Re: List of all ilnesses you were certain you had.
My HA mainly revolves around brain tumours, so I can list some of the symptoms I've "attributed" to it over the years
1. Hairdryer gave off burning smell; I genuinely worried it was phantom in origin
2. Saw a weird light on the window of my house one night (to this day, there's never been an explanation for it...drum roll...ghosts?) but I worried it was occipital lobe seizure causing visual hallucination
3. Headaches of any variety
4. Forgetting colleagues name
5. Forgetting the brand name of certain drugs
6. Thinking I heard someone say my name
7. Brain zaps
8. The receptionist brought cream round to the dispensary, which had been sent up from the dispensary downstairs. He called my name but I either didn't respond or wasn't there. Worried this was an absence seizure
9. Many things similar to point 8, which I worried were absence seizures
10. Smelling things in dreams (e.g. worried it was a seizure)
11. There honestly are so many, but I can't really remember them all now
I have sometimes worried about other illnesses, but these are short-lived and infrequent.
1. Melanoma
2. Bowel cancer
3. Stomach cancer
This is a weird one. Legs are always cold, never worried because of family history of Raynaud's. Took blood pressure at ankle and my index was a bit low. BP at arm was ~135, at leg it was ~140. (Still within normal limits, but on the low-end, especialyl for a 25 year old non-smoking, non-diabetic male). But this wasn't "medically accurate" in that it needs to be taken simultaneously. Went to GP after I noticed dorsalis pedis pulse was absent. This is almost always a sign of PAD, although this pulse can be congenitally absent. Seeing as I'd never looked for it before, there was no way of verifying for certain that I had it before and it disappeared. GP confirmed the pulse was absent, but told me not to worry (!). I've mainly put this one out of my mind unless/until other pulses disappear...or a limb drops off.
Good luck
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