Originally Posted by
Mello
So, found a lump on my pubic bone on Friday.
Had a typical HA episode, involving all the adults in the family. My other half swears he has one, his doesn't feel as big though, and mine is definitely a lump. It wasn't painful at all, but three days of trying and failing not to touch it has left me really sore. When he asked how I found it I had to admit to digging around in my hip area, but just generally poking and prodding I guess. This led me to google and you know what comes next! So went to the doctor today, I usually try not to pander to my anxiety but this is a lump. So the doctor felt it, said it just feels like bone but sent me for an X-ray anyway. When he said that I admit I freaked out on him and he said he really doesn't expect it to find anything but it has left me in a state. On the urgent referral form he wrote "kindly eliminate pathology". Please could you wonderful people talk to my sensible voice and help it shut the stupid health anxiety up as I can't take another 7 days of this.
Anxiety also obliges me to tell you I have dropped 2 dress sizes in a year with no effort. Sense allows me to tell you I lost my father in August last year and haven't really eaten properly since!
Ps the dr put me back on sertraline at my request and when I go back in 2 weeks I think I will ask about another round of CBT as that really helped last time I got this bad.
Thanks for listening.