Jonesle
21-02-14, 20:59
Hi everyone,
Thinking back I've always been health anxious, I've obsessed over everything. I've imagined HIV, scabies, thought my chicken pox were herpes, my infected chicken pock(real word?) was going to go septic and I'd have to have my whole arm amputated and that's if I was lucky enough to make it through the night.
Anyway, recently I'm obsessed with skin cancer. I'm consistently checking my moles. Doctor looked at some and said they were fine, but he didn't check ALL of them. I'm looking at mine so much I imagine they've changed. I prod the one so much it hurts which makes me think it's itchy... I can't go on checking my moles every 3 hours (that's when I'm busy and go to the loo to check!)
How can I get past the "what if it really is" "what if it has changed" and how long do I wait to see if it has significantly change, will it then be too late?
Sorry for very long ranty message, hope all makes sense.
Thanks in advance for any replies
L xx
Thinking back I've always been health anxious, I've obsessed over everything. I've imagined HIV, scabies, thought my chicken pox were herpes, my infected chicken pock(real word?) was going to go septic and I'd have to have my whole arm amputated and that's if I was lucky enough to make it through the night.
Anyway, recently I'm obsessed with skin cancer. I'm consistently checking my moles. Doctor looked at some and said they were fine, but he didn't check ALL of them. I'm looking at mine so much I imagine they've changed. I prod the one so much it hurts which makes me think it's itchy... I can't go on checking my moles every 3 hours (that's when I'm busy and go to the loo to check!)
How can I get past the "what if it really is" "what if it has changed" and how long do I wait to see if it has significantly change, will it then be too late?
Sorry for very long ranty message, hope all makes sense.
Thanks in advance for any replies
L xx