My Current Numerous Worries

[utrocket09]

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Tonight I'm focusing on this thumb freckle mark. It's new and it feels like I could attempt to scratch it off as it's slightly raised. My cat does scratch me a lot but I think it looks like a freckle/mole.

It's a mark..hardly anything to get worked up about. Go celebrate the holiday.

[helenhoo]

I feel like I might scratch it off but scared to do so in case it's a melanoma

[utrocket09]

I feel like I might scratch it off but scared to do so in case it's a melanoma

Helen...this is going to sound harsh but...

GET REAL. THAT LITTLE SCRATCH IS HARDLY A MELANOMA.

You really need to find something to occupy your time during the holiday.

[helenhoo]

Now I'm worrying my ankle and foot is oedema or because of a clot. The ache itself is possibly easing off but the swollen is still there

[ErinKC]

Helen. It's Christmastime and you have a little one. Try, try, try to enjoy it. I am so regretful that I wasted so much of my daughter's younger years with anxiety and mine was never as bad as yours appears to be. I've had pain and swelling in that area many times from wearing bad shoes or just new shoes that slightly changed the way I walked. You don't have anything but a sore tendon/muscle. You don't have melanoma or anything else. You have anxiety and you're letting it ruin your life. That's the scary thing. That's it. Please treat it. Please.

[helenhoo]

Erin can you please DM me, I'm struggling.

[ErinKC]

I just messaged you.

[Fishmanpa]

Helen. It's Christmastime and you have a little one. Try, try, try to enjoy it.

Honestly, this was my first thought.

Reb, really.... after all these years and countless threads with the same patterns over and over.... You're a parent now. It's Christmastime. Somewhere, deep inside, beyond what we see here, there HAS to be a shred of rationality and will power. For once, try to listen to reality and rationality and reassure yourself. Think of it like a Christmas present for yourself as well as one for your family and all those on the forum that have offered countless replies of rationality and reassurance through the years. For once, make a post that show us and yourself that you really do possess that inner fortitude to stand up to your dragon.

Positive thoughts

[Carys]

This , above !

[helenhoo]

I've been a little better with ankle but it's sore alongside side of the foot and around the ankle. I'm sure I felt I felt it pop a little earlier too. I obviously worry its bone cancer but the pain does ease and swelling goes down when I use ice. I'm still walking on it but not wearing the boots.

So, it's around ankle and alongside inside of the foot but swelling is ankle based