1. Community
  2. Mental health
  3. Anxiety Disorders

I'm 95% sure I have cancer and no one believes me or cares.

Posted , 5 users are following.

melissa58718
melissa58718

It started in april of last year, I suddenly got joint pain everywhere for no reason. It went away after a few weeks, but then I got tingling and numbness in my right foot. That went away, and then I started getting pain in my lower left ribcage. Then I got pregnant in July. Started getting a weird tight feeling in my right calf and forearm. I've still been getting these symptoms on and off.

Now, everything is so much worse. I get random tremors, my whole body feels numb, I wake up with weakness in my right arm, my whole body feels weak, my calf muscles look like they're wasting away. For two months i've had a lump in my right foot which looks like a tumor. I also get stabbing pain in my left rib cage now.

I just KNOW i have cancer and it's everywhere. I'm 8 months pregnant and doctors won't do anything because i'm pregnant. My family thinks i'm crazy. They think it's anxiety. but anxiety doesn't make a lump appear on your body. My anxiety is the worse its ever been, but only because it feels like my body is dying and no one wants to help me. What am I supposed to do? Everyone says that my baby is the most important (thats why the won't do any testing), but what about me? sad

0 likes, 26 replies

26 Replies

Prev
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 melissa58718

    Posted

    Look you have a few weaks to go and you will be giving birth. Try and hold yourself together. Hormones all over the place. Usually this is the calmest trimester but i guess you are too anxious for that. 

    When the baby is born you can go ahead and treat all this. Its not that no one wants to help you its that it is not cancer. It is health anxiety. You do know a simple blood count would red flag cancer..so relax..

    the thing on your foot can be a ganglion cyst and they can drain that. Probably after You give birth yiu can tell the doctor. I relly hooe you have someone to help you after the baby is born.

    if you do not have help lined up talk to your family because yiu seem oike a candidate for post partum. And your family and doctor should be on too of this. They can help you way easier with medicine after the baby is birn. Kk ow your hormines will be uo and doen for a but after the birth too.

    people care love there is  nothing anyone can do till the baby is born. But please oh please be sure you have help caring for that baby. You are important and the baby is important too. The baby is very helpless and your state of mind is very anxious. 

    Everything will be okay. Take ine day at a time. Soon enough the baby will be born. And then you can seek the medical attention you need.

  • melissa58718
    melissa58718

    Posted

    here's a picture of the lump. 

    • jane75220
      jane75220 melissa58718

      Posted

      Sorry Melissa Just seen the photo. Yes it looks like a ganglion which can also cause some slight swelling of the ankle. The drs know what they are doing. Try to trudst them and also try your very hardest not to worry. 
Back to top
Prev

Report or request deletion

Thanks for your help!

We want the community to be a useful resource for our users but it is important to remember that the community are not moderated or reviewed by doctors and so you should not rely on opinions or advice given by other users in respect of any healthcare matters. Always speak to your doctor before acting and in cases of emergency seek appropriate medical assistance immediately. Use of the community is subject to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and steps will be taken to remove posts identified as being in breach of those terms.