Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Humour => The funny side of menopause => Topic started by: Jeepers on November 28, 2018, 05:21:47 PM
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HA is a curse isn't it? Our imaginations and fears hold us hostage, and won't give us any peace...
So, looking back over this year, I have made a list of things that haven't killed me this year!! ;D
DCI (the bends)
DVT
Embolism
Heart Attack
Stroke
Skin Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Breast Cancer
DCI again!
HIV (!)
Bowel Cancer
Anyone got a longer list??
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Hello Jeepers.
Well this thread should run and run lol!
As I've said many times ( I know, sorry ladies ) I don't seem to have text book health anxiety but I worry myself silly over my emotional issues and moods and that only started with the menopause. I think part of it is that I've had very few physical symptoms but if I do have a strange twinge or sensation I worry about it briefly but as soon as it's gone I'm fine again.
Sometime ago I had quite a lot of bleeding and was told I needed a hysteroscopy. My husband quipped that maybe I had cancer ( he was trying to make a joke to reassure me actually ) but I told him that a comment like that to some women would cause a huge amount of worry and be in very poor taste. The thing is I was totally relaxed about the whole thing even though it would have been more natural to be concerned.
My main health worry is my anxiety and that has pretty much taken over my life so for me there is only one item on my HA list but it's a giant one!
It will be interesting to see what other ladies mention and great idea for a thread.
Take care everyone.
K.
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Great thread.
Well not a lot really. Except when I have a cold that turns into a cough. Currently into week 6 of the 3rd cough of 2018: May, again in August and more recently. Although the cough is non productive, each time I have a hacking session I mutter 'TB' :-\.
I had a vomiting phobia for years from age 3 :'( :'( ...... never worried about counter top hygiene but if anyone coughed or looked pale and I would run for the hills.
When my breasts are sore I do wonder if there is a recurrence. I can't remember whether I had a mammogram this year/not. Maybe the cramping in the vagina and pelvic area should be investigated, I haven't had a smear since I can't remember when.
I don't dwell but these issues cross my mind. At least once a week >:(
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I like the idea of this thread...
I can't remember them all right now but I'll edit as I do.
DVT-A few
Heart attack-a few as well
Heart Failure
Stroke
MS
Cancer
Dying from some incurable unknown disease
Things I have actually been diagnosed with:
Absolutely nothing..very healthy
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Great thread. Mine are as follows:
Breast Cancer
Brain tumour
Bone cancer
Bladder cancer
Heart attack
Gum disease causing teeth to drop out
Bowel cancer
Alopecia
I am sure there are more but my brain tumour is stopping me from remembering right now!!!
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Actually my list would be what the DOCTORS thought I had but fortunately don't have:
Serious Heart condition
Brain injury
Skin cancer
Ovarian cancer
MS
Myasthenia Gravis
Brain tumour
There's probably more but I can't think ! X
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Your lists (mine is longer by the way!!!) are actually are really good way of dealing with health anxiety.
I've started making notes of my issues and then I can look back and say I had this in August 2017 etc etc by way of reassurance.
It's such a bummer, this health anxiety xxxxx
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I'm worried now. DH suggested that I should 'see someone about that cough'. Add to that low back pain [due to coughing, logically], sore breasts [due to coughing?] but in my head I've got either breast or lung cancer. The cough had eased for 5-6 days then returned yesterday. I have hardly stopped this afternoon. :-\ My neck aches but I'm not losing weight so will cling to that until the New Year. I think that once the 'festive' season is over I will begin to recover ;-)
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Omg,brilliant thread,I've had
Throat cancer
Breast cancer
Dvt
Motor neurons
Kidney cancer
Ovarian cancer
Bowel cancer
Parkinsons
Stomach cancer
It's been a tough year🤣
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It's amazing we are all still living with all these problems ;D
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🤣😂 I know BB my goodness we're a tough lot
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I have booked my plot under a tree ;) - in case.
The cough didn't wake me at all. I slept well. You can cancel the :tulips2: - for today . I felt worse by 8.30 p.m. as that's when my brain gets active with the 'maybes' :-\
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How ru clkd?
It's if I wake in the wee small hours,my brain just works overtime 🤨
But it's Friday,glass of wine or two,that always sends me to sleep,I'm such a lightweight these days
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I don't drink.
Coughing again. OK though.
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Did we all get through the night? I woke at 5.30 - coughing >:(
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🤣 just about
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That's another day done thus far ...........
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Sooo, do we wipe the slate at the chime of New Year? New Year, New List, hahaha. What do you think.. I need to add Lung cancer and Kidney cancer to mine now.
