Health

[Worryinglady]

Driving self insane thinking I'm ill docs every monday for last 3 weeks and said I'm fine after antibiotics and blood tests and feeling around.. gone from ovary cancer tumours anything they scanned me too when I had misscarriage and now I'm convinced appendicitis theh actually said it's all muscle related and things settling down... any advice ????????

[bullyman99]

Hey M1987....I'm very sorry you're going through all that. I would say, listen to your docs. I think you may be worrying yourself crazy that something maybe wrong with you when all tests reveal that you're fine. If your not convinced, get a second opinion and get all those tests done again. Post your 2nd results here. Good luck in whatever you choose to do.

[H1377]

I'm so sorry you're feeling like this. I suffer horrific health anxiety too and its relentless and exhausting. The only difference is that I dont go to the doctors cos I'm terrified that they'll confirm my fears.

The only bit of advice I can give is that if you did have appendicitis, you'd really know about it. I have a high pain threshold and the pain is excruciating. I really think it's your anxiety trying to tell you there's something wrong.

Its terrifying because to us it's very very real😔

[MEC911]

I battle the same war every single day. I have been to every doctor imaginable blood work galore CT scans, scopes, probes everything. But nothing is wrong it's my anxiety getting The Best of Me. I have no advice for you how can I give you advice when I can't follow it either but they are the professionals and I know I personally just need to keep reminding myself that every single test was negative. I just wanted to let you know you are not alone. Sometimes that makes all the difference.

[Miniwheats]

May I ask how your muscle issue has been described? Right now I am dealing with intermittent "appendix type" pain but I know it's not appendicitis because I've had my appendix removed and it can't be stump appendicitis because this has gone on for a few weeks now without getting worse. My ultrasound and blood work came back normal. Some other brief and strange symptoms which also has me thinking ureter stones that don't get picked up on ultrasound. I've read about abdominal adhesions that often form after any type of abdominal surgery (ie. appendectomy) and I'm starting to think that's a possibility too, because I had this same pain several years ago that came and went and for which ultrasound was normal. I sneezed in bed a couple months ago and felt a very painful tearing pain where I'm currently feeling pain, so maybe hernia could be in the mix too. The ultrasound I had this time around isn't the type of ultrasound that picks up hernias unfortunately, and I would never known that had I not asked the technician. I am trying not to go to deep and dark possibilities but these stupid fear mongering Gardasil commercials right now are scaring the cr*p out of me...how are these type of commercials even legal....