flatterycat
21-06-07, 18:36
Hello
I am in the midst of a bout of anxiety and thought I was getting through it after having a good couple of days. Then yesterday I had a strange experience and I am back to square 1!
Whilst I was painting the stairs I felt odd, then had what felt like a panic attack, but as I looked around the house I almost didn't recognise things. It was really scary and has left me feeling extremely anxious agin. I googled my symptoms and then terrified myself that it was a partial seizure! Lots of the symptoms matched mine! I went along to my (very caring) doctor who said that what I experienced was typical of anxiety and something that even 'normal' people get. The trouble is because I can't really explain the symptoms I get even more frightened. After the docs I just kept on crying and today my old fear that I have cancer in my spine have returned. I have been having lots of pain in my lower back/coccyics. The doctor did a load of blood tests saying that anything in my bones would show up. The results were all normal! But I still can't get my head around the fact that I may have cancer. I have also been having tests for blood in my urine (No infection or UTI), which is when all this started off. I was convinced I had kidney cancer. Anyway, I had an IVP xray done, an utrsound scan of kidneys and bladder and saw a urologist. He gave me an internal exam and said everything was normal, but he wants me to have a cystoscopy just to "cross the t's and dot the i's". But I keep thinking of bladder cancer now and that it's spread to my lower spine. My thoughts are SO irrational and I can't seem to get a hold of them. I'm really sorry this is so long winded, but I hope someone out there can help?
Sarah x
I am in the midst of a bout of anxiety and thought I was getting through it after having a good couple of days. Then yesterday I had a strange experience and I am back to square 1!
Whilst I was painting the stairs I felt odd, then had what felt like a panic attack, but as I looked around the house I almost didn't recognise things. It was really scary and has left me feeling extremely anxious agin. I googled my symptoms and then terrified myself that it was a partial seizure! Lots of the symptoms matched mine! I went along to my (very caring) doctor who said that what I experienced was typical of anxiety and something that even 'normal' people get. The trouble is because I can't really explain the symptoms I get even more frightened. After the docs I just kept on crying and today my old fear that I have cancer in my spine have returned. I have been having lots of pain in my lower back/coccyics. The doctor did a load of blood tests saying that anything in my bones would show up. The results were all normal! But I still can't get my head around the fact that I may have cancer. I have also been having tests for blood in my urine (No infection or UTI), which is when all this started off. I was convinced I had kidney cancer. Anyway, I had an IVP xray done, an utrsound scan of kidneys and bladder and saw a urologist. He gave me an internal exam and said everything was normal, but he wants me to have a cystoscopy just to "cross the t's and dot the i's". But I keep thinking of bladder cancer now and that it's spread to my lower spine. My thoughts are SO irrational and I can't seem to get a hold of them. I'm really sorry this is so long winded, but I hope someone out there can help?
Sarah x