Butm yes, I did make it through the night.... small victories, eh? ;D
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Lung AND kidney cancer?you better get yourself to a dr jeepers.😂
It's good we can laugh at ourselves even though it's scary at the time,what a bunch of numpties
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Years roll into each other 4 me :-\
DH thinks that I should make an appt about this cough ..... I'd rather not know.
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CLKD my daughter was just like you with a cough that just wouldn't go, I finally persuaded her to see the doctor and it turned out it was asthma. I had never heard that coughing was associated with asthma so it was quite a surprise to us. I always thought asthma was just about wheezing and being out of breath.
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CLKD, best to get it checked out.
I had a cold that resulted in a cough that lasted 2 months before I saw the doctor. What I was told is that essentially my lungs were exhausted and I was having an 'asthma-like' reaction. They never called it asthma..but an inhaler was given, which helped so much, and really good cough medicine! I have a regular inhaler on hand because I get "reactive airways" now...because of that prolonged cough. Like asthma...but not, according to the doctor. It is only a problem if I get a chest cold... ::)
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:thankyou:
Heart is bad tonight :-X - acute indigestion >:(
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Oh Ladies!
Thank you so much, my anxiety is high tonight and I'm panicking I'm having a breakdown!
Period has arrived 2 days before my Utrogestan course ends, plus a stinking cold with aching eyeballs and teeth!😂
You've made me laugh and relate to the fact that we are all probably the same!
Thanks again
Spangles
xXx
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Oh my word ladies you have made me feel so much better. I thought I was the only one in the world with all these possible ailments
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My list includes....j
Heart attack
Motor neurone
Breast cancer
Stomach cancer
Kidney disease
Meniers disease
Health anxiety has alot to answer for...but as yet the only diagnosis for 2018 is high blood pressure!!!
Just wish I could stop worrying about every little twinge!!!
This thread is brilliant, its helped me to put things into perspective ;D
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:-\. aids :-\ - coughing. A spot that won't clear ........ watching the biography of Freddie Mercury who had a persistent cough and sarcoma that wouldn't heal :-\
Otherwise - OK ::)
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OK - so that spot has dried up ::).
Himself thinks that I am coughing 'worse' but it's that time of day ::)
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Just found this thread. Funny! We should do a stand up routine Victoria Wood style. OK here is mine. It feel so good to share the shame!
Breast cancer
Bowel cancer
Skin cancer (had tiny mole removed - was just a tiny mole!)
Parkinsons
Dementia (Sage test every day for a month)
Skin cancer again (wee mole I have had on my butt for my life)
Fatal insomnia (Found this one on the internet! Apparently it is made up and doesn't exist. Ended up ER on a Sunday convinced I had this. They palmed me off with an 18 year old locum who thought it was hilarious. There is even a made up story of a man in Italy who dies of this!
Pancreatic cancer
Everythings wrong with my lady buts you could imagine
Motor Neuron
Bone cancer (was a bone spur on bit toe I have had for years).
Brain disease
Going deaf / going blind (inner ear virus / long sight!)
Latest.....compulsive swallowing which I will be doing for ever and never stop
Holidays ruined......about 6 I reckon.
Shall we go for symptom checking next ladies? There is no place at no place I haven't checked.
You get so much info stuff when you hit puberty but none for meno so it is impossible to know what the ' new normal' is. Like my doc said this week ' You are not young anyone but you are not old - this is your new normal'. This anxious shivery wreck.
Also Beware that all your adverts on all your media will now be linked into our neurotic Googling. Every time I open my Yahoo Mail I get stories of people dying young.
On for just ONE DAY of blissful non self hyper awareness....
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P.S CLDK I had a cough for 4 months once during winter. Doc said at this time of year you can catch multiple viruses at the same time and as you keep coughing your chest area gets so tired you don't fight them off as quick. Get some Meds to calm the coughing down.X
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What do you suggest? Whisky for starters!
As for shame - there's no shame here!
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Just had to join in this fantastic thread:
Started 2018 with bone cancer and ended it with lung cancer with Leukaemia in between.
If we didn't laugh about it sometimes, we'd all go mad.
Happy 2019 to you all!!
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Roseneath.....Re the swallowing.
Oh my life, I had something like this, it was driving me nuts with worry so I trotted off to the doctors (poor mans heart must sink when he sees my name on the list) he examined my throat, said it looked ok, told me not to take anything and said it would go in about a fortnignt, and to stop thinking about it.....
