Health Anxiety - part three!!

[MrsWhites]

Hi ladies, back again for thread number 3!

@chorusline79 yes it does they say - reduces the body's exposure to oestrogen. According to cancer research uk breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Just to join in the bra discussion - I haven't worn an underwire since before conceiving my first child. Now I only wear the crop top style "comfort bras".

Thanks @onlyreadingneverposting8 that's good to know, I can't google as it will set me off!

I also find if I wear underwire my boobs hurt. They're really sore today actually, I have poked them in the shower this morning quite a bit!

Thanks so much ladies, my period has come today, which I think might explain why I am so down.

I've had a little Google of risk factors of breast cancer, I am already slightly higher risk because of radiotherapy to my chest area, although at the time they did a lot to mitigate the risk. So fingers crossed, touching wood. I don't have any children, and haven't breastfed!

But on the other end of the coin I'm not a heavy drinker, and I've always been slim. And I exercise a lot! I guess I just have to 🤞🏼🤞🏼

@Skyliner001 at the end of the day we're all more at risk being women! Tbh even though breast cancer is the most common cancer in women at least the survival stats are massively in our favour too! I fear other cancers far more!!

Such a good point @onlyreadingneverposting8 😊😊🥰

@Skyliner001 I'm having a good day re HA! I can be almost logical on good days! 😬🤣

@Skyliner001 sounds like you are pretty healthy and looking after yourself, which definitely lowers any risks.
I drink too much and weight creeping up a bit but not too bad!

@onlyreadingneverposting8 I totally agree, although I worry about breast cancer it is very treatable. My mum has a mastectomy as pre cancerous cells detected in screening but is fine now and doesn't even think about it anymore. I definitely fear others more too.

Thanks to all of you ladies, down today. I'm actually having a good evening, have done some work, and now settling down in the hotel, I'm away with work!

That should have said thank you to all you ladies for calming me down today 😊

So massively appreciating you all today, although I don't wish for anybody to be in the same boat as me, I'm all glad we are in the same boat if that makes sense!

Isn't it fascinating how we can talk each other down, but we can't do it for ourselves!

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@Skyliner001 im glad we are all in the same boat too! hope everyone is having a good evening!

Hiya ladies, I too get the inner dread on wakeup so can definitely sympathise.

@Skyliner001 sorry you were struggling with boob anxiety, I totally understand. I had a really good day then poked at dinner time and made myself quite sore. And now my brain is saying 'just cause you can't feel a lump, doesn't mean there's not one there'! FFS! Why do we do it to ourselves? I'm very jealous of the hotel, I'd love a wee night away with just a good book for company! Enjoy x

@tmh88 I find underwire uncomfortable but I'm fairly well endowed so the soft bras just don't give me the support I need which is worse. I'm following another MN thread on decent, non underwire bras but too skint to buy any new ones!

Off to bed now. Sweet dreams everyone and here's to a poke free day tomorrow!

@StooriMidori let me know if you find out about comfy ones for larger boobs? I'm around a 32e and the non wired ones I have bought either don't have enough support, boobs fall out, double boob happens or they just look massive and very matronly! I'm in sports bras at the moment as my boobs feel so heavy and sore at the mo.

@StooriMidori @chorusline79 I’m a 34E! Just getting into bed but I’ll post a link to the ones I wear in the morning xx

Hi ladies 👋

I think I've found my people!

I have suffered on and off with health anxiety for over 20 years. I think it was triggered by me finding a breast lump when I was 15 (it turned out to be a harmless fibroadenoma). My main fear is cancer

I have convinced myself I have many things over the years...breast cancer, HIV, bowel cancer, cervical cancer, MS etc etc etc

My latest fear is kidney cancer. I've had a painful right kidney and white cells and blood cells in my urine and I've had 2 courses of antibiotics that haven't improved it. The doctor says it's much more likely to be a small kidney stone than anything sinister but I'm beside myself. I'm seeing him this afternoon and he's going to arrange blood tests and a scan but I know I'm going to have a long wait and it's making me ill from the fear

I have a 2 year old DS and my fears are also about him. He's got some raised lymph nodes and so I'm convinced he's got lymphoma or leukaemia even though rationally I know it's likely to be because he had a mild virus a couple of weeks ago

He's also stumbling a bit at the minute. Google says it's probably because he's had a growth spurt recently (he has) and is re-finding his centre of balance but my mind spirals

I Google until I run out of pages to read and I'm not sleeping due to the worry. I don't know how to get a grip of myself. I'm thinking of asking the doctor for medication later but I don't know if it'll help. I'm just exhausted from worrying about me and DS. I don't know anymore if my fears are valid or if I've totally lost it

Sorry for rambling, my mind is in such a spin at the moment 😭

Hi @polkadotpixie welcome!

Not doing to badly here on the HA but general anxiety has risen 😕

@polkadotpixie hope that the GP can reassure you this afternoon. I have banned myself from Googling as it always sends me into a bad spiral.

My DD had a really big lymph node on her jawline for a few months when she was 3 I think. I had it scanned and it is just a normal lymph node, just big for some reason. She still has it now and she's 10!

Also, my friend's DS used to stumble fall over all the time when he was little. To extent that staff at the nursery said she should get it checked out. There was no medical problem at all and he's now a ballet dancer!

I've not posted on here for ages, i hope everyone is doing ok.
Having a bad time at the moment. Still having issues with my ear and balance and the pain has spread into my neck/jaw and even caused numbness in my face.
I've been to the doctors 3 times and even to A&E in the past 2 weeks 😔
My doctor has been really good though. I cried in the surgery so she has referred me on the 2 week pathway to get an MRI done to try and find out what the problem is. She's also referred me for some CBT and finally diagnosed me officially with health anxiety.
My symptoms are just unbearable at the moment. Panic attacks every day and even flashbacks 😔 unfortunately the waiting list for the CBT is 22 weeks.
I'm just checking my symptoms constantly and hardly leave the bedroom and can't put down doctor Google.
What a nightmare.

I also don't wear underwired bras. I'm 36 F and I wear the really ugly Doreen bras from triumph 🙈
They are so comfortable and I get support with them, unlike the soft bra or crop top types.

Hi @polkadotpixie
Wow you sound just like me. I am a mess at the minute with it. Mine started a couple of years ago after a trip to GP and nurse misdiagnosed me, ever since I keep thinking something is wrong with me. Since I have my DC is worse and again I worry about them. I google all sorts and it leads of to something else then I'm convinced I've got that. I just want to be normal
I'm new to this thread but it's really good and everyone is so nice and reassuring x

Oh @ofwarren hope you are okay. I have been suffering from panic attacks lately and I know that the panic attacks and anxiety are causing physical symptoms For me. We need to try and stay away from google x

Thank you to everyone for the nice welcome 😊

I'm actually sitting in the surgical assessment unit right now as my GP has had me admitted. He thinks it's not a kidney infection as my urine is now clear after the second course of antibiotics and he's querying whether the pain is from my gallbladder so he's sent me in to be assessed and hopefully scanned 🤞