moneakers 3 Posted September 6, 2017 This is a great topic! Let's see mine are/were: heart attack (as a teenager) brain tumor aortic aneurysm pancreatic cancer pancreatitis POTS random vessel in my abdomen bursting believing I would hemorrhage after I gave birth lymphoma parasites stomach cancer uterine prolapse And then all the ones I think about in passing but maybe don't actively worry about but am afraid I might get at some point. It's exhausting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nadalgaenger 25 Posted September 21, 2017 On September 5, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Holls said: The list kind of makes me cringe at how much if my life I worried about something listed. my ALS fear took seven months of my life and was by far the worst fear. I thought I had ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, stomach, HIV, cervical cancer, ALS, brain tumor, lupus, kidney disease and now bladder cancer. Thay all felt so real at the time. Wow, seven months is a long time. Did you have real "symptoms" of ALS or simply some twitching in the legs or something like so many. It's such a rare disease so I haven't feared it...YET! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holls 1505 Posted September 21, 2017 17 minutes ago, Nadalgaenger said: Wow, seven months is a long time. Did you have real "symptoms" of ALS or simply some twitching in the legs or something like so many. It's such a rare disease so I haven't feared it...YET! I had calf twitches and buzzing in my thigh. Even when my twitches went away I still was fearful. Yes I've never experienced anything like that before. I'm better but I still get triggered by ALS posts on here. I have to be very careful. Yes yes it is a rare disease but when I googled, it told me ALS so I saw that and didn't look back damn Google. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bailey 1 Posted September 22, 2017 These lists did make me feel a little better that I'm not the only one. I really just developed health anxiety about a month ago. Here's why: 8 years ago I was told I had a cyst in my right kidney. I had a CT scan for diverticulitis and they found the cyst. It was never mentioned again. Stupid me did a google search instead of asking the doctor about it and found out that certain types of cysts could be cancerous. Did I ask then? Nope. I just took my chances since I had no symptoms. Fast forward to this summer and I started having back pain and some flank pain but nothing serious and it didn't last long. The back pain then moved to my upper back and ribs. I decided I had Kidney cancer and rib cancer. Went to the ER. No bone cancer. Now I've decided I have kidney cancer and liver cancer. Although I do worry about other cancers, nothing has put me into such a state as my current cancer fear. I'm going crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hippo Chondria 0 Posted September 23, 2017 Heart valve defect Diabetes ( though this no longer keeps me up at night) Bladder cancer Prostate cancer Testicular cancer Brain tumor Bone cancer Sinus cancer Mouth cancer Throat cancer Leukemia Lymphoma Multiple myeloma Eye cancer Pancreatic cancer Liver cancer Melanoma Colorectal cancer Stomach cancer Plus all the additional female cancers when I worry about my wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olivet 37 Posted September 23, 2017 I forgot appendicitis and Lyme disease. My brother had both. (He's 100% fine now.) when I was worried about appendicitis I called him and within two seconds he was like "you don't have it." ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1 42 Posted September 25, 2017 Awesome survey! I'm really late to the party on this one. My list is surprisingly short. I make a distinction between the one-off thoughts that last less than a week, and list only the ones that have consumed months or years of my life: MS Esophageal Cancer Lung Cancer Currently: ALS & Nasal/Throat Cancer (I've had the ALS fear since I started twitching 19 months ago, haven't been able to shake it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blu74 14 Posted September 26, 2017 too many...I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot here.... stomach cancer/colon cancer/cancer in the stomach somewhere in general (after 22 yrs of tummy issues it's apparent it's nothing serious) Acoustic Neuroma (from left ear ringing, probably just tinnitus) Pancreatic Cancer Gallbladder cancer Kidney cancer Brain tumor, all kinds, I don't discriminate Skin cancer Uterine cancer/ovarian cancer (ruled out by negative tests) Heart problems (that's a new one because being over 40 chest pain is now seemingly always deadly in my world) Breast cancer (because....well, why not) and this is my favorite....when I was a very young teen I thought I had prostate cancer until I found out girls don't have a prostate. if there was a rotten tomatoes award for hypochondria that would be it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidP 15 Posted October 3, 2017 I saw that some things are repeating in many people... Today i added Diabetes as well to my list... i guess the blood tests i did a couple of months ago would have reveled it right ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoxieMoxie 316 Posted October 3, 2017 16 minutes ago, davidP said: I saw that some things are repeating in many people... Today i added Diabetes as well to my list... i guess the blood tests i did a couple of months ago would have reveled it right ? Absolutely. Unless you have drastically changed your eating habits or lifestyle since then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidP 15 Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, DoxieMoxie said: Absolutely. Unless you have drastically changed your eating habits or lifestyle since then. Well i did but towards the healthier/vegan way... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