The man is a genius, I stopped concentrating on it and thinking/worrying about it....And suddenly I didnt notice it anymore!!!! One thing crossed off my list, but as sure as eggs is eggs another one will relapce it :-\
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I was sent to hospital with lump in my throat,had to drink that white chalky stuff,then x rayed,the dr was very handsome and after the procedure,I have to admit I was a bit flirty with him,back to changing room thinking,yep Jen,you've still got it girl,only to look in mirror and see said white chalky stuff all over my lips and chin,landed back to earth with a thump.anyway,the minute he told me all was fine,that cancerous lump disappeared,how strange
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I had a lump in my throat I couldn't get rid of for awhile. It made me scared to swallow anything as I thought it would get stuck. I was constantly swallowing trying to get rid of it. When I would work, it got worse...felt like someone was choking me tighter and tighter by the minute. Yes, anxiety. Acupuncture actually helped me a lot to get through that. Then I learned it was from muscle tension in my neck because I could massage a certain muscle when it was happening and I got some relief. Now that I have a better handle on the anxiety, it is gone 99% of the time.... just dealing with the muscle tension >:(. The ridiculous cough I have now is not helping!
I find myself more aware/sensitive to everything going on in my body. I wonder how much of this happened before but I just brushed it off. Oh health anxiety....you are definitely not my friend.
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The throat thing is called Globus Hystericus by the way...totally caused by health anxiety. My ears are still ringing from my last trip to the GPs when; after having presented the GP with about 10 ailments I was sure were life threatening was informed: ' You are not young anymore. You are not old but you are not young. And you are not ill. That was it!
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Reassuring then? ::). I don't want my nose rubbed into how I am already feeling :cuss:
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Roseneath....thanks for the medical term, and yes, Im sure my GP would say exactly the same to me. I had to have a telephone consultation on Monday re my blood pressure tablets, poor guy couldnt get off thehone fast enough :'(
But i have to say this site is a blessing....being with you ladies makes me feel normal, whatever that is :-\
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Haha I haven't been “normal “ for years 🤪
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Just remembered this one. I kids you not June 2017 I turned up at A & E in a mess saying I had ' Fatal ' Insomnia' after a particularly bad bout of hardly sleeping. After waiting a few hours I ended up with a trainee GP who gave me me a seat and a coffee. He was in fits when I mentioned the fatal insomnia (Thanks Google). Said it was a notorious ' Dr Google' ailment. Mentioned all the millions of sailors and soldiers who survive with very little sleep for long periods.
He did warn me that sites like ' www.mebmd' and ' www.healthline.com' (The first two sites that come up when you Google anything health related) are completely bogus. Set up to panic and frighten and lead the most trivial symptoms to the most feared things. Totally made to max clicks/profit. He also gave me a couple of valium and a benzoate sleeping pill and said I needed to reset my brain for one night then everything would seem better. I was very anti medication but he was right and from then on things got better. :)
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That is such good news :foryou:
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I have a sore stomach at the moment, has been on and off since Friday afternoon, and keep googling stomach cancer. I can't seem to stop searching even though it is the only symptom I have...
It feels as though it is burning inside but I can poke and push my stomach hard without it hurting and it hasn't affected my appetite.
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Wind? I get a burning sometimes.
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Adrenaline?acid reflux?
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Probably is wind or indigestion. I did eat my lunch incredibly fast on Friday as running late and it started shortly after that. Then my mind goes into overdrive which prolongs the symptoms.
Funnily enough it's gone now and I only realised that when I saw your replies.
Will probably have some,thing else by the morning 😀
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Tonight (for me right now), I'm freaking out about a possible DVT. Developed pain behind my knee, tender to touch....seems to be getting worse. Leg just feels odd. Scared out if my mind it is DVT, doesn't help that I am genetically at a higher risk for one. I just did a walk yesterday. Nothing much. Can't think why it would hurt. Trying not to run to the emergency but want to as well because it would rule it out at least. I just don't know. I'm very scared. The pain is weird, different.
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Poor you these things are always scary and worse at night.
Have you measured the width of both legs? That's what they did to my neighbour when he had one and there was a marked difference between the two.
Probably though it has just stretched the area behind your knee from walking today and that makes it feel odd. Hope it feels better soon.
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Sorry to hear you have had a tough night Birdy
I had a similar panic on Friday when I had to go to London, and realised I'd been sitting down for 12 hours! Not through choice either.
How is your leg feeling now? As Ellen says, it's very likely that it just happened when you were walking,and you've stretched a muscle in an unusual way?
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OH! you and me both :o. By late evening both calves and knees ached, then both thighs :-\ and by the time I was in bed at 11.30 I was convinced it was DVT. But I take Statins :-\ so surely not.
We are trying to walk more each day. This morning it's my shins that are sore. But I did sleep!
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I did 12 miles on Saturday, to try to cancel out Friday... I swear I am going insane! ::)
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How R U now? My legs ache 'background' so I will take some Nurofen when I get into the bath.
