I think I have colon cancer, I am an huge Hypochondriac

[Suzymasr]

I know how you feel when you home in on a condition or a problem. I wasmy around the same age as you when i started to have my bowel problems in dec 2011 and because i had anxiety the doc has said that all the pain and symptoms were caused by IBS but i was convinced it was something else. You have had a few tests and if there was anything bad they would of found it by now.
Its quite easily detected by a stool sample. In the Uk people over the age of 60 are sent a home testing kit, which they send the sample back through the post. This test can also be brought online.

Ive also had bleeding, mine was caused by piles. Ibs will cause your stools to change from one to another as well as bloating and cramps. It can all be made worse by stressing, please do not google. Write down all your questions, worries and wait until your at the docs to get them answered. Looking online will make things worse.....i have done this so many times and it has my anxiety 10 x worse. The doc can give you something to help settle problems with IBS. Also learn what foods to avoid coffee, chocolate, bread, cheese, fried food can make IBS worse, exercise can help.

take care

Well went to the doctor today and after 1 hour of screening all exams, the doctor told me again that I have IBS. I was fine for 10 minutes..........then i started to think if the Cysts they found 8 years ago in my left breast could actually spread to my colon. I have made several mammograms, ultrasounds, have seen a lot of doctors and they told me not to worry. Today I have checked my breast million of times and i can not find the lump..........................my mind is travelling...........

[joshhiboii]

Sounds like you need a break learn to breath and relax all is good is a visious mind trick

[Suzymasr]

Sounds like you need a break learn to breath and relax all is good is a visious mind trick

You are completely right, I must relax. I think i will start Yoga classes, I am really tired from myself.

[joshhiboii]

I am to tired of myself lol

[PanicCured]

I don't know how much I agree with IBS not being a real medical condition, it's more like stomach and bowel problems with no other diagnosis.

That's not what I meant. People with IBS have REAL problems. What I mean is it is not an official diagnosis. It is a diagnosis given when no proper diagnosis can be found. It's a default diagnosis. The problem is there are only so much medical tests can measure and you can't categorize everything so neat and perfectly. So when they can't provide a proper reason or diagnosis for the problems that someone has with their bowels, they call it IBS. Someone with IBS should look into natural remedies such as herbs or even stress management and maybe diet changes to help their problem, since there isn't much or a cure doctors can give you.

[PanicCured]

Well went to the doctor today and after 1 hour of screening all exams, the doctor told me again that I have IBS. I was fine for 10 minutes..........then i started to think if the Cysts they found 8 years ago in my left breast could actually spread to my colon. I have made several mammograms, ultrasounds, have seen a lot of doctors and they told me not to worry. Today I have checked my breast million of times and i can not find the lump..........................my mind is travelling...........

Did you read what I wrote to you or are you just going to blow it off? I gave you sound advice. No doctor's comfort will help you! You have anxiety and you need to help yourself. Unless you want to spend more money and take more tests and then have the doctor tell you once again you are ok. So the doctor tells you that you are ok and it's not good enough. So you come on this site and people here tell you that you are ok, and that is not good enough. Can you please see the real problem here? No amount of coddling and telling you that everything is ok will help you because you will just come up with a new thought that something is wrong. This is anxiety that you need to address regardless if you have a real disease or not.

[Suzymasr]

Did you read what I wrote to you or are you just going to blow it off? I gave you sound advice. No doctor's comfort will help you! You have anxiety and you need to help yourself. Unless you want to spend more money and take more tests and then have the doctor tell you once again you are ok. So the doctor tells you that you are ok and it's not good enough. So you come on this site and people here tell you that you are ok, and that is not good enough. Can you please see the real problem here? No amount of coddling and telling you that everything is ok will help you because you will just come up with a new thought that something is wrong. This is anxiety that you need to address regardless if you have a real disease or not.

I really aprreciate your support and everyone that took time to answer me. Yes its true no diagnose will confort me due to my anxiety and I can not continue like this. I do not like perscription drugs, I already experienced Prozac and Xanax and the side effects were crazy, I am going to therapy, start Yoga classes and meditation. I will see if this works......................

Thanks everyone , you are really a great support.

[majored]

Well went to the doctor today and after 1 hour of screening all exams, the doctor told me again that I have IBS. I was fine for 10 minutes..........then i started to think if the Cysts they found 8 years ago in my left breast could actually spread to my colon. I have made several mammograms, ultrasounds, have seen a lot of doctors and they told me not to worry. Today I have checked my breast million of times and i can not find the lump..........................my mind is travelling...........

Hi you have to try and believe what the doctor has told you. Ive had at least 5 doctors informed me that the lump i have on the inside of my belly is not anything bad. I will have times of thinking that they are right then 10 minutes later thinking they could be wrong. Ive been told not to Google or check myself ie:- pushing, squeezing, checking, comparing, examining myself. If i have a pain or sensation, just to leave it alone and not to check on it and think about something else. There are many times and i often say to my partner.......im sure its spreading. Yet the doctors have told me theres nothing wrong. I will have a pain upper stomach then its moved to under the ribs. The next day its in my chest and then i start to panic as the feeling is moving around my body. However its only a feeling and yet i will believe what ever i have is spreading around my body.

If your doctors have told you not to worry so try not to! Anxiety is a horrible thing but it wont kill you! We have to learn to try and take control over it instead of it controlling us. As you have IBS worrying about it WILL make it worse and the symptoms will seem like they are spreading and never going away. Some days will be better than others relaxing or taking your mind off of it will help but you do have to help yourself!