went back to the doctor with this information and they still thought it was bronchitisis. She then prescribed Symbicor. I took these for several day's again and was still having the same issues. I had one night that was so bad I ended up going to the emergancy room. They checked out my heart with an EKG and checked my oxygen levels and all checked out normal.

At this point I have seeked a second opinion. I had a physical a little over a week ago and this is what they checked and all appeared to be normal.

Diabetes
Thyroid
Cholestrol
Blood Pressure

Also while speaking to the doctor we found that I do have a little problem with indigestion which I have been taking Prilosec for and it has helped with that but I am still experiacing the same issues.

These are a list of the symptoms I have been having:

Strange sensation in upper chest/throat area (made worse when lying down)
numbness in arms and jaw area (made worse when lying down)
swelling in left leg
cough still present

I am not sure this could be a circulation issues or a nervous issue but I am thinking at this point those are the only two things that havn't totally been checked out. Any advise you could help me in giving my doctor would be appreciated greatly.