I'm paranoid about pancreatic cancer
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Hello everyone,
So about 8 years ago my uncle passed away from pancreatic cancer. Ever since then I've been living in a state of on-off paranoia that I have it. I have gastric issues and a sensitive stomach due to bad anxiety, GERD, and the inability of digesting gluten very well (I'm not a coeliac) and although I've been checked by doctors, did multiple blood tests and ultrasounds over the years, and everything came out clean, every time I have pain on my stomach i have a relapse and immediately start worrying that this time, it's pancreatic cancer for sure. Maybe it has been there all along and doctors just haven't been able to spot it.. Over the past two days I've been having a very weak, but kind of annoying pain on my stomach, right below my rib cage on the left, and it's progressively worsening my anxiety. .
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remember you have Gerd issues, gluten issues, sensitive stomach due to anxiety. So it’s to be expected that you’re going to have some discomfort from that.The best thing you can do is reduce your anxiety so that your stomach settles down and feels a little better. I’ve had gastritis and I know how painful that is. Mine is from anxiety. I was always worried about getting an ulcer. but then I had to be realistic and tell myself that anxiety is only going to make my stomach issues worse which leads to worrying about ulcers and then my life is just miserable with worry. So what I did was I got an endoscopy to check out my stomach. The doctor told me that my stomach was fine. As soon as he told me that the gastritis went away and I haven’t had gastritis for over a year now. That’s the power of the mind!
My doctor also told me that pancreatic cancer is much more prevalent in people who smoke a lot and drink a lot. Of course anybody can get it but he said that’s the vast majority of cases. Your uncle may be related to you but he’s not as close as a parent would be genetically. when I was in my 20s and I got crazy anxiety symptoms all over, I thought I had MS for sure. I thought I would have it also because my aunt had it. Well I never got MS.
We can sit around and worry and be miserable and waste days and even years of our life with worry and find out that what we worried about never happened.
until your anxiety is reduced, you are most likely going to have an upset stomach every now and then. Don’t panic when that happens because there’s a reason for it. You have a sensitive stomach. That has nothing to do with your pancreas.
i hope you’re able to get some help for your health anxiety. Life is too precious and short to feel miserable and scared all the time. Keep yourself busy. Do things that make you feel happy and joyful. get some counseling for the anxiety if you cannot manage it. Take care