Is it all pointing towards CANCER? prt 3

[natty86]

I don't know what's up with me? Also about 6months ago I was complaining of knee pain, I was struggling to get up the stairs, I had blood tests done for arthritis and was booked an x-ray. The x ray was normal, and so was the blood test. OCT 10 I was booked to have my gallbladder removed but a blood test I had was slightly raised.I had my gall bladder out in DEC, Repeat bloods were done and I have a raised ESR rate. I'm waiting the results of another one taken last Thursday.
I've also had a brain MRI scan because after having my son I started to get a very groggy,foggy head and the floor would move, like I was in a lift all the time, I was told this was not Vertigo and maybe down to my having an anxiety disorder. Ever since I've had my son, I've just fell apart. My doctor wants me to have a internal exam and after feeling my belly said to have a ultrasound. I'm worried for 2 reasons, Because I see my doctors a lot for other things, I feel as though they blame everything on anxiety or stress. Also cancer, and as though my anxiety stems from losing my ex partner to the disease, I type my symptoms into the internet and all I get is cysts,fibroids and CANCER.
Stomach cancer, cervical cancer,ovarian cancer. And a lot of my symptoms are the same of a lot of different diseases. Also the High ESR I keep reading that it points to cancer. So if I'm getting the symptoms and I have a high ESR I'm coming to my own conclusions here Please can you help? In your expertise what could this be? I have heard of people having the same-ish problems, they have the tests and they all come back normal, so the doctors say its just one of those things or they don't send for further tests and miss something very important or life threatening. I'm so scared. And as Our stupid country has put all pap/smear tests up to the age of 25. And I'm to old or the Cervical cancer jab nor cant afford it, I'm in limbo here. Thank you for reading my Question.

[boxtops]

I think most of this is covered in your Part 2 thread - but please do stop looking on the internet, you are scaring yourself silly (and it's understandable).
How long ago since you had your son?

[NOX]

Well with regards to your feeling weird when you were pregnant and the floor moving and other weird neurological things, my wife always had that, plus a feeling of of her arms being filled with air ( seriously) and disorientation and dizziness, as well as a host of other things- good thing is it was found to jujst be nothing (not that could ever say exactly WHY it was, just that it wasn't life threatening) and she's alive and well years and years later. With regards to your other symptoms, anyone at all COULD have cancer and be none the wiser until they become symptomatic, but from your post you are quite young and therefore not in a high risk bracket to start with and it could be a host of other things, but you have recently had a baby and are suffering from anxiety- and that is the key to your problem- you need to get a better handle on that so you can see things in perspective and not panic yourself silly over something you read on the internet.
Someone like Sqad will be better placed to advise you on your medical stuff, but as for your anxiety, go back to your Dr, tell them what you've told us and that you understand that your anxiety is a contrivutorty factor and need some further help with that, at least then you will be less terrified and better placed to rationalise everything, as anxiety disorders are truly terrible.