Oral cancer worry

Hi Mummy of what is frustrating us is that we have offered advice yet you ignore what we have said , we are honestly trying to help you but you must help us and yourself and stop looking for things that are not there, as the other ladies have said there are a lot of genuine people out there waiting to be seen and treated because they have cancer, i would not wish this disease on anyone and I personally had a massive battle to become cancer-free. with a lot of stress and worry. I wish you well with your therapy for your anxiety, please take care.

Chris x

Hello everyone, 

I hope you are all keeping well in the covid times. Just wanted to share a little update. 

my anxiety has been up and down over My health concerns. My Doctor sent me off for more bloods, FBC and diabetes check (thrush on the tongue). These all came back clear this week. So that’s a good thing again. I had my ultrasound last Monday 18th on the lump in my Neck, received my results today and I have been signed off with no further action required as it has come back it’s a lipoma. At first I thought the receptionist at the doctors said lymphoma! So I did poo myself and had to question her which she replied no it’s a lipoma, nothing to worry about. So again another worry off of my mind. I visited the dentist again on Tuesday for this thing on my Tongue, told her that it’s not as painful as when it first arose but just doesn’t feel right and that sometimes it feels numb/tingly there, and when it’s not sometimes the whole of my tongue feels like it’s burning. She took a good look at my tongue with my concerns in mind, said that nothing looks out of the ordinary and she doesn’t suspect cancer again. If I wanted to get a second opinion from my GP then I can but she has no concerns. She said my tonsils look massive bit this could just be me and they don’t look inflamed or infected which I guess is another good sign. I have got a phone call on Monday with my doctor, just because I can’t settle with the sensation of my tongue, I’m trying to convince myself it is something else.. nerve damage or something, but just get that niggly  feeling something isn’t right! I’m calm but worried at the same time, does this sound like I’m worrying over something silly or what? Sorry for the long message again :( xx

Mummyofthree said:

sound like I’m worrying over something silly or what?

Sounds like you have a clean bill of health and there is nothing physically wrong.

Hope it continues 

Keep well 

Keep sane 

Look forward to Spring and the warmth of the sun.

Sounds like everything is ok yiuve had enough experts looking into your mouth to last a lifetime. The tongue is extremely sensitive so speak to dr then go and forget about it 

Hazel x

Thanks for the update Mummyofthree, this is a brilliant update well done, you now have clean bill of health and have nothing to worry about, i think you are extremely lucky to see all these experts as I know how busy there are including your own doctor. So please listen to what they have told you, I'm so glad it's not cancer as it's not a nice condition to have, you are very lucky so this should stop you from worrying about it anymore, please take care and enjoy your life, all the best.

                    Chris x                                                              

Hi Mummyof3

I expect you have heard this before that ‘a life lived in fear is no life at all.’

Your anxiety appears to be so debilitating that there is no room to enjoy the important things in life such as your children. You need to get on top of it so that you can move on and properly live your life. Your anxiety seems to be manifesting in your fear of contracting a life threatening illness.

I may have mentioned before that I know how debilitating anxiety can be as I have a daughter who has suffered with it for most of her life. It has been a long journey but now with the right medication and help from her psychologist she is now living a happy life. However she can’t let anything slip or she plunges back into anxiety again.

You need to persevere on with seeing your psychologist and making sure that the medication you are on and the dosage is the right one for you.

Your fear of illness is your major symptom of anxiety and you can’t go on living with this fear.

Anxiety is just as debilitating as having a diagnosis such as cancer.

It is something you come to terms with and then something you learn to live with, eventually enjoying every day for what it brings.

Life throws you good and bad and when your head is in the right space you learn to manage it and move on.  

You still have some work to do. Your psychologist can probably find a forum for you where the members are learning to live with their anxiety. They will be able to give you lots of support and ideas on how to move forward as you seem to have stalled at the moment.

Best of luck with this as you move forward.

Lyn

That's really great news a clean bill of health. Now try to put all that behind you, now enjoy your children, husband and life. All the very best to you all.

Regards Ray.

Thankyou everyone for commenting back and putting up with me for such a period of time. I am forever grateful. I wish you all well xxx

yes I have been very lucky seeing all of these professionals in the pandemic, I am grateful to those too as it’s such a tough situation to be in. I have had a really good day anxiety wise Today. I will now concentrate on reducing this anxiety by starting meds and continuing talk therapy. 

Sophie66 thankyou for your kind words. I hope your daughter is ok! It’s not a nice feeling this anxiety. 

good luck to you all and all the best. Thankyou again, from the bottom of my heart. Xxx

Good luck Mummyofthree

So glad you've had a good day. The first of many I hope and good luck with those three of yours. I bet they are a handful. xx

Beesuit a massive thankyou to you! You say it how it is and it’s what I needed to hear! 
I hope so too! And yes they are lol but the beauties are all tucked up sleeping, an early first for a while. Good luck to you too xx