Hello! I've been suffering from a lot of anxiety during the past year, mostly about my health and death. About 3 weeks ago I had a disturbing dream in which I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Being the anxious person that I am, I used Google and read that there are many cases where people had cancer dreams which prompted them to see a doctor and then turned out to in fact have it. This scared me a lot. I then started to worry immensely about having esophageal cancer and again used google to see if I had any of the symptoms. "Coincidentally" I began to experience the typical symptoms associated with the cancer: difficulty with swallowing (food getting stuck in throat constantly while eating) and chronic indigestion (burning in stomach). I have never had acid reflux/GERD so o don't think it's that. Because of my history with anxiety, I'm trying to convince myself that it's my anxiety and hypersensitivity causing the symptoms. I'm totally freaking out! Oh and I did talk to my GP. I have a barium swallow scheduled for tomorrow and he also referred me to a gastro specialist who I assume will perform an endoscopy. Any wise words? Can this really just be my anxiety ?
absolutely Kim…it PROBABLY is anxiety, (and Mr. Google!
).
you’ve taken all the right steps to have this checked out, so you’re being proactive about everything.
take a BIG BREATH, and stop stressing, (and I’m the World’s Worst worrier!)
you’re gonna be fine…I can feel it!
please keep me posted!