Health anxiety!!!

Hi I'm 16 years old and I've been experiencing weird pains in my pelvis bone which has radiated to the bone at the top of my left thigh and occasionally down my left leg with a dull ache. I've felt this for a month now and also discovered a small rise on my left hip, unsure if it's a lump or not but  soon after followed some trouble with my bowel movement. One week I had constipation the next Diarrhea, currently on week 3 of my disrupted bowel movement with mild Diarrhea. I'm due an appointment on Monday to do some test with my gp and I'm quite scared. For the past month I've been guilty of googling all most every day and making myself believe I have certain cancer's and life threatening illness's, part of me has wondered maybe my bowel movement has been disrupted because of the anxiety and stress which I'm under 24/7 having just left school with no exams to do and all my hard work going down the drain has caused me to become a bit depressed but my brain won't let me think of anything but the worst!

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    Hi Eleanor,

    Welcome to our forum.  I am so sorry to hear about your symptoms and, sincerely hope that, at your age, these are nothing serious. I am glad to hear that you have an appointment on Monday to see your GP for some tests. You are not the only person to be feeling depressed at all that is happening with the current pandemic, but i can understand why you are feeling as you do. I am sure that all the hard work you put in before school closed down, will still stand you in good stead.

    Please try and steer clear of 'Dr Google'. It is never a good idea to google at all. You will only scare yourself even more, as much of the information there is poorly researched, out of date and aimed at the spectacular.

    I hope that your GP can give you reassurance that there is nothing untoward wrong. Do please let us know how you get on on Monday.

    Keeping my fingers crossed for good news!

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx