Re: I still can't shake off cervical cancer anxiety
Originally Posted by
Anxietysufferer92
But I think she should've just said everything was fine, instead if it wasn't that much of a worry. I've never had these symptoms before and I am still saying goodbye to my family, trying to tell myself that I've lived my life and that if I die, it will not be an issue. I am in such a mess guys! I still have a deep feeling that I have cancer and by the time it is diagnosed, it'll be too late. My boy is going to be left without a mum. I lost my mum when I was young and I don't want to leave him. He needs me to care for him
For me, this is your real issue. This is why you have health anxiety.
It's common for women to have issues with our bits - lumps, bumps, spotting etc - and it is rarely due to cancer.
I think your GP has given you good advice but you do have the right to a second opinion or to request further testing. It's a question of weighing up what it necessary and what is simply feeding into your HA.
What you shouldn't be doing is Googling because it only ever hypes up anxiety, and no matter what symptoms you put in - Google will come up with cancer.
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