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Posted 7/16/2015 2:16 PM (GMT 0)
I won't bore you with a long history but suffice it to say that I have suffered from health anxiety and IBS issues for a good part of my life. Sometimes I have gotten relief for months and even years at a time however each time it comes back it seemsworse. I have plenty of stressors in my life that could be contributing to all this (3 deaths in the family, lids of job etc) but I just worry now that it's evolved into colon cancer. I don't gave any blood mor dark stools and only occasional diarrhea but Im terrified to go to the doctor and find out what's causing. The symptoms are so random and varied...sometimes I have symptoms of gall bladder, sometimes my upper abdomen bothers me and sometimes it's low down in my intestinal are. I have a lot of gas, bloating and flatulence and I even get back pains which I've had for years but now I'm sure it's part of an inevitable coon cancer diagnosis. Can this health anxiety be bringing on all these issues that feel so real?
Posted 7/16/2015 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Health anxiety can bring on a lot of issues, you can convince yourself of having something even if you don't (many women that strongly believe they're pregnant and even have positive pregnancy results but actually are not pregnant, how that works I don't know but I've heard of it happening many times over) does it makes sense to worry about having something you may not have? Why not just go to the doctor and see what is/or isn't going on?

Of course stress can cause health issues, there's plenty of evidence of that and many people actually bring health issues on to themselves when they're very stressed out about a variety of things..yes stress can kill...life kills, it's a matter of quality life not quantity though for some it's both quantity and quality...very tough to accomplish in this messed up world no doubt.

Your symptoms do not sound like colon cancer, they sound like classic IBS symptoms to me....many people have colon cancer and don't have symptoms for a long time, if you're concerned it would only make sense to see a doctor.
Posted 7/24/2015 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
Have you tried kefir? In addition to being really fantastic for intestinal issues, it helps with depression and probably anxiety as well. I had a lot of cramping and sudden bouts of diarrhea for many years until this really nice lady gave me some kefir culture. I started brewing and drinking my own kefir; after a month of that I was able to completely do without the Prilosec and dicyclomine and even after I stopped drinking the kefir my symptoms were gone. It's been over a year and I don't even think about my intestines any more :)
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