So I was in here about two weeks ago about my health anxiety.
I went into the dr. And they gave me a CBC and a basic metabolic panel. Everything came back normal. However I am now concerned about my liver wtf!
I am 24 years old, super healthy. I drink socially, have never smoked a cigarette I work out regularly. But I have been having slight twinges of pain in my right abdomen under the rib cage. I was convinced that it was due to an enlarged liver (since I thought I had leukemia) which I do not. I've been gassy which I think might have to do with anxiety and and the way I have been breathing. But I cannot seem to kick this thought that there is something wrong with my liver. I cannot afford to go back to the doctor, I just regret not asking for liver function tests when I was there last week.
I need some reassurance that I am fine, how could this possibly be? I hate google and everything that it has convinced me that I am afflicted with.
HELP!!
hi there, I've sent you private message, hope this helps!
It isnt your liver nor would you feel that anyway. What i think you have love is gas. I once went for a sonogram and the guy was playing woth my gas bubbles because they were in the way. You can feel gas. Your liver is lovely and there would have been red flags in your bloodwork anyway.
Well, your anxious mind is just being thorough that is all. Coupled with google assurance that we are all currently dying of most improbable diseases....what are you to think. I think I will die of shock if google ever tells me i am not dying. I had flu and i actually knew I had flu for a fact as i had blood tests to confirm due to risk of having toxoplasmosis. One was excluded and wbc differential was book case typical of the other...flu. Anyway to prove a point to a friend i googled my exact symptoms. It turned up dengue fever and the plague. True story. I mean if i wanted to err on the side of caution, I could have expensive tests to rule out dengue fever which I could only catch by magic, trust me. So you can check your liver workup either by begging your doc to humor you as i often did, or saving money for private lab which I also often did. I would likento warn you however, from extensive personal experience in health anxiety that your next worry will be pancreatitis, then possibly heart disease, exotic followed by autoimmune diseases and maybe stomach issues like at least ulcers, before returning to cancer as we all do. Hang in there. Regular bloodwork will usually help you keep on top of your health. If ever in doubt and need extra reassurance, ask your doctor or go private to ease your mind. There is no harm in tests and over time you will stop fearing the worst. Xxx