List of all ilnesses you were certain you had.

[carriewriting]

Here's mine from 15 years of health anxiety :(

Breast cancer (several times a year)
Ovarian cancer (several times a year)
Stomach cancer (last year due to reflux)
Pancreatic cancer (due to gallstones)
Throat cancer (due to reflux)
Liver cancer (due to spots on my liver that a million tests show are benign)
Skin cancer (benign sun spots)
Toenail cancer (bruise on toe)
Heart problems (before I knew I had health anxiety)
DVT (every time I fly)
Any time I get a bruise!
Lump in thigh (harmless lipoma)
Lump in neck (harmless lipoma)
Lump in mouth (saliva gland)
HIV (after a biopsy taken from an endoscopy came back showing inflammation)
Dementia (after I forgot someone's name in a meeting)
Pulmonary Fibrosis (to be fair, my mum died from it)
Multiple Myeloma (my current worry due to a slightly elevated blood protein result)

The only cancer I don't worry about is bowel cancer. I get screened regularly as my dad and his brother had it so I'm confident that would be picked up early enough.

I also worry about my kids health.

GP tried to put me on anxiety meds but I'm too afraid to take them!

Reading all this makes me realise I need to get back to therapy asap!

[Libra96]

All the illnesses my mind and Dr Google convinced me I had when I didn't:
-breast cancer
-ovarian cancer
-bowel cancer
-brain tumour
- MS
-diabetes
-hyperthyroidism
-IBS
-bladder cancer
-kidney infection
-heart conditions

And to extend it even more, conditions I was convinced my loved ones had:
-heart conditions
- meningitis
- ovarian cancer
-testicular cancer

I think Google was really the one behind all of this - but my mind can never convince me otherwise.

[Kiko22]

Started 7 years ago with health anxiety:
September 2012/17 years old : my grampa passed away from lung cancer and for me it was the start of health anxiety... Obviously I started with lung cancer... Fear went away on its own
August 2013 /18 years old: breast cancer (went away after a clear ultrasound)
August 2014 was the beginning of the end for me /19 years old: again breast cancer (it went away after Two clear ultrasounds... But these showed slightly enlarged lymphnodes)
August 2015: SM fear (didn't went away even after a neurological exam.. Yes, I started to question doctors, you guessed right)
September 2015/20 years old: after a persistent fever I convinced myself I had lymphoma (remembering my enlarged lymphnodes)
August 2016 : breast cancer again (went away after an appointment with my breast surgeon that assured that my lymphnodes were now fine... So lymphoma went magically away too)
All thoughout 2016/2017 : brain cancer/SM (went away with therapy that cancelled all my symptoms... The power of magic! &#128514
December 2018: 23 years old: breast cancer... Again! Went away on its own
May 2019/current time : skin cancer... Obsessing over a mole that has changed and that I hurt a lot of times "to see better its shape" and still hurts sometimes. Saw 2 dermatologists who looked at it with the dermathoscope and said it was completely normal.
I diagnosed myself (with the help of Dr Google of course) with nodular melanoma and metastasis
Waiting for it to go away too...
As you can see, my health anxiety has taken all my college years, years that won't come back and that I should have enjoyed😭

[BetterDaysAhead]

Heart Failure 2015
DVT In leg 2016
Colon Cancer 2017
Pancreatic Cancer 2017
Stomach Cancer 2017
Brain Tumor 2019
Brain Ann. 2019
Heart Attack 2019
Heart Failure 2019
Some kind of digestive cancer once again 2019
And now some type of cancer that is making my arm pit on one side hurt/breast cancer (male cancer)(history of gynecomastia and a finasteride user) - 2019-present

My life is being ruined by this, starting seeing someone for the problem, but lots of work still needed.

[LouiseAndy]

Thought I've had:
ovarian cancer
bowel cancer
brain tumour
lots of different skin/soft tissue cancers
Kidney Cancer (Okay, this one was for a good reason and had lots of test- probs closet to life issue I had!)
Pancreatic cancer
Lymphoma
There's probs more but this is what comes to mind!

I'm still slightly stuck on a heart conditions but otherwise I'm doing well!

[Hijikata]

Could probably fill a book tbh.

currently ALS (which is funny because it seems a pretty common one but I’ve never given it a second though before because of how rare it is)

brain tumor (4 or 5 times) - but I do get incredibly bad thunderclap headaches in the back of my head.
leukemia (3 times)
lymphoma
spinal tumor (twice) - actually do have a slipped disc in my lumbar which has made my left leg go a little bit numb to the touch
pancrearic cancer (3 times)
colon cancer (had a colonoscopy because I did have blood both visible and occult) turned out to be henmeroids
melanoma (so many times)
bone cancer
stomach cancer (3 times)
mutliple myeloma

probably a bunch more that I can’t remember, but brain tumors have been the most consistent. However this ALS fear is most definitely the worst and deepest I’ve been. It’s been a very hard couple of weeks

[Rennles]

Oh man, my list is a looong one..

ALS
Brain tumor
Lymphoma
Bowel Cancer
Bowel Obstruction
Pancreatic Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Oral Cancer
Throat Cancer
Spinal Cancer
Skin Cancer
Bone Cancer
Ectopic Pregnancy
Appendicitis
Meningitis
Anaphylaxis

I know there are more, I just can’t think of them. These are the main ones. Most of these were within the last few months.

[NotDeadYet]

I'm happy that is my first post on No More Panic. Here it is:

Appendicitis
Pancreatitis
Pancreatic Cancer (This lasted for 5 years)
Lymphoma
Spinal Cancer
Fibromyalgia
Melanoma
Glaucoma
Carcinoid Tumor
Arterial Dissection
Aortic Aneurysm
Kidney Cancer
Adrenal Cancer
Liver Cancer
Gallstones
Bladder Cancer
Colon Cancer

Health Anxiety is a beast. Thank goodness for therapy and caring physicians.

[Wtf]

Let's see...let's start with what probably began me on my HA path 4 years ago

Testicular cancer (hydrocele)
Diabetes (I drink a lot of liquid)
Stomach cancer (lipoma just below my rib cage...I should talk to my GP about having it removed)
Heart failure/ disease (nothing)
Lung cancer(I just suck at running and breathing technique)
Went quite for a while now we are at my current ones
Stomach cancer again
Esophagus cancer
Bowel cancer
Brain tumor
Thanks Google!

My doctor is going to have me committed

[willll]

• Lymphoma (reactive/scarred lymph nodes on the back of my head due to folliculitis)
• Leukemia (sweating, turned out to be nothing)
• Lupus (facial flushing, sweating, anxiety)
• Diabetes (nothing)
• Bone cancer (shin splints)
• Brain tumor (migraine)
• Stomach ulcers (IBS)
• ALS (benign fasciculation syndrome)
• MS (benign fasciculation syndrome)
• Lung cancer (nothing; anxiety induced shortness of breath)
• Oral cancer (cold sore)
• Pancreatic Cancer (IBS)

Probably way more that I can't remember off the top of my head, but these were the main ones. Thinking back, Im glad I can laugh at myself for believing some of these.