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Slept but still struggling right now. The leg itself isn't swollen at the moment. I can tell that there is swelling behind the knee though. It feels like something is there when I bend it. But when it is straight I can tell as well. I'm hoping to get in today so that I'm not this mess forever. It's hard to see back there and get a good view. Just....I hate how I'm feeling right now....just scared.
If it was both legs, I'd be okay...but it's just the one. There's an ache doing nothing....pains when I walk, some pain going up into the thigh it down into the calf muscle at times as well.
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Could it be a cyst in the back of the knee cap which has 'popped' out. I have one occasionally which is really really painful when it is aggravated.
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Yes, it could be a cyst or some tendon issues....I hope it is, would be easier. I can feel the fullness at the back of my knee. Walking around tightens up my calf and gives me pain down to the back of my heel. I have an appointment later today and hopefully is nothing. And most likely is.....
Would be so nice if my body wasn't falling apart these days. And seriously, if it's going to hurt, why can it be somewhere that isn't going to freak me out....like my poor wrists that have been hurting.
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Hi BlueButterfly
Hope your appointment goes well, it does sound like your tendons or muscles.
My wrists hurt, and I freak out about them too... it does feel like falling apart, doesn't it?
Let us know how it goes
Jeepres x
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Let us know?
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I will...appointment soon. I do think it is a structural support issue more than a clot issue but need to get it checked out so I'm not in tears again tonight. I feel generally calm except the whole going to the doctor nerves.
I do wish my body would figure itself out already! I do get the leg pains more in my right leg quite frequently. Honestly, the left leg rarely ever gives me problems. Seeing a different doctor today so we'll see how that goes. (Really do hate how hard it is to see the same doctor on a regular basis.. ::)) Left wrist gives me more problems but I had a ganglion cyst in that one that had to be drained and I still seem to get pains in the same place but no signs of the cyst.
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I knocked my R shin on the bath earlier, I slipped - I intended to shut the window over the bath but caught my toe :o. No bruise. Yet :-\
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Oh my clkd,I slipped today too,was getting down from conservatory windowsill after closing blinds before I hit the ground I bounced my hip off corner of VERY hard desk,it's all swollen now and I'm going to have a bruise the size of a small island ☹️
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:o OUCH - whilst this isn't a competition I think that your pain level is worse than mine. Spa treatment required: when, where :D
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I was a bit wobbly afterwards,won't be doing that again in a hurry 🤨
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Until the next time - the Consultant told Mum a few years ago that "old people are either upright or on the floor" but I couldn't get out of him when 'old' kicks in :D. 10 years ago I fell flat on my face and it took days for the bruising to come out: shoulders, down my neck, elbows - places that I hadn't realise I had hit!
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:o Spa treatment required: when, where :D
Spa sounds good - count me in!
I have had stomach pain intermittently for the last few days so constantly googling various cancers and poking my stomach to see what hurts. Probably that alone is making it worse....
Pharmacist thinks it is acid/heart burn as I did have aspirin and ibuprofen on Friday during the day for a headache and pain started Friday evening.
Any ideas on how to manage gratefully received ;D
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Yes...when does OLD kick in...because I swear some days I'm there. I know people twice my age that seem to have less problems!
Just waiting for ultrasound on leg. They don't think it is anything more than soft tissue injury...from....walking I guess. But because of my genetic issue, ultrasound just in case and d-dimer test wasn't worth doing as those have been elevated in the past and would most likely be again anyways. Pretty much been told the nature of my life...I don't just get to get older with aches and pains....I get to worry about each ache and pain.."is this one a clot?" and add the disk degeneration going on in my upper back that gives me pinched nerves that can make it painful to breath sometimes and well....my life gets to be worry....is it normal or is it a clot? And I should have them checked out when it happens. Yipee..... :( :'( I honestly feel more sadness/stress/worry over having to live like that and question everything that is going on with my body than the fear of actually having a clot right now. I guess it could be worse honestly. Many people live in situations like that with autoimmune conditions, chronic diseases.......
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:o Spa treatment required: when, where :D
Spa sounds good - count me in!
I have had stomach pain intermittently for the last few days so constantly googling various cancers and poking my stomach to see what hurts. Probably that alone is making it worse....
Pharmacist thinks it is acid/heart burn as I did have aspirin and ibuprofen on Friday during the day for a headache and pain started Friday evening.
Any ideas on how to manage gratefully received ;D
I have to take a probiotic regularly to keep me from having stomach issues. Trying to watch what gives you heartburn is helpful...and I've had some good luck with yoga for digestion to help alleviate some discomfort as well. Might be worth looking up some of that.
