Vet
27-10-15, 18:06
I have suffered from anxiety for many years but have always been able to cope with it but it's now spiralling out of control and is taking over my life.
It all started when I felt a slight numbness in my left leg and hand, straight away I thought I'd had a stroke or was having a heart attack. This I normally counter by a quick visit to the doctors who then reassures me everything is fine. This normally happens once a year. This time he sent me for blood tests , tested blood pressure etc and all was fine, low and behold the symptoms then went away.
At the same time I had what I thought was an abscess so went to the dentist. He gave me anti biotics and said if they didn't work he'd have to more investigations. This sent me into a panic and had me researching oral cancer and despite me having none of the symptons as even the lump is different had me covinced I had cancer. The lump hasn't cleared up and when I went back today he told me that he thought it could be a dead root and was going to refer me to a specialist. I asked him if it was anything to worry about and he said no but could be if I leave it. This has now convinced me that it is indeed cancer and this afternoon the numbness I was encountering came back worse than ever.
I have never felt so low and am trawling the internet all day looking up oral cancer. It's now stopping me from living my normal life and I've stopped exercising and playing golf and just sit there as I'm on holiday from work this week trawling the Internet .
What can I do to stop feeling like this it's taking over my life. I should also say that my doctor wants me to see a neurologist because of the numbness. The strange thing is that's not worrying me at all mainly because I think the numbness is in my head. It will be several weeks before I get my dental referral and really can't feel like this for the next few weeks.
Sorry for the length of this post.
It all started when I felt a slight numbness in my left leg and hand, straight away I thought I'd had a stroke or was having a heart attack. This I normally counter by a quick visit to the doctors who then reassures me everything is fine. This normally happens once a year. This time he sent me for blood tests , tested blood pressure etc and all was fine, low and behold the symptoms then went away.
At the same time I had what I thought was an abscess so went to the dentist. He gave me anti biotics and said if they didn't work he'd have to more investigations. This sent me into a panic and had me researching oral cancer and despite me having none of the symptons as even the lump is different had me covinced I had cancer. The lump hasn't cleared up and when I went back today he told me that he thought it could be a dead root and was going to refer me to a specialist. I asked him if it was anything to worry about and he said no but could be if I leave it. This has now convinced me that it is indeed cancer and this afternoon the numbness I was encountering came back worse than ever.
I have never felt so low and am trawling the internet all day looking up oral cancer. It's now stopping me from living my normal life and I've stopped exercising and playing golf and just sit there as I'm on holiday from work this week trawling the Internet .
What can I do to stop feeling like this it's taking over my life. I should also say that my doctor wants me to see a neurologist because of the numbness. The strange thing is that's not worrying me at all mainly because I think the numbness is in my head. It will be several weeks before I get my dental referral and really can't feel like this for the next few weeks.
Sorry for the length of this post.