Hi, I am constantly worried that I am going to have cancer or some serious illness. This is practically consuming my life. My bloodwork has come back normal, but I'm worried I have a random tumor somewhere. I have back pain all the time, so I must have spinal cancer. Or if I have diarrhea I must have colon cancer. I spend spot of time googling symptoms and everything always says cancer. Help
your being a hypochondriac. If you bloodwork came back fine, it's impossible for you to have a fatal illness. It would be been detected. Bloodwork tells literally EVERYTHING. & if it came back normal, then your fine. Except that you are. Our body's do weird stuff sometimes. Your not going to feel perfect all the time. But that doesn't mean your going to die just because you have an ache or you have diarrhea or a headache. Calm down. Your tests are fine, & so are you.
I try really hard not to worry, it's very hard. In my mind it all seems real. I want to feel normal and not have these awful thoughts.
Thank you for responding. Sometimes it helps just to talk about it.
Rebecca i suffer from health anxiety and it is a form of ocd. We basically get hung up on a thought. The best treatment is not giving into compulsions so ur obsession is ur thought ie i have cancer. Ur compulsion is too google and try and seek reasurance. This basically fules the vicious circle. I promise u that stopping the googling will help it is hard but trust me xxx
I am trying...😓. Thank you!
If u do turn to google then read over coming ocd but i oromise the faster u stop googling the faster ul get better. Ask ur dr to refer you for cbt aswel that helps xxx
Rebecca
Sometimes back pain can be caused by posture. You mention cancer of the spine you need to look for the simple first not the complex. If you had your bloods done and they are all ok the chance of cancer is very slight especially if you are stil young. Also if you now feel the need to have colon cancer I would advise you to have the tests although the latter can make your eyes smart.
If you are still googling that is a mugs game, that will make you feel you have all sorts of cancer awaiting to be discovered/
Talk to your GP he will try and put your mind at rest. Make a list of your concerns and explain your concerns. After the test I would advise you accept the results, many test can be unpleasent and if you get them repeated some can cause health problems.
If you have your Colon checked, ask for a sedative.
BOB
Hi Rebecca,
I wish it was as easy as saying to stop worrying, but I know that want work. So, what I suggest is for you to busy yourself doing other things that will benefit you and your health. Exercise as much as you can daily, eat healthy, drink lots of water, don’t use any processed refined sugar, do medication or some type mindfulness daily, do some volunteer work to help others. read something positive daily and think positive thoughts. Get a piece of paper and write a list of these things and checked them off daily. I promise if you fill your entire day doing these things, all those negative thoughts in your mind will go away. Any time a negative thought come into your head, replace it with something positive. For example when you think 🤔 you have cancer; think🤔 how lucky you are to be alive. Best wishes for you Rebecca!
Thank you! I have definitely been working on my diet. Going to the gym is hard as I work fulltime and have 2 kids. It may be worth it in the long run.
Full time working and two kids is exercising 😄
Trust me I know how you feel. I'm 16 &i thought u had a heart problem. Went to the er 3 times, 4 ekgs, 3 chest xrays, blood tests, echocardiogram, holter monitors, all over skipped beats lol. I know it's EXTREMELY hard cause i've dealt with the same thing. Couldn't go anywhere, didn't go to school, wasn't eating, it's terrible i know. But your not dying. If you keep thinking something wrong then of course your brain is going to go in defense mode & react. So change your mindset, think positive, eat healthy, drink water. I prayed because they're are plenty of scriptures in the Bible that talk about worry, anxiety, & fear. Try to remember this: "be strong, be courageous, for God is with you whever you go" ❤
DO NOT GOOGLE YOUR SYMPTOMS!! That will not help at all if you ever have questions maybe call your doctor and not rely so much on google! Everything on google will lead to something but I have a lot of symptoms of diabetes but I don’t have it!! It’s not in my genes but your anxiety is playing tricks on you! Don’t believe what it’s telling you it’s a big liar and try to ignore it if you can maybe do something to get your mind off of it such as coloring or music!!
Love the quote!!
I can assure you that you DO NOT have cancer
It sounds like you may have nervous symptoms. If your bloodwork is normal and the doctors say there is nothing wrong then you are overloading your mind with worry, which we all tend to do at times. Diarrhea can be caused by diet, worry, etc. I have back pain but I know it is due to disc problems that I have had for years. Fear of that which we can't control can be consuming. Sometimes we think we look for symptoms because we don't think we are good enough to not have something wrong, in other words, shame perhaps. I understand fear of symptoms and blood work, going to the doctor, etc. It is human to worry about things, some are better at it than others, and some have real reasons to worry. Worry can be a substitute for something else. Do you have family members who have had cancer? Still, wasting time worrying is a substitute for not doing things worthwhile that help us to forget ourselves. Are you alone a lot? We can benefit from Dr. Net, but it also helps to create OCD when people have to check everything symptom they have, I am just as prone to do so at times. If you are as consumed as you say, then your symptoms are emotional, worry is exacerbating the problem. I don't know how old you are, but I started with back problems when I was 16 and have had pain for years, but tried to work out, keep weight down, etc. Girls may have back pains for other reasons, but your doctor should clear that up. Youtube and the Net are good resources, but they can become addicting. Imagine not having the Web. You would have to go to doctors or look in medical books, but information was limited then. Now we have everything wrong with us, so we think. I hope you are able to come to terms with what you have and what you don't have.
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I am 35 with no family history of cancer. I am not overweight, I do not smoke. I drink 1 beer at night but not every night. I have had alot of negative things in my life happen 😕 but now everything has been going so well except for the fact that I'm really struggling with my own thoughts.
Rebecca I am exactly the same my anxiety returned worse than ever last year after I hurt my knee and of course my mind was imagining every illness I googled every illness and cancer always came to mind.I realised it was nothing serious so with difficulty I started to do my breathing and with time I started to calm.It did not help when a lot of people I knew were dying.But just hang in and you will calm .Please stop googling.
Gooe is your worst nightmate for health anxiety believe me been there done that and got the t shirt!!