Health Anxiety

[NatashaK]

I have suffered for years on and off and go through stages of feeling great, to literally hitting rock bottom! My biggest fear which I obesess over and over is MND, I have had a shoulder pain for about 3 weeks, which I put down to a swimming injury (I started swimming once or twice a week in Jan), but its not getting any better and I read a story about a lady whos initial symptom was a bad shoulder that the GP kept dismissing, for a year! So I am convinced thats what I have and that my arm is numb. Does any one have any coping rational suggestions?

TIA

Kelly x

 

[Phillies Phan]

I have suffered for years on and off and go through stages of feeling great, to literally hitting rock bottom! My biggest fear which I obesess over and over is MND, I have had a shoulder pain for about 3 weeks, which I put down to a swimming injury (I started swimming once or twice a week in Jan), but its not getting any better and I read a story about a lady whos initial symptom was a bad shoulder that the GP kept dismissing, for a year! So I am convinced thats what I have and that my arm is numb. Does any one have any coping rational suggestions?

TIA

Kelly x

Hi Kelly,

The disease you fear does not involve pain. It starts in areas nowhere near the shoulders. It involves inability to do things like walk or hold something. Also, please don’t read about these crazy stories that may or may not be true, or where they don’t include important elements of the story that really matter. If somehow that story were totally true, which I strongly doubt, it’s a one in a million case.

”Dog bites man is not news; man bites dog is”

 

[NatashaK]

Thank you for your reply and reassurance, that is good to know. Thank you and enjoy your day

 

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