hello everyone,
for the past little while, about 2 months
or so, I have been feeling off. It
started with my heart. It felt like I was
having a hear attack but the doctor in
emergency told me it was most likely
anxiety. I began to get a fever shortly
after but I dismissed this. My chest
muscles began to ache and soon enough I
was getting pain in my body in various
places. It appears that those pains have
gotten better but one and awhile they
return. Im not too familiar with the
symptoms of cancer, however, they seem
quite generic as many diseases share the
same symptoms. I have become quite the
hypocondriac recently, I must admit, as
ive been thinking it was every kind of
cancer I read about along with other
diseases. I have made myself believe I
had cancer so much to the point that I
actually believed without a doubt that it
was definitely what was causing my
symptoms. I have had some blood work done
recently and im awaiting the results.
Could I be overreacting? Im just really
worried
also, I had a small anxiety sttack
yesterday as I was worrying about school
and some other things, and it was last
night and today these symtoms came back
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Color of Paper
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 171 Location: Long Beach, Ca
Posted: 02-06-07 11:11am
It sounds to me like you are overwhelmed.
When a person is stressed its amazing what
the body will do..Create pains, get
sick...And just get pissed off in
genral.
You awsome for taking the steps you have
ie. Blood work etc...Many people will
just go on there day and not see a
profesional. I wouldnt worry to much
untill you know for sure that you have
something. Stressing this matter will
only make your trip harder.
All in all youll be fine..Keep your head
up. ^_^
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Automatica
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 6
Posted: 02-06-07 11:41am
Thanks color. Having this on my mind
24/7 is a weight I hate having to bare.
Ive been posting this very thread in
different forums just to get some kind of
response. I went a long time without
seeing a doctor, trying to rationalize
what I had to myself as benig harmless, or
blaming the common cold. It came to a
point where I just looked at myself in the
mirror and said it was just time to do it.
If I have nothing I will be thoroughly
relieved and I have something I can begin
to treat it, but since the blood test ive
found myself worrying about the results
more than ever. I cant shake the idea
of it being cancer, even though I know
little about it and my symptoms can be
rationalized with a hundreds of other
deseases both fatal and harmless. At
this point, I really am just hoping its
anxiety even though at first I didnt want
to think it may have been that. All in
all, am I overreacting? Probably, but I
just cant shake the feeling that maybe im
not... Maybe im dying! I will also say
this, aside from this forum, the internet
is a horrible place to research symptoms.
It has officially turned me into a
hypocondriac
