gabes
29-11-07, 01:20
I haven't posted in a while but over the last 2 weeks a number of symptoms have started to pop up. I went to the ENT because I've had this throat clearing issue that won’t go away. He didn't see anything wrong other than my existing acid reflux and put me on a new medication. But then he says "you should probably get an upper GI just to make sure." I say "make sure of what?" He says Barrets Esophogus, and proceeds to explain that it’s something that could be pre-cancerous. That did it for me. I was terrified to Google it so I called my sister and had her do it for me. She did, and said I'm crazy if I think I have that, as the pre-cancerous part of it is one of the rarest cancers in the western world. But I'm still obsessing about it! And now I have this tingling on the right side of my scalp! I've succeeded in convincing myself that I have a brain tumor too! I went to dinner with a friend and we have a mutual acquaintance in our industry who has Lou Gherig's disease. He was telling me how badly he has been declining. I couldn’t even listen to it!
I have been very stressed lately, my 1.5 year old had pneumonia, my mothers health is failing, money is always an issue, and on...........
I just wish I could use the energy I spend obsessing about my health, on solving or improving some other areas of my life. But it just takes over and paralyzes me.
Has anyone else experienced the tingling? I’m really worried about it.
I have been very stressed lately, my 1.5 year old had pneumonia, my mothers health is failing, money is always an issue, and on...........
I just wish I could use the energy I spend obsessing about my health, on solving or improving some other areas of my life. But it just takes over and paralyzes me.
Has anyone else experienced the tingling? I’m really worried about it.