Anxiety is coming back about getting cancer sigh

I don't know who saw my posts earlier in May but pretty much this is what they said:

 So I am known to be a hypochondriac over things, however I am a little calmer now. Just noticing some things that seem to be leukemia symptoms and kind of confused over if I should get looked at.

Around a month ago, I found a big bruise on my thigh and an itchy rash on it. It went away though, just left a little mark. I have another bruise on my thigh now that is clearing away. (I bruise easily at my job) Also, every summer I get red dots on my arms from the heat and I have gotten them twice already this spring that have went away in a couple days. I have had really bad sore throats the last week and a runny nose, which I thought was just allergies, however no fever or ridiculous pain. I have also been having some really bad nightsweats during the warmer days, and random aches and pains every now and again this month, such as my back and neck. I just got blood work in march, however my concern is that maybe something developed since then? Something tells me it didn't but I just wonder what everyone else thinks about going to the doctors for blood when in March it was fine?

After reading the responses, I felt better. However, I just contracted pink eye from someone in my family and I know that Leukemia causes an increase in infections and now I am really scared this is it. I have also been pulling muscles from work a lot lately, am I still overreacting? Is this even normal?

I wish I could stop being such a hypochondriac :/

I have since recovered from health anxiety, but boy-oh-boy, I remember as clear as day how vivid the anxiety would be when I managed to convince myself I had virtually every type of disease and disorder out there.

I remember watching a special on TV back when I was in my early teens, and it was a program following a girl who had leukemia. She described her symptoms,...what brought her to the doc initially,....(although note that what she describes also can come from anything from stress to over-doing it, among other things).

But oh no! Nosiree! I was convinced that because I shared one of those symptoms, there was no doubt, I probably had it too.

Well just wanted to report that almost 40 years later, and if I only had a time machine to bring me back and give my younger self a good talking to! I wasted so much precious time just hovering around those nasty "what if" monsters! They're invasive.

S.C. gave great advice and input....She brings up good points about pink eye, etc., not to mention our wonderful Resource section. I heartily encourage you to check them out! :)








M.