Hi everyone
I am going to just put this into some context, my cousin who I was close to died from a brain tumour when we were teenagers. My step sister also died young from a degenerative disease so I feel that I am very anxious about cancer and health in general.
as some of you will know October was childhood cancer awareness month and because I look at illness etc on social media the algorithm really fed me with lots of posts about cancer in children. I became very anxious about my son who is nearly 2 and took him to the GP. This was based on a couple of posts I’d seen that mentioned being pale and having dark circles as a symptom. The GP was very understanding about my anxiety and said that she didn’t feel there was anything sinister to worry about. She didn’t offer a blood test to put my mind at ease. However I declined this as I felt it was selfish of me to put my son through the trauma of blood test for me to feel at ease.
However I keep noticing the dark circles and I feel they are getting worse. However is this something they children with very pale skin can just have and am I being overly anxious? I’d really love peoples opinions on this as I also see lots of posts about ‘trusting your instincts’ as a mother but I also know my judgment is clouded from my own experiences.
thank you