Convinced I have cancer!! Please help!!

[Sugarplum1811]

Hi everyone,

For the last few months I have been having the weird symptoms on and off and now I have CONVINCED myself that I have some sort of the ‘c word’.

I have multiple pains like joint pain, upper/lower back pain, stabbing stomach pain, leg pain, my left arm ACHES and left side chest pain in a specific place. I have also recently started feeling sick all the time and just last night, I woke up to wet clothes from sweating so much!! I am convinced I have some sort of cancer and I can’t stop worrying and stressing about it!! I am currently bed bound by my anxiety and I have no idea how to overcome this!! I’m shaking and my vision keeps going blurry. I have been unable to sleep too and going to sleep around 6am every day for the last 2 weeks. Last night I only managed to get 1.5 hours sleep before waking up in sweat and have been scared to fall back asleep in case of sweating again.

I have not yet been to see a doctor as I’m currently registered at a GP 30 miles away since I’m a uni student and registered in that city. Also I have moved houses since starting uni and have no idea where the GPs are around me back home.

I feel as though my pains won’t be taken as seriously as all my blood tests have come back normal before, but I don’t feel reassured by blood tests at all. I have this overwhelming fear of death and I keep thinking I don’t have long left at all! I’m only 19 and I should not be having these kind of thoughts! Anxiety is cruel!! It makes me feel like I’m not actually living life because I’m worrying too much about dying!!

I am crying so much partly because I think I have the c word and am going to die and partly because this anxiety has triggered all these negative thoughts and has made things much worse!!!

Anyone with any advice on what I should do please feel free to comment! I am desperate and need some support/reassurance. I never thought my anxiety could get this bad but it has definitely hit the all time low.

[kenster1]

hi in reading this it could have been m writing this just over a year ago.my dad had cancer and I suffered pains all over like he did so he made me go for blood tests and they came back clear.i suggest you make an appointment asap just to put your mind at ease.stress/anxiety could be having an effects on your body and that could be the cause.good exercise will be good for the body swimming is a great way to help but almost anything will help including yoga.put your mind at ease and make that appointment.

[Sugarplum1811 in reply to kenster1]

Hi there,

Thank you for your response. I am very truly sorry about your dad and I hope you are managing and doing well. I have got a form to register at a GP so will hopefully be able to see a doctor sometime next week. I think some physical exercise will be good for me since I’m just lying in bed 24/7 at the moment, paralysed with fear. Thank you and all the best x

[oicuamy]

I feel your pain. Anxiety is exhausting. I too have been afraid to do anything. My body feels like it is going to explode. I find that listening to calm music helps. I really hope you feel better soon.

[Sugarplum1811 in reply to oicuamy]

Hi, thank you so much and I’m so glad there are others who I can share this with. I feel like no one can truly understand how anxiety feels unless they’ve experienced it themselves. I will try listening to some music as I haven’t listened to it in some time. I hope you feel better soon as well, take care x

[ahmedkobz89]

Anxiety= whatever you think you will feel, if you have a headache and think you have a tumour then it will give you tumour like symptoms, same with any other issues that's the game of anxiety it plays real games. I'm currently going through it now and I just can't seem to think I'm going to be OK. What if I'm not😥

[Kkimm]

Really feel for you. I have had many of those symptoms and it turned out to be anxiety. Talk through with your doctor what therapy or treatment you need to help you with your anxiety.

Best wishes

Kim