And yes, the poking will make it worse. ;) Been there though..."is it my gallbladder...nope, doesn't hurt when I push there. What's here? Why does it hurt when I push here...." Dr google is the worst doctor as well. ;) ;D
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:o Spa treatment required: when, where :D
Spa sounds good - count me in!
I have had stomach pain intermittently for the last few days so constantly googling various cancers and poking my stomach to see what hurts. Probably that alone is making it worse....
Pharmacist thinks it is acid/heart burn as I did have aspirin and ibuprofen on Friday during the day for a headache and pain started Friday evening.
Any ideas on how to manage gratefully received ;D
Hi Ellen,you're not really supposed to take aspirin and ibuprofen together,that in itself could hurt your tummy
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I took aspirin at 8 am and then ibuprofen at 2pm so there was a gap between them. Sorry I didn't explain it very well and thank you for checking with me.
I will have a look at probiotics and see if they help. I have only had it a few days but every new ache I get seems to play on my mind constantly. It was very mild over the weekend, I only noticed if I thought about it but flared up again at lunchtime today. Mind you I did Pilates this morning so that may have had an affect.
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Ok,just checking 😊
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Aspirin is known to cause gut problems ::) so it may be internal soreness.
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Clkd is right Ellen,is known to burn holes in lining,ibuprofen harsh too,that's why you've always to take it after eating,so be careful xx
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Last night reflux made me think it was an ulcer :'(. I chewed 1 Rennie yuk but it worked.
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I certainly will be from now on! Do you know how long it will take to mend? My stomach feels really sore this evening :(
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Don't worry too much Ellen,it's rare but aspirin and ibuprofen are great meds but harsh on the stomach,have you been checked for an ulcer?
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I'd avoid anything that makes you need to bend down as far as pilates or yoga goes. Try to sleep with your pillow/upper body elevated a bit. And maybe try some antacids.
I get heartburn from ibuprofen gel caps...but not from the regular tablets...just the gels. ???
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I did Pilates this morning!
Haven't been checked for an ulcer before. Will probably go to gp in next few days if it doesn't clear up.
Feels like cramping now but bearable. Anyway, I am sorry to derail the thread as this was supposed to be a funny one, sorry ☹️
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Haha happens all the time,well you do think you've stomach cancer,I think there's a fair few of us have had that 😆
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That's absolutely true. The way digestion gets so messed up ...I find it shocking really.
I'm good too. Got a tech that told me, gave me the all clear on a clot. Not surprised...just need to figure out this new life. Will probably start taking a baby aspirin every day. It has worked for my dad for 20+ years after his clot (and initial anticoagulant treatment) so why not.
It's no surprise to me that we think/feel like we have cancer or DVT or heart attacks/problems. I know I'm not the only one that gets chest pains...but several EKGs, stress test, 48 hour monitor and my heart is great. Chest pains still happen. Lymph system went weird, my ligaments/tendons and everything seem loose or too tight now so I get odd aches and pains I never had and of course digestion.....that's been an absolute mess!
We feel like we are dying....like our bodies aren't ours anymore. Top it all off with a new anxiety and panic and we'll....you get this wonderful supportive forum! Thank God for it!!!!
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I know BB,our digestive system is so complex isn't it & I think the older we get the more it objects what we feed it🤨 I've had (supposedly) IBS since my 20s ,dr told me so it had to be true right? Unfortunately that's the diagnosis practically everyone got,it's been awful and in the last two years my gut was getting worse and worse,really thought something terrible was wrong,colonoscopy showed diverticulitis,pretty common as you age and I was just relieved it wasn't bowel cancer but I still continued feeling nauseous and generally ill,so,off my own back I did an intolerance test,cost me £100 & lo and behold I've a wheat allergy and highly intolerant to nuts,I've cut them out & I feel so so much better,I'm afraid I've lost all faith in drs,not just with me but the way they dismissed my daughter,kept telling her she'd a stomach bug,I'd eventually to rush her to A&E where she was kept for 10 days & diagnosed with an ibd,crohns or colitis,she was down to under 7 stone and was basically pooing blood.
Sorry,that turned out longer than I meant 😄
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Don't take aspirin in any form unless you require it for pain relief. It can cause ulcers.
I slept last night and my legs are better this morning. Not a DVT then ::). However, both arms ache this morning :-\
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Never again will I take aspirin, I have learnt my lesson!
I find it shocking how our bodies richochet from one symptom to another almost in the blink of an eye. Like thinking you had a DVT yesterday to sore arms today.
My stomach was shocking last night and then anxiety on top so not much sleep was had. However I have seen the chiropractor today and did a 30 minute walk so feeling okay as I managed it all. Stomach is sore but feels better.
