Struggling with Health Anxiety Badly Today - Need Calming Down and Reassurance

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For the last month or so I've had a numb fingers on and off and slight pains in my arm.

My friend was diagnosed with a tumour in her chest a while back after she'd had treatment for a pinched nerve. They'd missed it completely. She's okay now thank God.

I just can't shake the feeling that I'm dying of cancer, namely at the moment a tumour in my chest which is pressing on nerves and causing these sensations.

Please help me calm down.

I've recently recovered from two lots of PND and I feel this is dragging me down again. It's like I'm looking for reasons why my life is going to be ruined.

Don't panic Mr Mannering! The most important thing here is that you do realise that this is totally irritational, but still these feelings are having an affect on you. From reading your post, it sounds like you still have some depression and anxiety and I would definitely talk to your doctor about it. Depression can be a very isolating illness. It really is important that you talk about the things that are on your mind, so that they can be rationalised. I suffered with PND after my first baby, so I know where you are coming from.

In terms of your symtpoms, I can think of quite a few things that could be causing this...but none of them are cancer. But I think you know that already. Please have a chat with your doctor and don't suffer on your own with this.

I hope this has helped

dianne

Thanks Dianne. Words of wisdom there :-)

It's the whole leaving my family behind thing I think.

I will go back to the doctor.

I've had scans on my brain, armpit, breast so I do have definite form for this but it's just trying to see that this too is of the same ilk.

Thank you so much again. An understanding listener does make a difference. x

Your not on your own, I also have an irrational fear of cancer, I have had symptoms of breast cancer, stomach cancer, cervical cancer and have all been so wrong thinking it was cancer as it was far from the truth after tests ect, the thing that keeps me pulling through and keeping calm is the simple truth of every symptom in the body could always be a sign of cancer according to google or health books BUT it should always be last resort to think of that, at the moment I have had blood on my stool for the past 3 days I have been jumping to the conclusion it is bowel cancer but then I sit back and say to myself i haven't lost weight and stool is normal and I'm only 24 it is just irrational though as with you it will be the same, my partner keeps telling me over and over 'go to the doctor, not for your body but for your head' which is right it is all in the mind, and I have also experienced numbness and tingling down my arms and fingers and it was all down to anxiety with me. Big hugs to you though because I know how hard it can be to believe that what you are feeling is just simply a sensation rather than a disease x