So around dinner time tonight my left shoulder started to ache and feel sore, and my arm too a little. Guess what I thought? I'm going to have a heart attack. I haven't had it yet, and my shoulder doesn't hurt anymore.

Hi maine:

I am having some incredibley bad anxiety today. Dizzy spells (the room moving kind) and feeling like my head is going to blow off, buzzing and internal shaking plus just in general feeling like I am just going to die right where I am at.

The worst thing I have ever thought was wrong with me was a brain tumor and that was what I blamed on all the anxiety and dizziness.

Hugs to you and hope that you are feeling better.
Jeaninne

Yah, I'm feeling a little better. But I had a BAD anxiety day today too. Must be in the air. Off to take my bedtime xanax!

That's me too. Almost everyday, at least once, I think I'm going to have a heart attack. It starts with weird little pains in or near my chest, neck, shoulder or arm. Then I sit there "waiting" for it to get worse. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. Other times, I start feeling other stuff, lightheaded, dizzy, maybe a little queazy. So I keep waiting, thinking.....and then it all goes away. It makes me feel like IF I EVER WAS HAVING A REAL HEART ATTACK, I MIGHT THINK IT'S JUST ANXIETY AND SIT THERE AND DIE!!!!!!!!!!


God I hate this S**T!!!!

my list is as follows= lung cancer, schtzophenia, bi-polar, diabetes, prostate cancer ( got that one from hearing about patrick swayze ) tumors in spine, and alot more just cant think of them, oh amneshia !!!!

Flesh-eating bacteria and ovarian cancer. Needless to say, neither has come even CLOSE to developing.

My "What diseases haven't you had?" list would be shorter.

I suppose my worst disease was ALS (Lou Gherig's disease). I had that for a while. But I had Parkinson's longer. And I had it off and on.

Imaginary diseases can be fickle, don't you know ...

Sukie

I had ALS when my eyelid was twitching...Don't blame me, blame google which helpfully directs you to ALS if you type in "twitching"...

I have banned myself from all googling!!!! I have scared myself too much about too many things. The only place I'm allowed to come is here to PS and my email. Google is the devil.

I have thought this same thing so many times. I even told my doctor that once and she said "Well I hope not"! Big A$$ help she is!!!!

i'd say anything debilitating enough to put me in a nursing home, that really scares me!

Crikey where to start.....


Had my DH with lepto spirosis (squirell related??) aswell as having sceptosemia (sp?) running parallel with pneumonia!!

Also thought my DD had a rare reaction to antibiotics ( had diahrhea) when I had ruled that out,was adamant someone was poisoning her!!! turned out was the unfiltered water at nursery!!!

Surprised I haven,t been locked away. yet when i,m in self(or anybody) diagnosing mode,I,m convinced I,m right with my diagnosis at that time.

Freaks me out,glad i,m not the only one PHEW thankgoodness for you ladies here


KathS

Oh, if we're talking about kids too.... everytime my preteen was sick I was sure he had meningitis, especially if he complained that his neck hurt. You have heard those stories where the kids was home with a bad cold/flu, got really bad so went to the hospital. It was meningitis and the kid ends up dying. So, he was finally old enough for the meningitis shot and got it. Now I don't think he has meningitis anymore. Wish there was a peri shot!

I worry about absolutley everything!! From dying to getting the flu! It doesn't help that I work for a Dr and alot of our patients are diagnoised with cancer!! so everyday I go home worried that I may have cancer somewhere! I need to just get over it but I can't . I also hate going on trips I am always afraid that there will be a bad accident and I will die !!! Or worse my son would die!
No my new fear is getting the swine flu!!
I would like one day when I am not worried about something!!!!
Laurie

Oh boy everything!! Skin rash = leukemia (sp) stomache pain = stomach cancer, colon cancer, bowel cancer, - headache = brain tumour - fuzzy eyesight = glucoma, - sorry but the list goes on and on. Cold = swine flu etc etc. I have now learned NEVER TO GOOGLE AGAIN!!

Hugs

Jackie

Today I have the most horrendous joint pain in my hands which I have never had before. My knees and legs have hurt like crazy, but today the hands got in on the act. Plus I have a huge purple place on the inside of my left thumb and it is so painful to the touch.... now I think I have Raynaud's for sure or RA since other autoimmune diseases can go along with Hashi's. I, too, have quit this googling symptoms. I just could not afford the extra anxiety that it produced.

mood_swinger

Any leg pains= blood clot
Arm-shoulder-chest pain=heart attack, so on and so on!
HATE THIS!!!!!!!

