Hello everyone,

Well, my situation is fairly minor compared to so many other peoples' on here, but it has taken me all over the place lately.

I had a basal cell carcinoma removed from my eyelid three or so weeks ago and at the time, the consultant was sure it was only a papilloma. It showed no signs really of being anything untoward. However, it came back as a BCC diagnosis. I'm now deciding whether I should have more removed to check they've got all the cells or leave it and take the 'watch and wait' approach. I know it's very treatable and the most common of skin related cancers however...

The main issue I'm having is that now I'm paranoid about every little thing being something worse than it probably is. It doesn't help that I just had an MRI for fibroids and have issues there too (op four years ago diagnosed a condition that increases risk of womb cancer) and now I'm worried that they'll find something bad and only this last week, a mark on my gum has me thinking I've got oral melanoma! My mum died of pancreatic cancer when I was 23, I've two aunties who've died of womb cancer and ovarian cancer respectively - so I'm senstive to the main things this *** disease does to people.

It's ridiculous really, as what I've been diagnosed with is so minor compared to so many other people and it's very treatable, but what I wanted to ask is if anyone who has had any kind of cancer diagnosis has felt more anxious about other little ailments or irregularities they may have had? I'm sure it must be normal but I've never been in this position before.

I think it's general health anxiety to be honest, but I have no one to talk to about it so thought I'd ask...

Apologies to those who are going through more demanding situations - I in no way put myself in your shoes, but hopefully someone will be kind enough to tell me how I'm feeling is normal in some way!