i am a 52 year old woman who smokes 10 cigarettes a day and drinks only occasionally and rarely much. i am overweight by about 4/5 stone. recently having trouble with breathlessness, not so much when walking etc but with lifting heavy items. some mornings when i wake the area around my eyes is badly swollen (above and below). i am having problems with burping, i can't burp until i feel really bloated and then only if i lean forward and to the left or lay on my left side. i can hear my chest wheezing occasionally during the day and always when i lay down at night. i get what feels like palpitations from time to time, just for about 10 seconds heart kind of fluttering.

have been to docs who told me:

i have suddenly become allergic to my hair

everyone gets wind

my lungs are perfect

i have a hiatus hernia which i should ignore as there is no treatment



i actually feel tired, out of breath and unwell all the time but don't want to go back to docs as i came away feeling i had wasted his valuable time