I have also made an appt for an assessment with gynae consultant at our local private hospital for next week so will see how that goes. Says she deals with the menopause so fingers crossed she will listen to me.
Thank you all for your support, finding this forum has been wonderful for me. I am not going mad after all....
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Not at all. Take a list to your appt. ;)
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Aspirin for me. I guess it's one of those things....do I worry about ulcer or blood clots....and I really don't want to worry about the blood clots my whole life.
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There was Research in the UK that suggested that an aspirin a day doesn't make much difference ::) but of course, I didn't keep note of it!
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Yes I've read both sides. Old and new studies...some say yes, some say no difference. I guess for me, my father has been using it for 20+ years after a major blood clot incidence without any reoccurrence...I'm thinking of trying to see a specialist though to get more info and everything on this fun genetic mess.
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Genetics is of great interest to me. Let us know how you get on!
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It's good for people with heart and blood issues but should only be used daily on advice from gp and usually then it's the 75mg strength
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:thankyou:
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I think it's more that I should be avoiding the ibuprofen.
Aspirin is often recommended by paramedics if you are having a suspected heart attack. When my palpitations first started I did ring once and was told to take an aspirin straight away whilst waiting for ambulance to turn up.
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Ibuprofen is great for inflammation but you must take it on a full stomach ,definitely not an empty one xx
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Indeed you should take it on a full stomach. I did though and still it must have affected me as I can't think of anything else that would have caused the pains I have had.
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Have the pains gone away or gotten better at all?
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I think they have, certainly better than they were anyway.
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Glad it's getting better! Hope that continues for you.
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Thank you 😊
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Fingers crossed for you Ellen 🤞
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Thank you. I am in awe of how lovely you all are, so very caring.
My pains are almost gone now, it feels just muscular now so bearable. I have written a list of symptoms and another one of concerns to take to the doctor next week so hopefully she will be able to help.
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Good on you girl,don't let dr fob you off either.
So glad you're feeling better 😊
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I didn't have a bruise after banging my shin .......... :-\ so wondering now if it's going to cause a problem inside the bone :-X
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Ha!!clkd my bruise is now HUGE & about 56 shades of blue black and purple,no wearing mini skirts for me 😂😄🤣
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I can never guess what is going to cause me a bruise anymore! I can run into something pretty hard and think I am going to get the most awful bruise....and the nothing ever. And other times I'll have the most random bruise on my hand or something and I can't remember ever hitting anything! Most of the time they come out green/yellow though...so old bruises...I really don't see black and blue bruises much....wonder if that should worry me?? Or they are just deeper bruises that only show up as they heal.
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Haha I catapulted myself off a desk corner and landed on the tiled floor,hadn't even been drinking 😟
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Walls and doorways keep stepping in front of me...and that dreaded counter top...don't know why it can't hold still and likes to keep hitting my hand as I walk by or slam me right in the hip. I think they are out to get me. ;D
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PHEW I was beginning to think that it's me being clumsy :rofl:
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😂🤣 I must've bought the Same kitchen
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My kitchen door handle waits for me to walk past in my dressing gown and then jumps into my pocket, every single time causing me stumble and my husband to laugh 😀😀
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My kitchen door handle waits for me to walk past in my dressing gown and then jumps into my pocket, every single time causing me stumble and my husband to laugh 😀😀
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Why DO they make these kitchens
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I ache from the neck as far down as my waist - so that's neck problems then, as both arms ache: not the gardening and lifting I did last week?
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Bumping this for rulo
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Brain tumour - due to my continuing neck and head pains :-\
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;D ;D Same here. Due to a headache and feeling soooo tired!
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how's your brain tumour ? ::). today it's my neck but I've had an hour in the dental chair :-\ ........
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Kidney failure
Liver problem
Complete lower abdo condition that has been overlooked by GP and will probably be the death of me in a few weeks.
To make matters worse, I recieved through the post one of those 'arrange your funeral and look after your family' adverts this morning. :( :o
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;D ;D ;D
Yep,we?re all gonna be dead in a couple of weeks from undiagnosed ailments,with me at the moment it's a blood clot in my leg :o
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Get dancing girl, get dancing ?
Have you done any climbing, therefore tightening up the calf muscle?
I did wonder yesterday: when the dentist was struggling: that I might end up in Hospital :o - after 2 broken new temporary caps and even though I totally trust his handiwork, I did begin 2 wonder ::)
I didn't worry about bleeding to death but did worry that the LA might wear off B4 he had finished! It didn't.