Dear 'Webalina'
Have to go with the flesh-eating bacteria as the two bacterias I really did pick up in Hospital were really nasty and had to have necrotic flesh removed!Delightful
As for the rest they have mostly been the product of my over active imagination.

All the Best
Elizabeth

Dear'nc53215'
Have to admit that on the "Mental" side I have diagnosed myself with Manic Depression-mostly manic!plus Anxiety about being wrongly brain wired.
I think that Patrick Swayze was Pancreatic Cancer but who's counting.
The strange thing is that for reason I never feel I will ever get Cancer.I don't know why I have this strong conviction but then again it could be part of my un-diagnosed mental conditions.
Stay Well
Or at least pretend
Elizabeth

"Google is the devil."



That is SO true! What disease haven't I had from googlitis????

Ladies! I have a new health problem to report! I'm reading, "Carved in sand," a book about changes in memory at midlife. There's a section on stress and how it can impact the hippocampus. Long-term stress can actually kill hippocampal neurons; The hipppocampus can even shrink.

Sooooooo you guessed it! I'm now convinced that my previously healthy hippocampus is now a shriveled up little peanut!

I have hippopeanutitis!

Woo hoo!

Dear 'Sukie'
Thank God you came up with a firm diagnosis!Fancy Title Too
From now on I will not say I am emotionally disturbed just suffering from a 'shrinking-almost shrunk-hippocampus'
Sounds quite believable too!
All the Best
Elizabeth

Put me down for an agreement to this! It's crazy how you can type in the most mundane symptom, like -- I don't know..."pimple", and the first things that come up are always the most horrific diseases your mind can conjure up. Why can't it go with the easy stuff first -- "It's just an ingrown hair. Get over it." Nope. Its recommends getting checked for skin cancer...and not the "just burn it off" kind, but the deep, scarring, life-threatening melanoma kind.

Maybe Google needs some kind of meds to stop overreacting to everything.

Hmm, let's see... Parkinson's Disease or Multiple Sclerosis closely followed by a heart attack. There's always the possibility of a brain tumour and who knows what tomorrow will bring?

I have diagnosed myself with cancer of the body.....;-)

Just to update you on my heart attack, it happened the next night too and I realized that my shoulder hurt again after talking on the phone and holding it with shoulder.

Themainemom: Sorry you had two heart attacks this week. I hate when that happens.

I'm happy to report that I have a new disease. I've been watching Animal Planet's "Monsters Inside Me' (about parasites). Pretty sure I got toxoplasmosis from my cats (common carriers) and that that's why I feel crazy. Learned that this parasite can cause schizophrenia.

My apologies to all the cat-lovers out there who just got inflicted with the same virus thanks to my post.

Sukie

I've had melanoma, kidney failure, MS, Lyme disease, and at the moment, it's breast cancer. Never mind the normal mammogram, normal ultrasound and numerous lump-free breast exams, or the radiologist who told me he was POSITIVE I don't have breast cancer, Google knows best. I'd go have a glass of wine to try to relax about this, but drinking increases the risk of breast cancer!

Maybe I'll go see if the parasite show is on.....schizophrenia might be better than breast cancer!

Love this string. My recurring ailment is Parkinson's. My mom died of it and I am convinced that I will get it too. Well, not so much convinced as scared to death. There is nothing worse than living in fear. Every twitch and dizzy spell that comes with menopause just further confirms I have Parkinson's. Of course I have been getting it for over 2 years and yet it is not progressing; interesting. And, even though statistically speaking, relatives of Parkinson's patients have only a slightly higher risk of developing the disease then the general population, I am still convinced that I am destined to get it. What is it about hormone imbalance that makes us so paranoid? I too have had to ban Google from my life when it comes to medical issues. I will monitor this string to keep up with everyone's ailments. I have cats as well so may get that parasite soon. Only time will tell....

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis

At this particular moment in time I am not quite sure whether the RA is worse than peri or the other way around!

Happ1: I had Parkinson's longer than any of my other diseases. Went to two neurologists over that one cause I was sure the first one wasn't testing me thoroughly enough.

Anne1970: I had breast cancer yesterday because when one of my cats (same ones that gave me toxoplasmosis) walked across my chest, it hurt my boobie.

[Note: I am not making light of those who truly have these terrible afflictions. My heart goes out to those who suffer from these diseases. I am just trying to bring a smile to the faces of those who live in this crazy fear day to day because laughing does help, I find.]

