cancer

Hi Guys, I've been worrying about vulvar cancer on and off now for a few months. I'm 42. TMI warning - The entire area looks very red, I don't know if this is normal or not and I appreciate that every vulva is different. The skin on the labia minora looks a bit odd too, and I've been getting...

I have often came to this forum for reassurance that I’m not alone and to honestly learn about symptoms etc. So I thought I would register and play my crippling health anxiety battle out. I’m male under 30 have always looked after my body and health. I’m married with 2 wonderful young children...

Title sums it up! About a week ago I noticed I started having to pee way more frequently than I normally do and it takes longer to actually start when I go. Went to the doctor a few days back and they said it could be prostatitis, and after a urine test (which was apparently fine?) got some anti...

Hi everyone. I feel slightly silly posting about this as the logical part of my brain is telling me it’s probably nothing. But the nagging anxiety is pushing me to reach out. I am hesitant to go to my doctor because I was there recently (for unrelated reasons) and mentioned I had been suffering...

TW - Suicide, homicide, cancers, liver, allergies/airways I've had worsening health anxiety over the past 8 years. From the second I wake up to the second I (try) to sleep and wake up a thousand times through the night. I have no quality of life left. Nobody and no medication or therapy can...

hey everyone! I am a 25-year-old female. I have horrible anxiety, PTSD, and phobia. My worst battle is hypochondria! I just got my blood tests back. everything normal except for a slightly elevated WBC (i don't remember the exact number unfortunately) But all I can think about is leukemia. Of...

I have thought I had mouth or throat cancer for a couple weeks now. I have cobblestone throat (possibly from nasal and dryness issues) and bite my cheeks accidentally so have some spots on my cheeks from that. Both of those convince me that I have cancer. Today I coughed up some phlegm and it...

Hey all, this is my first post to the forum. I’ve been wanting to discuss this issue I’m having and see if anyone can relate or has any words of wisdom. So for the past 9 months or so I’ve been having a problem with swollen lymph nodes, among other problems. I’ve been diagnosed with health...

I’m sorry to bother anyone, but I’ve never felt worse in my life and I need to say something to someone or I feel like i’ll lose my mind. For the past year I have been struggling with addiction to stimulants, and after a little over two months of sobriety I relapsed on adderall last Tuesday. I...

Hello all! I’m Michael, and I’m 14, soon to be 15. Anyways I’ve been anxious about my health since seventh grade. I’d had a panic attack in which I was worried I was having a stroke. I credit that presumption to my unnecessary medical knowledge haha. Regardless, ever since I’ve struggled with...

Hello, i’m going to try to keep this short! I am a 21 year old male, i am also a newley father to a 7 month old girl, and i have a stay at home job on the computer. Im 155 pounds and 6 feet tall, and have a shitty diet that has a lot of processed meats, but the last few months i have cut down on...

Hello this is my first time posting here but I want to tell my story. I am currently taking a gap year between undergraduate and graduate school. I have always been a worrier but my anxiety has peaked during this time of being stagnant and uncertain about my future. I’ve noticed that my health...

Had a skin biopsy on one “atypical” mole on my back and one on the back of my head that has been there several months. It felt like a bug bite that itches and would bleed slightly if I scratched it. It seemed to go away so I forgot about it until I started noticing a scar-like mark on side of my...

hi, this is my first time posting here and I'm really looking for support. I've had a enlarged tonsil on the right side for over a week now. There is no pain whatsoever and it is not responding to antibiotics. I feel I am being dismissed by doctors because I'm young but I really want to be...

Hello, I am a newbie here to a forum like this. Thank you in advance for any feedback. 31 yo female, overweight, hx of anxiety since childhood. Currently fighting debilitating anxiety about possibly having lymphoma. Noticed a hard but tiny (oval shaped, maybe 1cm long) occipital mass about a...

Hi Everyone! I'm new here. My name's Sally. Im 23 years old. I've only recently started dealing with health anxiety after a friend of mine passed away from cancer. It seems like something I cannot get away from. I worry CONSTANTLY and its no way to live. I am miserable. Recently I've been...

Hello everyone, I have been battling with hypochondria since last summer when I was convinced I had a tumour in my stomach. I took various tests at the doctors and they were proved negative but since then I am in constant worries about my health. I just want to know I'm not in this alone. I...

I'm 22 years old, and yesterday I got some blood results back that said I have abnormally high levels of bilirubin, protein, and calcium in my blood, and I can't get more tests until next week. I have been in a state of constant terror since yesterday, sure I'm dying of cancer or something...

I'm 22. I am a former smoker (since 17). For the past week I've had sporadic bladder pain and persistently cloudy urine. I've been cleared of any infection or STD, and I'm going to a urologist on Monday. I've spent the past week in a state of miserable terror, convinced I'm slowly being eaten up...

I'm having pain in my lower back and decreased urine output. My mind is convinced that my kidneys are failing or that I have cancer like my mom. I'm also having trouble focusing on things, or I guess the proper way to put it would be I don't feel like my brain is all the way on. Need advice and...