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I've told you not to be so adventurous in the bedroom Jay...🤨
Your no spring chicken anymore! 🤣😂🤣😂
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Aawww for gods sake,Jill is home everyone ;D ;D ;D ;D
Probably the running I've been doing
Least 'that's the dentist over with clkd
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until the next appt. ::)
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Bumped for loonrider xx
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:thankyou:
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BBC Radio 4 Sounds Podcast. Search for Health Anxiety/Am I Normal?
For all my fellow sufferers out there :-*
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Tnx. Can you tell whether I'm normal from where you are sitting ? ;)
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I can ;D
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I’m normal, for being weird. ;D
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PHEW! ;D
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The words normal and Jill don't belong in the same sentence ;D
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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! :D
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. ;D
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Had them all megamom ;D
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Is that all ::)
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BUMP
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:thankyou:
Now how to remember ::)
GOT IT! I've made a draft e-mail message to myself :D
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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!
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Welcome to Our Club ;)
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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.
??? :)
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I'm not on hrt but it definitely started when meno hit
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Oh I've always have a phobia - although I've never been particularly bothered about keeping the house clean 8)
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 :o as well as getting more aches and pains, hiatus hernia, heartburn .......
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Omg I'm sure I would end up dominating this thread. In 2023 I've diagnosed myself with the following c's:
Ovarian
Colon
Malignant soas syndrome
Cervical
Kidney and bladder
Stomach
Esophagus
Throat
Nasal/pharynx
Tongue and mouth
Eyelid
Breast (more than once)
Lymphoma
Vulval / vaginal
Oh and my husband with colon and prostate
Definitely some more than once. Wow I have not written these all down until I responded to Jules's post and clearly missed some off of that. I need to keep this to remind myself of just how rubbish my track record is!!! I'm slightly mortified now 🙈
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Don't be mortified!
Usually if I have symptoms for more than 3 weeks I tend to think that I ought to see a medic ::). i.e. low back pain [due to coughing]; irritating cough and reflux [due to stopping Omeprazolol]; DVT as I get intense thigh pain in the night; sciatica which turned out to be something else [can't remember] ::)
Still here. I had breast disease treatment in the 1990s .........
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Don't be mortified!
Usually if I have symptoms for more than 3 weeks I tend to think that I ought to see a medic ::). i.e. low back pain [due to coughing]; irritating cough and reflux [due to stopping Omeprazolol]; DVT as I get intense thigh pain in the night; sciatica which turned out to be something else [can't remember] ::)
Still here. I had breast disease treatment in the 1990s .........
Oh I can have a symptom for an afternoon and panic about it. Its like I need to know right now that it's fine and is going to go away 🙈
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I'm like that with pain because I never know how long it will last nor how long pain relief will take to work!
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In the last four months with my stomach back and rib pain about a million different things. I’ve always been a bit like that but lately it’s been crazy. When you can’t get to the bottom of something it does drive you nuts. To get correct treatment is the optimal and desirable ever receding Nirvana! My cats help by sitting on me and their purring is a natural soother! :)
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Some find that keeping a mood/food/symptom diary of use ....... might put issues into perspective?
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Yes me too! ::)
I've just about driven myself round the twist with all the ailments I have thought I had.
It's actually really refreshing to see that I'm not the only one. I honestly feel like a crackpot sometimes!
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Based on the pains I've felt this year I've diagnosed myself with the following c's:
colon, stomach, liver, pancreatic, ovarian and kidney
An increase in pain led my doctor to order a CT scan and tv ultrasound this past week. What is really causing my pain? 2 small ovarian cysts and degenerative joint disease of my lower spine. And gas. ;D
Let's hope I can calm down now!
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Aahhh good old gas,even THAT can cause us to think we have some incurable disease 🙄😂
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This thread has made me feel so much better.. Penguin I hear you ...that is me, constantly. And as for gas, that has prompted me on multiple occasions to spiral into a chasm of disease doom... until I inevitably fart/belch. Hubby just rolls his eyes most of the time...
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Last night: 11.30: I had period-like pains ........ convinced that I had something serious right b4 C.mas >:(
Couldn't pass up or down. Eventually did a normal poo then had a bath to encourage wind to pass. It didn't but the 3rd bath of the day was lovely ;). We had sprouts and cauliflower for our evening meal :-\
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Here we go: I am slowly accepting my aches and pains if they last more than 1 week without becoming or worse or better still, when they raise an alert B4 disappearing ::)
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Wish I could do that clkd,been suffering some kind of reflux for over a month now,dr has put me on 40mg omeprazole daily for 4 weeks but that feeling of a lump in my chest/top of stomach has me in a right old tizz
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When Do U take the Omeprazolol? I find in the morning best for me, 20mg.
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Yep me too
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Cancer of lower right lip. A hardish white lump ....... for 3 days B4 it popped :o. PHEW!
