Originally Posted by
paranoid-viking
As a man I know absolutely nothing about periods, but such discomfort is common - I think - without it being the sign of the worst cancer known to mankind. I have had similar pain in the places you mention, fearing it may be pancreatic cancer.
One good advice is to stop googling as it will only make your fear worse; and DONT - I repeat DONT visit cancer forum. Many do that for reasurrance but end up with the oposite.
Many of the hypocondriacs posing questions there are wrongfully asuming that victims and their families/friends knows more about medicine than the doctors; but they dont. Maybe some think they do but not. You may get confirmation biases and stories of people suffering with stomach issues and that they found PC 20 years later. Reading cancer forums when you are scared can be exremely harmfull so dont do it.
Hovewe it is easier said than done. I should not talk as I am looking at those forums; but out of respect for the patients I am not posting anything there, just reading. And it has done me no good; thats for sure.