lulululu
24-10-15, 19:59
I don't know how i managed to bring myself into this state but here we go. This subject might be bit TMI for some, but I would appreciate any of your input, if it could help calm me down.
These past few weeks, my health anxiety and anxiety in general has come back. I think it began when I went to my gyno to get a control PAP after having a LEEP done in march. The results came back fine, but the whole waiting and worrying hasn't left me.
So. This is my situation now; on my inner labia i have a brown 'mark'. It doesnt look like a mole, its more washed out, and I have had it (at least) since I was 18 (im 23, soon 24 now). Back then I panicked (as i am doing now) and had a doctor look at it - she said it was nothing. For some reason my fear for this is back now - i have convinced myself, that I have vulvar cancer/vulvar melanoma.:(
The mark hasnt changed, and when I googled 'melanosis labia' (a benign condition) it looks kind of similar. It hasnt changed in these last 5-6 years. Vulvar cancer is super rare and I'm in the wrong age group. Plus, I have - for other reasons - been seen by a gyno probably 7-8 times in the last 2 years. They didnt notice anything, but then again - I didnt point it out to them.
I really hope some of you good people can help me.
These past few weeks, my health anxiety and anxiety in general has come back. I think it began when I went to my gyno to get a control PAP after having a LEEP done in march. The results came back fine, but the whole waiting and worrying hasn't left me.
So. This is my situation now; on my inner labia i have a brown 'mark'. It doesnt look like a mole, its more washed out, and I have had it (at least) since I was 18 (im 23, soon 24 now). Back then I panicked (as i am doing now) and had a doctor look at it - she said it was nothing. For some reason my fear for this is back now - i have convinced myself, that I have vulvar cancer/vulvar melanoma.:(
The mark hasnt changed, and when I googled 'melanosis labia' (a benign condition) it looks kind of similar. It hasnt changed in these last 5-6 years. Vulvar cancer is super rare and I'm in the wrong age group. Plus, I have - for other reasons - been seen by a gyno probably 7-8 times in the last 2 years. They didnt notice anything, but then again - I didnt point it out to them.
I really hope some of you good people can help me.