Hello,
I’m in a bit of a pickle and I’m not sure where else I can turn at the minute.
For starters I struggle really badly with health anxiety, to the extent where I won’t believe anything the doctors tell me and am constantly worried they’ve missed something. I’m only 18 years old so I’m worrying my life away.
Long story short, I’ve been having chest pain for a while now, I can’t actually remember how long it’s been. It’s more on the left side, sometimes right, and it’s sometimes dull, sometimes very sharp and electric shock like, lasting between a second, and then longer at other times, and it comes and goes at random times. I’ve had an ECG and bloods taken and doctors said it’s not cardiac. I had a chest x-ray yesterday, and am currently waiting for the results.
I also have had a very annoying dull aching in my left arm since around March. I’ve been told it’s golfers elbow, and that my joints are hypermobile. It comes and goes again at random times, and it can range from being in my elbow, to being down my wrist and thumb/fingers and up the inner side of my upper arm. I also recently developed extreme sharp lower back pains which left me screaming in agony.
Without already being a hypochondriac, these past 2 weeks I’ve completely lost my appetite (which is very uncommon for me, as even when going through anxious and stressful periods I’ve never lost my appetite) and have felt very nauseous. To make matters even worse, I’ve found two swollen, rubbery lymph nodes in my groin, and one larger rubbery node under my jaw on the left side. My doctor has checked the two in my groin, and said it feels like they could be veins, and the one in my neck is probably due to an illness or infection and that they “don’t feel like lyphoma”. I haven’t had an illness or infection that I know of. I’ve also lost 4lbs in 5 weeks without trying to lose weight, so I’m not sure if that’s significant or not. I feel groggy and tired most days and have bouts of panic which do leave me abit breathless, but have always put this down to general anxiety.
Now, I’m not sure if all of this is linked or not, but I’ve been googling (naughty, I know) and some people have said arm pain and chest pain were some of their symptoms. I’m no longer sure what pain is what, and I’m confused as to what I can do. If there’s any advice from anyone I’d love to hear it.. Feeling very fed up :(
