A few days ago, I posted about the weird symptoms I've been experiencing. It's all been going on for a couple of months now. I've had blood work (normal other than anemia), chest x-ray (normal), and am scheduled for an MRI of my brain this Friday (freaking out about that). I've always had low hemoglobin because I have beta thalassemia minor, but now it's lower than normal at 9.6. My ferritin is at 5. My hematologist seems pretty concerned with this and now wants me to see a gastroenterologist to get an endoscopy and maybe a colonoscopy to see if I'm bleeding internally. So now on top of worrying about MS or a brain tumor, I'm freaking out about the possibility of stomach or colon cancer. I just feel totally doomed. I have two kids and I can barely function to take care of them because I'm so scared. I've just been crying constantly. I want to get these tests over with and have some answers, but I won't even know when my GI appointment will be for another 1-2 weeks and then they still have to schedule the tests! What if it's too late by then? I've been told in the past that I have GERD and I've been on Nexium for it for quite some time and also a history of gallstones, but now I'm worried the GERD has been cancer all along. Any advice at all? Has anyone been through anything similar with the iron deficiency? I had a miscarriage 3 months ago and lost a lot of blood, but the hematologist doesn't believe my iron deficiency could be caused by that.
I've had more discomfort lately in my upper abdomen, but thought it was from my anxiety. Now I'm afraid it's something worse. I've also been feeling off balance, constant tinnitus for the last two months, pins and needles (especially left hand), sore neck and upper back, etc. etc. The list seems to go on and on. I have never felt this bad. I'm only 27.. this is ridiculous.