joeyr
19-12-17, 07:44
I have a hard lump that's come up out of seemingly nowhere on my forehead over the last 2/3 weeks I think - it's really hard, like bone, and you can't move it - about the size of a pea. The skin moves over it. I got an appointment with the doctor yesterday but he was an hour behind in appointments and kind of just felt it and said not to worry abut it and if it gets bigger to come back, and then rushed me out. I actually asked him what it was, and he just said 'nothing to worry about, now go and have a nice Christmas.'
I got home, and Googled. So now I'm back to square one, worrying about the lump. I know though that I'm worrying because of my OCD/Health Anxiety, which I've had CBT for and it's helped but I can feel myself falling down a bit of a spiral. My brain is telling me that I've been to the doctor, he wasn't worried and I should now just get on with my life and forget about it. I had an MRI scan of my brain last year for something unrelated so surely something would have shown up then if it was serious. But somewhere I'm imagining worst case scenarios and panicking. I'm facing Christmas just thinking of this and starting to feel depressed. I just wonder how a doctor can tell between something serious and something not serious in just 3 seconds, and I suppose his reluctance to speak to me and reassure me hasn't helped in me feeling like this.
I suppose I'm looking for some reassurance in how you believe your doctor with something like this, and don't always just keep looking for the diagnosis (even online) that you're expecting. How can I calm myself down?
Any help would be wonderful, thank you.
I got home, and Googled. So now I'm back to square one, worrying about the lump. I know though that I'm worrying because of my OCD/Health Anxiety, which I've had CBT for and it's helped but I can feel myself falling down a bit of a spiral. My brain is telling me that I've been to the doctor, he wasn't worried and I should now just get on with my life and forget about it. I had an MRI scan of my brain last year for something unrelated so surely something would have shown up then if it was serious. But somewhere I'm imagining worst case scenarios and panicking. I'm facing Christmas just thinking of this and starting to feel depressed. I just wonder how a doctor can tell between something serious and something not serious in just 3 seconds, and I suppose his reluctance to speak to me and reassure me hasn't helped in me feeling like this.
I suppose I'm looking for some reassurance in how you believe your doctor with something like this, and don't always just keep looking for the diagnosis (even online) that you're expecting. How can I calm myself down?
Any help would be wonderful, thank you.