Sukie

Oh my ladies--thank you for all the chuckles. I really needed that because in the past 24 hours, I've had a little bit of everything. It all started with a post-menstrual headache that OF COURSE was not simply caused by my dropping hormones. I just love this board because it's the ONLY reason I'm still partially sane.

I am adding Hyperthyroidism to my Parkinson's today because I feel adrenalin rushes that make me want to jump out of my skin. I took half of a 3 year old Lorazapam because that is all I had on hand; it was either that or Benadryl. I'm sure it will kick in any minute now and then I will relax; it's been 2 hours.

Happ1 -- I had a hyperthyroid yesterday too!! Must have been a virus or something.... I made that diagnosis because I was jittery, had a few heart palps, and wasn't hungry.

Oh, I also had cervical cancer for while yesterday too, because I had some spotting. And breast cancer because I had some pain in my left side.

Of course all those symptoms are gone today. It's a MIRACLE!!!

my hippo shrunk along time ago.....lol

Hi Ladies

Today I have the 'I think I am losing it and I am going to have a beakdown and OMG they are going to pt me in a home, what will my husband do' DAY, which may I add is my worst most frigtening symptom necause I really think I am going mad. Does any one else get it? Please tell me you do and let me know how you feel as I am so frightened.

Love to you all, hope you all feel better soon.

Ina xxx

When this all started.The anxiety,adrenalin rushes,the shakes and mood swings,I seriously thought I was loosing my mind .I felt totally out of control.I even asked my husband one morning to take me to the hospital I'm having a nervous breakdown.Luckily he didn't act on it I did come out of the worst of that.But since then I have 'imagined "Digestive problems;colon cancer,rash;flesh eating disease,twitches;MS,foggy head;brain tumor,tingling foot;tumor of the spine,and now gas;ovarian cancer.It's so hard for our rational minds to believe these symptoms to be a normal part of this journey,but I guess that's why were on PS.

OMG you guys make me laugh. I have kidney failure today because my exhaustion is at an alltime high.....I just want to sleep non stop so obviously my kidneys are bad I am must need dialysis. Geeze........what a crew we are eh? lol lol

Happ1:

Did you get the cat parasite yet?

Sukie

Bad news. I think my breast cancer has spread. Now I have lung cancer and throat cancer. Couldn't possibly be that cold I had all last week still making me cough!!

did you want to know the worst disease i have had TODAY??? because, of course, there is a new list everyday! today i feel like a royal bitch---so of course i have a brain tumor which is causing me to hate everybody at work---surely it couldnt be hormones making me feel bitchy!!?!!?

if i could turn my brain off for just one day---i think that would be awesome!

Hi Sukie, no I don't have the parasite yet. I am trying to stay focused on my Parkinson's for now; or should I say I am trying NOT to stay focused on it. It is consuming all my time. I really need to cure it so I can focus on all my other diseases!

today is brain tumor! got this nasty crawling achy feeling in head or maybe lice! Oh Well!
Bea (aka mrsbuff)

Oh my gosh! I love you people...I never knew there were so many people out there like me! I am brand new to this website and for the first time in 4 weeks I do not feel like I am crazy In the last 4 weeks I have thought that I have schizophrenia, bipolar, MS, Parkinsons, brain tumor, pancreatic cancer (Patrick Swayzee), candida overgrowth (hence the itching), some kind of lack of oxygen flow to brain (hence the lightheadedness and dizziness) and list goes on. Thank you all so much for making me laugh out loud for the first time in weeks!

Yeah need to laugh otherwise some days are just too hard. thank god I can laugh without peeing in my pants, Mind you, could be my new symptom tomorrow!! Today was just awful tingling in feet and fuzzy feeling under the toes and just hot hot feet! ANd I thought menopause would be easier than puberty!
Bea

Believe Me
We are all out here and growing in number!
I have always seen myself as an un-diagnosed Manic Depressive considering the number of highs and lows I seem to experience in any given week
My friend is a Manic Depressive and I know how much she has suffered,along with others,so am in no way making light of the subject but sometimes I wish some knowledgable Psychiatrist would give me a firm diagnosis so I don't have to fixate on my own mental state
Yes,it is great to laugh.Really is the "Best Medicine"
It certainly works better than the Prozac I have been on for many years plus the Xanax-as needed.
Stay Well
All the Best
Elizabeth!