WorriedBloke
06-08-13, 11:14
I am 41 years old and male and live in the UK. For most of my life I have suffered from health anxiety.
I have mainly been worried about cancer during most of my adult life.
In my head like most of you I have at one point or other decided had cancer in every conceivable place in my body.
I had a scare a few months ago because I had been having awful Neuro sensory symptoms for months and was convinced I had a brain tumor or MS. I had an MRI and that was clear and suprise surprise, my symptoms soon disapeared. It was likely all caused by my anxiety.
However, just a few months on from that and feeling so much better I started getting an ache/pressure in my anus. After a week I saw a doctor and they did a rectal digit exam and couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary. I was told to take some painkillers and come back if it didn't go away or it got worse. A week later it was much worse. I went to the doctors and saw a different doctor and he did the same exam and again couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary. He said to come back again in a couple of weeks if it was no better.
I then went on holiday for a couple of weeks and the pain/ache has got worse and is constant. I have just seen another doctor today and they felt a 'fold in my bowel wall'. She later referred to it as a lump.
I have been referred for an urgent sigmoidoscopy.
Being a sufferer of health anxiety this is my WORST NIGHTMARE.
I am soooo terrified that it's cancer. In fact, I am convinced that it is cancer. My mother is 67 and is recovering from Colon Cancer so it's in my family.
It's going to take up to 2 weeks for an appointment and I really don't know how I am going to cope with the wait to find out for sure what is wrong with me.
I have mainly been worried about cancer during most of my adult life.
In my head like most of you I have at one point or other decided had cancer in every conceivable place in my body.
I had a scare a few months ago because I had been having awful Neuro sensory symptoms for months and was convinced I had a brain tumor or MS. I had an MRI and that was clear and suprise surprise, my symptoms soon disapeared. It was likely all caused by my anxiety.
However, just a few months on from that and feeling so much better I started getting an ache/pressure in my anus. After a week I saw a doctor and they did a rectal digit exam and couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary. I was told to take some painkillers and come back if it didn't go away or it got worse. A week later it was much worse. I went to the doctors and saw a different doctor and he did the same exam and again couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary. He said to come back again in a couple of weeks if it was no better.
I then went on holiday for a couple of weeks and the pain/ache has got worse and is constant. I have just seen another doctor today and they felt a 'fold in my bowel wall'. She later referred to it as a lump.
I have been referred for an urgent sigmoidoscopy.
Being a sufferer of health anxiety this is my WORST NIGHTMARE.
I am soooo terrified that it's cancer. In fact, I am convinced that it is cancer. My mother is 67 and is recovering from Colon Cancer so it's in my family.
It's going to take up to 2 weeks for an appointment and I really don't know how I am going to cope with the wait to find out for sure what is wrong with me.