Colon cancer scare
- Thread starter davide.h
- Start date
Phillies Phan
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2021
- Messages
- 735
- Reaction score
- 635
David, see my PM. You are wasting precious days in your life. Lugrad by the way has never been wrong on this board. She knows her stuff..smart and has a lot of common sense. I pay attention when she takes the time to respond to a post. If you don’t believe all of the things I have been telling you, and your doctors have been telling you, take a leap of faith and trust her.
Awww thanks PhilliesPhan. Not a doctor, but I was in the pharma industry for years before starting a family. I speak from experience with anxiety, unfortunately. Been there, worried about that. Learning day by day to live in the moment and not let my anxiety control me.
Rule #1 don’t Google. Anxiety causes stomach issues and makes IBS worse. You’ve been seen by a doctor. Have had blood work. Docs aren’t concerned, you said. Did they tell you to do/take anything? Watch your diet? Keep a food diary to identify triggers?
What are you doing to help your anxiety?
Rule #1 don’t Google. Anxiety causes stomach issues and makes IBS worse. You’ve been seen by a doctor. Have had blood work. Docs aren’t concerned, you said. Did they tell you to do/take anything? Watch your diet? Keep a food diary to identify triggers?
What are you doing to help your anxiety?
Trying to remember my last doctor visit. Seems I can’t eat anything without what feels like a gas bubble flaring up. It doesn’t last long though. Also I just feel tight in the lower right abdomen. I usually sleep on it so I might have to sleep another way even though that’s the only way I can fall asleep.
Gooze17
Active Member
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2020
- Messages
- 344
- Reaction score
- 152
Na that’s not the case at all. But you have to remember this site is filled with people who go through the same struggles. While we all get reassurance from this site, the bigger benefit of it is the knowledge of anxiety disorders that people have and sharing with one another what they’ve learned and how they’ve been able to work through things. Not listening to anything anyone says and seeking constant reassurance after ignoring their input just results in less responses, and probably some frustration. We all get it, we’ve been or are exactly where you are
I’m frustrated too. I still have no answers. I keep thinking I’m okay and then it comes back. I’m crying from fear. Even my dad is dismissive, keeps saying it’s just anxiety causing this.
Phillies Phan
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2021
- Messages
- 735
- Reaction score
- 635
Because. It. Is.
Nobody doesn’t like you Davide.h but we all recognize when someone’s anxiety is getting the best of them (we have all been there) and they can’t get out of the spiral.
Previous posts in December and January mentioned bloodwork and a visit to the doctor. You said the doctors weren’t worried, but obviously you don’t believe them. So reassurance at this time isn’t working either. That means until you do something about your anxiety you will continue to feel crappy. People come to this board for help, and we are offering our help to you. What do you want to hear, that you’re right and you could have cancer? Because I don’t think anyone here believes that, only you. Your symptoms are real, no doubt. But they aren’t caused by what you fear. Did you see a doc in the past couple of months like you mentioned and what did they suggest to help your stomach issues? Have you tried following a diet for IBS?
Previous posts in December and January mentioned bloodwork and a visit to the doctor. You said the doctors weren’t worried, but obviously you don’t believe them. So reassurance at this time isn’t working either. That means until you do something about your anxiety you will continue to feel crappy. People come to this board for help, and we are offering our help to you. What do you want to hear, that you’re right and you could have cancer? Because I don’t think anyone here believes that, only you. Your symptoms are real, no doubt. But they aren’t caused by what you fear. Did you see a doc in the past couple of months like you mentioned and what did they suggest to help your stomach issues? Have you tried following a diet for IBS?
No I am not following any particular diet.
my insurance won't cover the medication I need.