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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  • thankfully not fiagnosed with any cancers yet, but anxiety has me absolutely convinced that i have leukemia and that i am dying lol. incredibly frustrating as  i find a lot of the symptoms i experience with anxiety line up with symptoms of leukemia so it's like i'm living in constant fear of my own fear...... going back into lockdown so i doubt i'll be seeing any doctors about this soon and won't be able to talk to anyone until january. need to stop googling my symptoms !!!

  • Hi hope you don't mind me contacting you. I have just come across your response above and suffering exactly the same as you with health anxiety thinking I have Leukaemia I have all the symptoms too and I know I shouldn't google. What were you symptoms? Did you see a doctor? It's taking over life and I can't cope anymore.. 

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    Hi Hayley,

    A very warm welcome to our forum. If you think you have leukaemia, have you seen your GP about this. Googling is never a good thing to do, as it can play havoc with your imagination. Please discuss how you feel with your GP, as it sounds like you need help to overcome these fears.

    Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

     

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    Hi Hayley,

    A very warm welcome to our forum. If you think you have leukaemia, have you seen your GP about this. Googling is never a good thing to do, as it can play havoc with your imagination. Please discuss how you feel with your GP, as it sounds like you need help to overcome these fears.

    Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

     

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