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Ah good clkd, I as you know have had reflux which = cancer from anywhere between my throat and stomach ???
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Yep. Usually I would wait 2 weeks B4 worrying but the area was/is sore >:(
Now with regards. my bowels ::)
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Ah good clkd, I as you know have had reflux which = cancer from anywhere between my throat and stomach ???
Oh blimey, I've had that thought too, Jaypo. It's hard to shake :o
My anxiety always goes up when the time approaches for a mammogram - strangely enough I'm fine with smear and bowel screening ::)
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I do my bowel screening in private. A quick swipe and into the envelope.
Don't get invited for smears or mammograms. So when my breast/under arm areas nip I have to remind myself that it's because I've been lifting, gardening and hanging laundry.
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Yep songbird,the anxiety has abated now but had it since coming back from holiday in January,what a waste of nearly 3 months.
It's waiting for the letter from the NHS after a mammogram,I always get my OH to open it 🙄
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I am like this after a smear even though I have had zero symptoms!
I am 50 this year and dreading the letter for first mammogram for exactly the same reasons. The only thing I console myself with is that anything found would be early and treatable, hence why they do the screening. I'd imagine it wouldn't be common for a routine screening to find something that bad that it couldn't be treated as you'd have had symptoms by then. Saying that though, I can't cope with the wait either and am looking for ways I can pay privately and get it done somewhere where they do all the breast checks in the same day. I've found one place and mentioned it to my GP, who wasn't opposed to it, but asked me to find out the conversion rate from mammogram to biopsy. He didn't say why he wanted to know that but I guess it is to see if they do unnecessary procedures to make more money.
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Yep songbird,the anxiety has abated now but had it since coming back from holiday in January,what a waste of nearly 3 months.
It's waiting for the letter from the NHS after a mammogram,I always get my OH to open it 🙄
I get what you mean about wasting time worrying too. I have ruined holidays with my health anxiety, then came home and its abated and been really annoyed with myself.
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Waiting until 50 for your 1st mammogram :o. I had them from age 30 until 68. Then I have to request if worried. Tboule is, without the reminder every 5 years I forget!
My breast disease was never seen on film. It was found on palpation.
That spot filled again in the night - a gentle squeeze has released a lot of gunge so it isn't cancer ::). sore though.
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Yep songbird,the anxiety has abated now but had it since coming back from holiday in January,what a waste of nearly 3 months.
It's waiting for the letter from the NHS after a mammogram,I always get my OH to open it 🙄
I get what you mean about wasting time worrying too. I have ruined holidays with my health anxiety, then came home and its abated and been really annoyed with myself.
Oh yes penguin, I ruined a lovely cruise to Norway because of awaiting blood tests, I was sure something was wrong,so phoned surgery (from Norway) and was told what?? All ok,half the holiday gone :(
Clkd,can you slap some magnesium past on it? It should draw everything out :)
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Waiting until 50 for your 1st mammogram :o. I had them from age 30 until 68. Then I have to request if worried. Tboule is, without the reminder every 5 years I forget!
My breast disease was never seen on film. It was found on palpation.
That spot filled again in the night - a gentle squeeze has released a lot of gunge so it isn't cancer ::). sore though.
Why the shocked face? Routine screening doesn't start until age 50 to 53. I don't know why you started yours earlier but this is standard unless you go to the GP with symptoms.
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Hiya Penguin, I thought 50+ was the general starting point for mammograms.
I did begin mine in my 40s as part of a trial in our area for women who had a family history of early breast cancer.
I never miss any medical call up if and when offered. Definitely of the thought that if there is a problem it can be treated asap.
Mind you, my BP has been high lately and am being monitored.... Didn't think I got health anxiety until this. So I worry, which ups my BP which makes me worry more et c etc........🙄
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My health anxiety has been at full throttle over the last year
I have had - Barrett's oesophagus due to reflux
Stomach ulcer
Diverticulitis
Kidney disease - this was a fun one my GP was very worried about a sky high creatinine level but it was becuase I had weight trained before the blood test and creatine is a product of muscle breakdown.
Ovarian cancer
Bladder cancer
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It must be that 'rules' have changed with regards being called for mammograms due to research finding that women in the main don't require them. However, when I was young :whist: I was called from the age of 35. Not via my GP. After surgery I had them every 3 months, then 6, then 12 months for 3 years. on an 'in case' basis.
That spot has filled again :-X sorry if you're eating supper. Less sore today so probably not a tumour ::). Did any1 watch that surgical programme last night, a bit gory to say the least so I watched from behind the sofa. Eye socket involved: the guy made a great recovery!
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for new members
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The 1st page is the best,just so's newbies know :D