Severe health anxiety and cancer worries

Dear all,

It is interesting to read all these posts and realise I am not alone.  I am so scared of being diagnosed with something terminal and not seeing my two boys grow up.  Like others of you, I scrutinise and Google every ache, twinge, pain etc to the point it is beginning to impact upon my enjoyment of 'life'. I hate the impact it is having and know that the worrying will make things worse but I am unsure how to get out of this cycle.  

I think it links back to a few years ago when I lost my grandparents within a month of each other and I went to see them in hospital. I myself also had a 2ww referral for my Liver last year which fortunately turned put to be a hemangioma.

Chinchops76

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  • You're definitely not alone. I am 24 and lost my grandad to bile duct cancer. He was diagnosed January 2019 and passed away last month. It completely changed my outlook on things and made me very paranoid that I was going to be diagnosed with a terminal condition any day, and I would leave my family & partner behind.. and I would google/scrutinise over the smallest things and convince myself I had terminal conditions.

     

    You are not alone and I understand your worries, especially with young children. I myself am trying to get over this fear so whilst I don't have any advice on how to do it, you're not alone and I'm glad I'm not either.

    Xxx

  • I keep on thinking the same things, and I had have worries about having cancer myself, seeing as my dad had cancer in 2011, and I wake up every night crying my eyes out, because I know it's scaring me. And it still does, but what can I do to stop my self from thinking that having a medical health issue is going to scare me for life if I keep on encouraging fear? Or not having a healthy diet? 

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  • I keep on thinking the same things, and I had have worries about having cancer myself, seeing as my dad had cancer in 2011, and I wake up every night crying my eyes out, because I know it's scaring me. And it still does, but what can I do to stop my self from thinking that having a medical health issue is going to scare me for life if I keep on encouraging fear? Or not having a healthy diet? 

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