Clarice1
04-04-16, 21:29
Hello, I am new to posting here,
My health anxiety started a few years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer in my 20s, thankfully that is in remission and weirdly I dealt with that all fine, however since then I have obsessed about other cancers, you name it, breast cancer, lymphoma and now leukemia.
It started with tonsillitis that didn't clear up with penicillin, a second antibiotic didn't work (even though the bacterial infection was sensitive to it according to the lab) and now five weeks later just started more antibiotics.. so I start googling (always my downfall), I have been really tired recently, persistant infection, swollen lymph nodes, I have completely convinced myself I have leukemia.. had blood tests this morning, gp is concerned something is going on..
It's now half nine at night, I hope someone would have told me by now if I had blood cancer, I have read people are usually told the same day, going out of my mind with worry, dry mouth, anxious state, no idea how I even made it to work today.. I also have sore muscles, I imagine from anxiety..
Does anyone else get this fear? I am struggling a bit,
Thank you,
Claire
My health anxiety started a few years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer in my 20s, thankfully that is in remission and weirdly I dealt with that all fine, however since then I have obsessed about other cancers, you name it, breast cancer, lymphoma and now leukemia.
It started with tonsillitis that didn't clear up with penicillin, a second antibiotic didn't work (even though the bacterial infection was sensitive to it according to the lab) and now five weeks later just started more antibiotics.. so I start googling (always my downfall), I have been really tired recently, persistant infection, swollen lymph nodes, I have completely convinced myself I have leukemia.. had blood tests this morning, gp is concerned something is going on..
It's now half nine at night, I hope someone would have told me by now if I had blood cancer, I have read people are usually told the same day, going out of my mind with worry, dry mouth, anxious state, no idea how I even made it to work today.. I also have sore muscles, I imagine from anxiety..
Does anyone else get this fear? I am struggling a bit,
Thank you,
Claire