How many illnesses?

[Cuchculan]

So in this thread we want to know how many different illnesses you assumed you had during your time with anxiety? Thread I always like to make. Gives people a good insight into the amount of things they assumed they had wrong with them over the years. If you want you can also tell me how many did you really have?

 

[Worriedmama]

Oh man, don’t even get me started. I thought I had aids, pelvic inflammatory disease, I diagnosed myself with a short cervix during pregnancy. During this last bout of ha It started with als and ms. It then trickled down to lupus, heart disease, leukemia, pancreatitis, etc. there are a few that have slipped my mind. The only chronic disease I do have is Hashimotos, which is a huge contributor to my anxiety.

 

[kj103]

Heart attack
Stroke
Cancers to include blood, kidney, ovarian, bone (current fear due to a chronic sore knee when I twist it in certain ways), brain, oral, breast, stomach, pancreas, liver, and skin.
Parkinson’s
ALS
MS
I’ve never had any at this point. I’ll be 40 this year.

 

[Oracle42]

Over the years I've feared I've had:

Cancers- breast, skin, cervical and ovarian.
Stroke
Heart disease
Heart failure
Heart attack
Food in my lung

Thankfully I havent had any...

 

[HoldingOnHope]

So far I’ve never had anything very serious. But I’ve been convince I’ve had:
Stroke
Heart attack
Aneurysms
Bladder cancer
Appendicitis
Liver disease
Kidney disease
Flesh eating bacteria
Blood clots (my current obsessive worry)
Diabetes
Leukemia
Meningitis
And seriously, that’s just to name a FEW!

 

[Rathgar]

cancer -
ovarian
breast
skin
uterine
cervical
colon
pancreatic
kidney
bone
blood
heart:
clogged artery that will lead to stroke
heart attack
vascular - veins that will cause a blood clot and go to lung or heart or brain
and the latest: Coronavirus for which I will be in the 2 percent with severe pneumonia unable to breathe

 

[Ms.Honey]

In no particular order, varying degrees of severity
Colon cancer
Breast cancer
Lupus
MS
Blood clot
Thyroid cancer
Ovarian cancer
Heart disease
Fibromyalgia
Brain tumour
Skin cancer
I can’t remember what else right now, but I’m sure there are more. Biggest ones were MS and colon cancer.
I’ve never had any of those, or anything else.
I do still think I actually have fibro though.
Currently stressing about ovarian cancer and Parkinson’s.

 

[bin_tenn]

Brain tumor
Blood clot once or twice
Lymphoma
Leukemia
Lung cancer
Oral cancer
Skin cancer (namely malignant melanoma)
Heart disease (specifically heart attack)

I may have missed a few, but that basically sums it up. These days my only worries remain heart related. I'm at increased risk of early heart disease so I feel like it's great to be aware of it, and to monitor it, but anxiety tends to blow it out of proportion. I've had none of the above though.

The only semi-serious health issue I've ever had is atrial fibrillation once in 2016. And even that wasn't caused by a heart abnormality, but rather a "perfect storm" of otherwise unrelated factors.

 

[Annaannai]

I am concentrated more on cancers (all of them if precisely). Back hurts? - cancer, if I can feel my lymphnodes - cancer, random pain in stomach - cancer.

But other than that I have acid reflux (from anxiety of course).

Now that I write this all down it looks so stupid and funny, that I have this pathological fear of cancer.

I am planning to go to doctor for a full check up and then just take care of myself (sports and stuff), I really don't like myself now and I simply want to feel better.

 

[MakUSA]

Heart attack
Stroke
Cancers
MS

Just a few.

 

[chickentender]

I have had some of the issues I feared. I won't list any of those so as not to spiral anyone, but as far as things I thought I had and didn't, here are a few:
kidney disease
lung failure
brain tumor
aneurysm
blood clot
heart attack
stroke
food allergies
poisoning from eating too much of a food
diabetes

 

[Tryingtoheal]

MS
Fibro
Diabetes (i am prediabetic though)
Blood pressure
PCOS
Liver issues

Muscle weakness

And MS

 

[AnxiousLiz]

foot tumor
Spine tumor
Brain tumor

MS
Pulmonary embolism
Aneurysm

cancer:
Bone
Pancreatic
Ovarian
Cervical
Brain
Leukemia
Lymphoma

I came on here for the first time last night to find support others struggling with HA and saw pancreatic cancer and now I’m convinced I have that... this is after normal blood work, chest X-ray and ekg

 

[URfine]

Starting 35 years ago :
Aids
Testicular Cancer ( heavy balls )
ALS ( weakness, twitching )
Heart issues ( chest pain )
Pancreatic Cancer ( Stomach pain )
Liver disease ( Foamy pee)
ALS again ( because I must have beaten it the first time )

wow, that’s a lot of worrying for nothing because I am a healthy ( slightly overweight) 55 year old.

great thread

foot tumor
Spine tumor
Brain tumor

MS
Pulmonary embolism
Aneurysm

cancer:
Bone
Pancreatic
Ovarian
Cervical
Brain
Leukemia
Lymphoma

I came on here for the first time last night to find support others struggling with HA and saw pancreatic cancer and now I’m convinced I have that... this is after normal blood work, chest X-ray and ekg

That was one of mine too . Trust your doctors . You would show issues in your blood work . You are fine

 

[Izthewiz]

Just 1 MF Bladder cancer!
Thanks to having to pee every 20 mins for a week
Google and webmd make you think the worst.

 

[Lanchparty7]

Numerous cancers...current fear is ovarian/cervical/vaginal. Have only one symptom and isn’t constant but it has been on and off for a good while now (not bleeding, bleeding seems to be the most common one) but I am anxious and kind of afraid of going to an OB/GYN..never been to one or had any of those tests done. Might have to soon though as some stuff I just read has spiked my fears.

 

[x0x0]

I've had hypochondria for about 5.5 years. I've worried about all of these, and I'm sure more that I'm forgetting right now:
brain tumor
diabetes
leukemia
lymphoma
colon cancer
oral cancer (going to hospital to test for this soon)
nasal cancer
bone cancer (ended up being a cyst)
cervical cancer
STDs
sepsis
vision diseases that would cause blindness (actually spent hundreds of dollars on tests)

 

[dollhouse]

Mad cow disease
Pneumonia
Meningitis
MRSA
Leukemia
Brain tumor
HIV
Food allergies
Schizophrenia

 

[Souris]

My list:
Breast cancer
Skin cancer
Ovarian cancer
Blood clot in leg
Scleroderma
Lymphoma
Multiple myeloma

 

[Kari85]

Over the past 13 years I have been sure I’ve had...
Aneurysm
Glaucoma
Brain tumor
Stroke
Heart attack
Facial cancer
Lung cancer
Breast cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Colon cancer
Leukemia
Gallbladder disease
Lupus
Paralysis
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Eagle Syndrome
MS
Meningitis
Spinal cancer
Polio
Cystic Fibrosis
Appendicitis
Esophagus cancer
Skin cancer
Siezures
Crohn’s
Heart failure
Ruptured tendon in my ankle.
Hemihyperplasia
Connective tissue disorders
Grave’s Disease
Thyroid cancer
Pulmonary Hypertension

I have yet to be diagnosed with any of them.