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[jaypo]

I can 

[jillydoll]

I’m normal, for being weird. 

[CLKD]

PHEW! 

[jaypo]

The words normal and Jill don't belong in the same sentence 

[CLKD]

 

[Megamom]

I thought it was only me who did that!  It certainly is therapeutic to read that I’m not a lone weirdo hypochondriac who shouldn’t be let loose on the internet.  Actually I’m an AHP with 37 years in the NHS, so one of my recent jobs working in Acute Medicine was a really useful source of possible new diagnoses!   

So since I started menopause (over 5 years ago now) I have self diagnosed with the following…

Osteoarthritis - valid in some joints
Rheumatoid arthritis
Pituitary tumour
Pancreatic cancer
Polycythemia
Lymphoma
Brain tumour
Bowel cancer
MS
MND
Perforated ulcer
Pathological fracture of the wrist
Leukaemia
Chronic kidney disease
Angina
Lung cancer
And my current favourite….   Fibromyalgia.  Still convinced on this one.   

[jaypo]

Had them all megamom 

[CLKD]

Is that all 

[CLKD]

BUMP

[CLKD]

 

Now how to remember 

GOT IT!  I've made a draft e-mail message to myself 

[Dierdre]

Just looked at this thread and it made me laugh and do a big sigh of relief.  I'm so scared of illness lately, I think it's since covid because I can't remember it being a problem before. I worry going near anyone with the slightest signs of a cold or anything and just dread getting ill. When I do get something it's always the worse case scenario and my anxiety goes off the scale. Nice to know it's the new norm!

[CLKD]

Welcome to Our Club 

[Jeanjeannie]

Well this has cheered me a bit. Just finished crying over all the things I’ve diagnosed myself with in last month:

Dvt
Heart attack
Stroke
Lung cancer ( I seem to be coughing more since hrt?!)
Alzheimer’s
Ophthalmic migraines
Panic attacks/ anxiety

But can I ask…. Did most of you start this kind of thing before or after going on hrt?

My health anxiety and noticing every twinge or change has definitely ramped up since starting.. only 4 weeks in to evorel conti patch.

  

[jaypo]

I'm not on hrt but it definitely started when meno hit

[CLKD]

Oh I've always have a phobia - although I've never been particularly bothered about keeping the house clean 

Coughing may be due to laxity of muscles, i.e. reflux and/or indigestion.  As oestrogen levels drop off, the body may become dry: inside and out  as well as getting more aches and pains, hiatus hernia, heartburn .......