Have I got rectal cancer?

[MyNameIsTerry]

So, if the hangover option is rational, isn't the apple pie one too? So, all that is left is anxiety.

Now you have the choice to put your conscious mind into the apple pie conclusion and tell yourself the rest if anxiety and whilst it is uncomfortable it has not rational basis when it comes to cancer therefore it adds no evidence for or against and certainly does not outrank a scan from a specialist or a doctor's professional opinion of your history & symptoms.

Now turn to things to get you away from obsessing and on with something more normal and healthy. Let it pass. Then you can look back and know it was just about the unpleasant feelings it gave you.

[Toby2000]

So, if the hangover option is rational, isn't the apple pie one too? So, all that is left is anxiety.

Now you have the choice to put your conscious mind into the apple pie conclusion and tell yourself the rest if anxiety and whilst it is uncomfortable it has not rational basis when it comes to cancer therefore it adds no evidence for or against and certainly does not outrank a scan from a specialist or a doctor's professional opinion of your history & symptoms.

Now turn to things to get you away from obsessing and on with something more normal and healthy. Let it pass. Then you can look back and know it was just about the unpleasant feelings it gave you.

I've now thought it may in part be the apple pie, but if it's not that could it be the Sertraline?

I went from 100-150mg 10 days ago and felt alright/didn't notice any side effects but I suppose the stomach aches started 7-8 days in

Should I just take 100mg from now on? I can do this because they give you 100mg and 50mg to take together, but I can just take an 100 or two 50s

This situation is so messy

[BlueIris]

Bodies do stuff. I have a stomach ache myself right now; it's annoying but it's not a massive deal, I don't particularly care what caused it (probably unhealthy eating) and it won't stop me doing anything I want today.

[Scass]

What if I don't?

Can colon cancer cause actual stomach ​aches? It's not like intestinal cramps, it feels like it's my stomach that's upset

You have to stop thinking negatively about everything, it just makes it worse.

[Toby2000]

to both Iris and Scass

This feels like a massive deal because it links in to the rest of my problems and above all else it's so annoying, I don't get why I still have it

yeah I know it makes it worse, I'd hate for it to turn psychosomatic or something

It's driving me mad thinking about it

[BlueIris]

You still have it because these things don't resolve instantly, that's all. It might feel like a big deal, but it isn't.

[Quinn1]

Just over 12months and 240 pages,if you had Any form of Cancer You would be Very ill by now.
Seriously,you need to get some treatment.

[brucealmighty]

Just over 12months and 240 pages,if you had Any form of Cancer You would be Very ill by now.
Seriously,you need to get some treatment.

yes. 100%

I asked a while back about this thread being locked, stopped or generally put out of its misery as we`re now back to the same patterns from last year. Is any of this helping the OP, or any of the people replying who are trying to offer ideas and support?

way back in the thread I recall the OP light heartedly saying `imagine if this became the biggest thread ever?` as if it was all a big joke, maybe it`s time to pull the plug on this routine for a while?

your anxiety, boredom, or fear of adulthood is the problem here Toby, not some undiagnosed mass somewhere in your body.

[MyNameIsTerry]

I've now thought it may in part be the apple pie, but if it's not that could it be the Sertraline?

I went from 100-150mg 10 days ago and felt alright/didn't notice any side effects but I suppose the stomach aches started 7-8 days in

Should I just take 100mg from now on? I can do this because they give you 100mg and 50mg to take together, but I can just take an 100 or two 50s

This situation is so messy

It could be your med increase but if it only came on after eating the apple pie it's more likely that so why mess around with your med for potentially nothing?

Besides side effects from a med increase will go and unless they are unbearable you would try to push through to the other side of them anyway.

[Toby2000]

You still have it because these things don't resolve instantly, that's all. It might feel like a big deal, but it isn't.

Above all else it's just dragging my mood down