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I'm really scared I have cancer!

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charlotte96197
charlotte96197

Hi all,

I've posted in here a couple of times not so long ago. I thought I had my anxiety under control after 11 weeks of taking fluoxetine....

But couple of weeks ago I found a lump in my throat (actually inside near my tonsil)

I've been to see a private doctor about it and she's refered me to see a consultant.

Other than this I've had so many other symptoms - I feel deaf in both my ears, I'm extremely tired ALL the time no matter how much sleep I have, I get chest pains, my stomach is bloated, I feel weak and the list goes on!

Does anyone else experience this? I'm so adamant that I have cancer and it's spreading slowly all over my body!

The doctor did say that it is very likely to be reacuring viral infections and that it's very unlikely to be cancer because of my age (23).

I know anxiety can cause alsorts of symptoms and also make you believe you have serious illnesses. Does any one else worry the same as me?

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  • margaret89011
    margaret89011 charlotte96197

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     It's a relief to know that there are other people out there just like me I have really bad anxiety and I've had a probably my whole life it's just been in the shadows most of it it wasn't nearly as bad as it is now before I really noticed it before just maybe when something changed I would get a little anxious or start to feel funny. About five years ago my dad died of melanoma  and while he was sick in the hospital my anxiety skyrocketed and I started becoming more and more worried about my own health like to the point now that any time something happens I am on web M.D. just looking for answers of why this is happening and if it says that it's a sign of cancer I freak out like a lot. I get frequent heartburn and so I was looking up causes of heartburn and I saw esophagus cancer  and I have literally convinced myself that I have it I haven't went to the doctor yet but since I'm known to be a hypochondriac my family and my boyfriend just kind of tell me you don't have it stop thinking like that I was having trouble swallowing my food a couple months ago and I thought nothing of it till now and I get frequent sore throat's and I have heartburn all the time  but my boyfriend says there are tons of people who have the same symptoms as me and do not have cancer and I'm only 22 but it's nice to know there are other people out there that freak out just as bad whenever I see a lump or bump I am freaking out .

  • Dana1985
    Dana1985 charlotte96197

    Posted

    I feel this way all the time. Its something new everyday I swear!! I suffer from high anxiety and if I feel any thing abnormal I freak. My family call me a hypochondriac but I seriously feel horrible sometimes and don't know if its all in my head. I'm super scared to go to Doctor because I definitely don't want any bad news. So I totally understand and hope you feel better. Just breath and know everything will be ok.

  • OliviaSays9
    OliviaSays9 charlotte96197

    Posted

    Hi everyone,

    I am having this same problem. A ton of people in my family have died of cancer and now my next door neighbor is dying of brain cancer and I can’t stop thinking I have it too. I recently got this sore throat... And I went to the doctor and she said it was just my allergies but I told her that it hurts in my actual throat too and feels swollen. Well she said my lymph nodes were a little swollen on my neck. Anyway since then my sore throat has mostly gone away but it is still there a little. It just feels so scratchy and dry and like I have a lump there. I went to another doctor and they said it is just allergies too but I am freaking out that I have throat cancer. I have been feeling so tired lately and I think it might be related to that. I want to go back to the doctor but I am afraid that they think I am crazy. And a few years back i had a lump on my leg that I got checked out and the results didn’t show anything, so they said it was just a lypoma.... Like a collection of fat cells.. but it is still there on my leg!! and I am worried that maybe they were wrong and it was actually cancer and now it spread all over my body, even up to my throat. I seriously am crying like every day. I am so upset. My parents say I am just being a hypochondriac but I am just scared and I don’t want to die that way... I watched everyone die that way and I don’t want to be next. *crying* I didn’t realize so many people have this phobia and not just me... I really am wanting to just check myself into the hospital at this point, so that they can check everything at once and I can finally have some peace of mind. All this waiting and wondering and worrying is driving me insane and making me cry all the time.  And my boyfriend lives far away (at the moment) and I keep thinking if anything happens suddenly to me, he won’t be here in my last moments. I know that sounds crazy but those are the things going through my head.. 

    • OliviaSays9
      OliviaSays9

      Posted

      Oh and I got blood work done and it came back normal... I want to have like an MRI though.. and I mentioned to my regular doctor that I was afraid it might be cancer and she told me that i shouldn’t jump to conclusions because I am young and it is unlikely but young women also get cancer... I just wish she would do more tests, just to rule it out 
  • anita12345
    anita12345 charlotte96197

    Posted

    i could

    have written this myself ! having lost dad and brother on the same day to cancer - 10

    weeks after diagnosis i realise that anything can happen . every day a new symptom and a new fear !

  • anita12345
    anita12345 charlotte96197

    Posted

    i could

    have written this myself ! having lost dad and brother on the same day to cancer - 10

    weeks after diagnosis i realise that anything can happen . every day a new symptom and a new fear !

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