flatterycat
24-02-19, 17:06
Hello
I am going through awful anxiety at the moment and convinced myself that I have bowed cancer. I am 50 years old, so I’m the right age group.
It all started in January when I over indulged in a meal while away and woke in the night and had sickness and diarrhoea. My stomach wasn’t right for a few days, but it seemed to get better. Then a week or two later I came home from work and had diarrhoea. At the time I was fine after and put it down to eating homemade broccoli soup. The same thing happened a couple of days later (again I’d had the soup) and then after that I had very loose stools for a few days. This settled down, however in that time I thought about BC and read that a change in bowel habits is a sign. I then developed a pain in my right side. Sometimes it’s below my right lower rib and other times I have right sided back when I move. I am also bloated and have a lot of gas.
This fear was still in in my head, but then seemed to pass until early this week when I have been consumed with it. My Nan was diagnosed with BC when she was around 80 so I have a family link. She was diagnosed because her only symptom was anaemia and this is what got me going again. I noticed that I have to keep taking in a deep breath and I know this is a sign of anaemia. I then started to obsessively check my eyelids and nails for signs of anaemia having read that if they are pale this can be a sign. Although my bowels aren’t too bad now I am scared that the diaorrea will start again. I have not seen any blood in my stools but I know it can be invisible.
I went to to my doctor and cried to her. She examined my stomach and then gave me an exam where she put her finger in my bum! She said everything felt absolutely fine and I started to feel calmer until she asked me when I’d last had blood tests done. I freaked out and asked her why, what had she felt. She said nothing, that the bloods might reassure me or point to a sensitivity. I asked her what she’d test and she said the usual: thyroid, Fbc, kidney and liver function. Again I got upset because I knew then that I could hear that I am anaemic which would confirm my fears. (I know anaemia is common, but it’s not good when you don’t have periods anymore). She said I didn’t have to have the blood tests and that she would write them up and if I wanted to have them, then to just call and they’d print the request off. She then added that she did it think any other tests were warranted based on her examination and told me that my take away message was that I didn’t have bowel cancer. I know she can’t tell me that from a simple stomach/ anal exam though.
so, that’s where I am. I keep wanting to go to A and E to get bloods done now to then swinging to not having the bloods done. I’ve read story after story about people who were diagnosed after a change in bowel habits or anaemia. The last time I had bloods were in early 2017, so a long time ago.
If if anyone can help me to get a grip on this I’d appreciate it so much. Having been a long time sufferer of HA I feel that I have gotten away with so much in the past and this time it will be something bad.
Thank you if if you have read this far.
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I am going through awful anxiety at the moment and convinced myself that I have bowed cancer. I am 50 years old, so I’m the right age group.
It all started in January when I over indulged in a meal while away and woke in the night and had sickness and diarrhoea. My stomach wasn’t right for a few days, but it seemed to get better. Then a week or two later I came home from work and had diarrhoea. At the time I was fine after and put it down to eating homemade broccoli soup. The same thing happened a couple of days later (again I’d had the soup) and then after that I had very loose stools for a few days. This settled down, however in that time I thought about BC and read that a change in bowel habits is a sign. I then developed a pain in my right side. Sometimes it’s below my right lower rib and other times I have right sided back when I move. I am also bloated and have a lot of gas.
This fear was still in in my head, but then seemed to pass until early this week when I have been consumed with it. My Nan was diagnosed with BC when she was around 80 so I have a family link. She was diagnosed because her only symptom was anaemia and this is what got me going again. I noticed that I have to keep taking in a deep breath and I know this is a sign of anaemia. I then started to obsessively check my eyelids and nails for signs of anaemia having read that if they are pale this can be a sign. Although my bowels aren’t too bad now I am scared that the diaorrea will start again. I have not seen any blood in my stools but I know it can be invisible.
I went to to my doctor and cried to her. She examined my stomach and then gave me an exam where she put her finger in my bum! She said everything felt absolutely fine and I started to feel calmer until she asked me when I’d last had blood tests done. I freaked out and asked her why, what had she felt. She said nothing, that the bloods might reassure me or point to a sensitivity. I asked her what she’d test and she said the usual: thyroid, Fbc, kidney and liver function. Again I got upset because I knew then that I could hear that I am anaemic which would confirm my fears. (I know anaemia is common, but it’s not good when you don’t have periods anymore). She said I didn’t have to have the blood tests and that she would write them up and if I wanted to have them, then to just call and they’d print the request off. She then added that she did it think any other tests were warranted based on her examination and told me that my take away message was that I didn’t have bowel cancer. I know she can’t tell me that from a simple stomach/ anal exam though.
so, that’s where I am. I keep wanting to go to A and E to get bloods done now to then swinging to not having the bloods done. I’ve read story after story about people who were diagnosed after a change in bowel habits or anaemia. The last time I had bloods were in early 2017, so a long time ago.
If if anyone can help me to get a grip on this I’d appreciate it so much. Having been a long time sufferer of HA I feel that I have gotten away with so much in the past and this time it will be something bad.
Thank you if if you have read this far.
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