HELP ....... my course is turning me into a paranoid freak ........................

[mosschops30]

Now Ive always edged on the hyperchondria side of things but last night I convinced myself I had lung cancer (which had spread to the chest wall obviously, which is why my chest hurts all the time).

Yes im in an oncology unit at the moment, but god I spent about 2 hours thinking about never seeing my kids grow up or get married, who would do dd's hair in the mornings if I died etc, I was so miserable and wound up that I didnt sleep well at all.

I am even consdiering a full body scan to rule out anything

ok tell me I'm going mad, its fine

You're not mad- it happens to lots of nursing and medical students (I can embarassingly convince myself I believe in any faith- no matter how bizarre- for the duration of the lesson on it ).

If its starting to cause problems there should be an anonymous counselling service via telephone available somwhere along the line, but if its a rare thing then then just laugh at yourself and moce on.

Won't tell yu not to have the scan- JIC there was something wrong and I influenced a decision that made you miss it. That one I leave to you. Might actually be a good way of putting an end to it all (I imagine the bill would effectively do that!)

lol peachy yes thanks for your post on my other thread. TBH i dont think about it all day and it doesnt bother me, but you know that time of night when you're trying to get to sleep and your mind races, its then that I start panicking. Dont think I'm at the counslling stage yet but still considering scan

he strawb hows the placement? Sorry about your mark (what did you get I bet its not as bad as you think, hey 41 is all we need )

Hows the foot, drinking will do that to you mate

I'm off to the dr's monday to get my diagnosis glad ive got bupa and can be demanding

I developed diabetes once, while I was looking after someone with very unstable blood sugar. I took to testing my blood and keeping a written record.

funnily enough, it went away all on it's own

are you depressed?

sounds like irrational anxiety.

aw strawb dnt be downhearted 52% is a great result, at the end of the day I didnt care whether I got 41% this was the worst assignment ever, well done to you for passing

hope the foot gets better, sometimes this job is great at least you didnt have to wait 17hours in A&E. I had all my bloods taken on one placement and am regularly dipping my urine and doing my blood sugar, we dont get many perks in the NHS do we so I figure this is ok.

No BBEe am deffo not depressed, feel great apart from my hyperchondria

LOL - common phenomena in medics and healthcare students is to become acutely hyper vigilant about your health and mortality etc and a localised ache becomes luppus or MS. wee bit of knowledge and the synapses are firing over time..dont book the MRI scan yet girls

then u qualifiy and find that u dont really have thte time or inclination to care any more

lol scottishmummy I hope youre right.

Ha ha strawb I wish, I only got 64% but was pleased with that. I have an extension for this assignment with all thats been going on, with dh cousin/my father/and ds its been a f**ing nightmare. Ive got an extra 2 weeks but will still be panicking to get it in, i havent done much, about 1500 words but its nowhere near close to finished.

What you doing yours on and how are you getting on with it?

I'm doing Parkinsons too but basing it on my parents not a real patient, which is quite difficult because its hard not to get personal.
It was my birthday so went out with dh and some friends of ours. TBH I dont have much to do with T & E anymore.

My dad is much the same, although the extreme psychosis seems to have settled, he is on weekend leave this weekend so my mum is quite stressed having him back, hes still quite muddled. They are planning for discharge sometime this week but theres loads to set up beforehand so see how it goes.

If you want to I would change, I met a newly qualified on my last placement who changed her PT twice during her course, the second time was for her final year and she did much better. I would go and see AW and just voice your concerns, I'm sure it wouldnt be a problem. Do you have anyone in mind?

I know my PT has taken on 3 extra students (2004) but you can always ask, and its only for a year anyway, hes quite accommodating. How about SA (the one who does the death/genetics lectures) i love her, think shes really passionate about what she does, she would be my second choice if I had to. Let me know how it goes and if you have any luck with it.

can I say her name on here??