I have severe health anxiety. I was having numbness on my left side and pains in my chest and was cocienved I was having a heart attack. Went to the ER and everything came back fine. I was loopy and had headaches for days at a time and convieneced myself I had a brain tumor. MRI and MRA came back completely clear. Now since I’ve had rectal bleeding on and off for 2 years I am sure I have colon cancer. I’ve had a ct and colonoscopy which were both clear. I feel like I’m going mad. Anyone else suffer with all of this?!
Yes! This happens to me a lot so first I want to say you're totally not alone. Second, I'm a little relieved to know I'M NOT ALONE EITHER! I've had this weird numbness in my right arm for almost a year (on and off) and I went to the ER they did a bunch of tests and everything was fine. Every single little thing that happens in my body makes me freak out and think that I'm dying.
I listened to this podcast about anxiety and one of the episodes was specifically about health anxiety and the woman said that if she freaks out about a pain she tells herself that if it's still present in a week she'll do something about it, otherwise she tries not to let it affect her day. I tried that, it worked a couple of times, but now I'm back to thinking I'm dying because I've had a headache for two weeks.
Anyway, I guess my point is that you're not alone and a lot of people suffer with health anxiety. Be gentle with yourself. I wish I had a solution to help, but I don't.
Thank you so much for your comment. I truly hope to get this under control. It’s nice to know others are going through the same thing ❤️
Candi
It would seem your problems are associated with your Anxiety. You have had a tranche of tests and all are clear
However rectal bleeding can be caused by piles or fissures, you have had all the tests once more so all I can suggest is if the bleeding has stopped, the problem has cleared. Bleeding can also be caused by constipation.
Depending on how you are feeling now, if all is ok, great. If you GP, or Specialist have explained no cancer present you need to move on and stop worrying.
Brain Tumors are the same, if you have had a set of scans and you are ok, I would trust the results and move on
You cannot really expect further tests, the more you have the risk can be greater. Move on with your Life, trust your GP
The problem is there are always risks when you have some of the examinations, these tests can become more invasive and the results would be very much the same. Your GP will be reluctant to proceed further especially when everything is clear. Ask yourself what do you now expect, you really need to trust the results given and explained to you
BOB
Since MRI and EKG I have calmed down about those anxieties even though symptoms still persist. I’ve excepted anxiety can cause those and have worked on calming myself down. However seeing blood in the toilet is something very different. I also always have an upset stomach. And just yesterday I had labs that showed inflammation in my body. I cannot fob that off to just anxiety. I acknowledge it’s been out of control. I got those tests to quiet the panic in my head. But obvious blood, change in bathroom habits and elevated inflammation markers is hard to shrug off to anxiety.
Your anxiety is causing you to think in this way
Seriously it’s your mind and thought process in negative mode
Your probably always on Dr Google 
Don’t let your thoughts convince you of the worse
Try to sit back and be more logical sometimes writing it down can help what you thinking then on a 1-10 the the actually possibility of that been the case
But yes it’s pretty normal thinking when you have severe anxiety disorder
Can be very distressing I know but your probably fully health just some anxiety issues to deal with which can be dealt with by the way
It’s not all bad
Stay strong and don’t worry so much
Get your tummy sorted upset tummy can be also caused by Anxiety. Was your infection in your tummy, were you given antibiotics ?
Generally is the blood comes from the tummy through the bowel it will be black in colour, If you pass black tacky stools, that can also be caused by blood. Although sometimes when you eat certain foods the stool can darken.
Any blood, get it checked, notice where the blood was seen also the colour.
Constipation can also cause a discharge of blood
BOB
Hear, hear, bleeding has to be checked out. So well done you for taking it seriously. pleased that things were ok though.