Sorry to post again - Health Anxiety

[Ellesbells12]

Good evening everyone! I hope everyone is well today!

I’m so sorry to post again - but my health anxiety is getting the better of me today

Keep getting pain twinges, in my left calf. Feels a bit puffy and convince myself it’s swollen. I’ve taken 100 photos and I can see my left leg doesn’t look swollen, and others are telling me it looks fine too. My lower back is store and feels bruised when I move (just on the left side).

I’m so worried about my ultrasound scan on Monday (looking into irregular and heavy period issues - sorry if it’s TMI just trying to paint the full picture). Now I’ve googled that leg and back pain can be a sign of some kind of cervical cancer and keep convincing myself this is what the issue is.

I know it’s so unlikely, but the constant fear I’m going to get seriously unwell is taking over my life.

My whole day today, has been spent obsessing and worrying over it.

No matter how hard I’ve tried to react I can’t shake the feeling there is something seriously wrong with me.

Any words of encouragement and prayers would mean the world to me at the moment.

I start on my anxiety medication on Monday, and hopefully after the scan I’ll feel better too.

I’ve had unfortunate health events in the past, I won’t go into it, but dealt with it fine at the time and now worry over anything minor.

Someone with my symptoms in a normal head space would just think they’ve pulled a muscle or slept funny. I just think the worst.

It’s my 22nd Birthday two weeks today, I’m so young still and can’t keep spending my life like this