Developed new symptoms

[Reilly 8]

It's been a hectic couple months HA wise, I'm sure may have become fully aware of this because of my frequent posting lol. In may I had breast cancer and MS at the same time, after that I had meningitis, then a brain tumor, then sarcoma, and now I'm on MS again. Over the last couple weeks I've developed a spot on my foot that feels like it's vibrating and then tenses up. I also have random sharp pains in side and pain in my hip. They are all on the left side which is an odd coincidence. There's always something wrong with me and I don't know what to do or how to get passed it. Every time I post I feel better for a couple days but I always find myself in a slump again.

[DoxieMoxie 316]

34 minutes ago, Reilly said:

It's been a hectic couple months HA wise, I'm sure may have become fully aware of this because of my frequent posting lol. In may I had breast cancer and MS at the same time, after that I had meningitis, then a brain tumor, then sarcoma, and now I'm on MS again. Over the last couple weeks I've developed a spot on my foot that feels like it's vibrating and then tenses up. I also have random sharp pains in side and pain in my hip. They are all on the left side which is an odd coincidence. There's always something wrong with me and I don't know what to do or how to get passed it. Every time I post I feel better for a couple days but I always find myself in a slump again.

Yeah me too.  Sorry to hear that.  I'm trying hard to use Marks acceptance approach, but still a work in progress.  I think it just takes time.   Hang in there.  We are all in this together.   

[bin_tenn 1252]

You feel better, for a short time, when you post because you get your thoughts and fears out, and you also get reassurance. Typical of HA - that was me for a long time. Nearly everyone who posts regularly here has the same problem. You're finding temporary but measurable relief in posting.

Instead of running to the forum, can you try journaling? Write your fears down in a personal notebook, and don't post them on the forum. We are more than happy to help, but avoiding posting for a while, and instead "posting" in a private journal, will likely provide much of the same relief.

Write down what you fear, and why. Then write down why you *shouldn't* fear it. Reassure yourself. Then, later on when that same fear returns, to back to the journal and read every entry about that fear. You won't even need to write about it anymore; you'll just find relief in reading your past thoughts.

[Mark G 1187]

I had breast cancer and MS at the same time, after that I had meningitis, then a brain tumor, then sarcoma, and now I'm on MS again

See that vicious circle?  It has gone full circle and a good example of how it works right there. With anxiety, you never have a specific self diagnosis for too long.. it weakens as nothing else happens.  It takes a lot of mental energy to keep up these thought reactions and as anxiety is reactionary based, the idea fades with time.  Anxiety then abandons it and goes searching for another ailment, an ailment that will produce more fear.  Eventually you simply run out of ailments that you have knowledge and anxiety reverts back to the first ailment which by this time, has ramped up more potential fear as it has not been thought about for a while.

Over the last couple weeks I've developed a spot on my foot that feels like it's vibrating and then tenses up.

That sounds like a knot or trigger point firing.  I have one on my shoulder blade that i have had on and off since i can remember.

I also have random sharp pains in side and pain in my hip. They are all on the left side which is an odd coincidence

I know exactly what you're thinking regarding that, abandon the thought, it's wrong.

Every time I post I feel better for a couple days but I always find myself in a slump again.

This is normal, it's the same when you visit a doctor and he tells you that you're ok.  It's the reassurance that gives you temporary relief.  Then the doubt starts right? Your own reassurance is the way to go and an area you can work on.

[bin_tenn 1252]

There goes @Mark G, making more sense and breaking it down further than I do - again!  Jkjk. Thanks for doing so - I'm not always the best at explaining things in such detail. xD

[Reilly 8]

Great explaining from the both of you! I don't know what I'd do without this site and the people on it 

[Holls 1505]

10 hours ago, bin_tenn said:

You feel better, for a short time, when you post because you get your thoughts and fears out, and you also get reassurance. Typical of HA - that was me for a long time. Nearly everyone who posts regularly here has the same problem. You're finding temporary but measurable relief in posting.

Instead of running to the forum, can you try journaling? Write your fears down in a personal notebook, and don't post them on the forum. We are more than happy to help, but avoiding posting for a while, and instead "posting" in a private journal, will likely provide much of the same relief.

Write down what you fear, and why. Then write down why you *shouldn't* fear it. Reassure yourself. Then, later on when that same fear returns, to back to the journal and read every entry about that fear. You won't even need to write about it anymore; you'll just find relief in reading your past thoughts.

I started doing this.. it does help a lot!! It's easy when you see your fears written down and all the symptoms you have that come and go with each fear. I also write just on one page alllllllllll of the things I think I have had.. it's long and It makes me see how irrational my thoughts are. 

[biokid23 5]

If it helps, the foot thing used to happen to me. I'd feel like part of my foot was tingly, and sometimes one of my toes would feel like it was tingly/lacking sensation. In the end, I realized it was my shoes. I switched and found my problem went away. 

When I was younger I would also get the pain in the side that would come and go. I never saw a doctor, and for what it is worth, I am still alive and well. I think our mind can trick us, sometimes very effectively. If I am worried about skin cancer, my skin itches. If I am worried about asbestos or Tb, it becomes hard to breathe.

[Mark G 1187]

3 hours ago, bin_tenn said:

here goes @Mark G, making more sense and breaking it down further than I do - again!

Haha, sorry mate, that wasn't my intention