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cathyneedsfaith 
11:22pm, April 28, 2009
hello.. ok the last 2 weeks have been hell and back . Exp this past week! i Started out by waking up with REALLY inflamed gums/ swollen salivary glands HURTING! .. wow to my knowledge i was dying i have cancer in my mouth and throat i completly thought! i went to a oral surgeon who told me i was biting the heck out of my cheeks prob from nerves and i must of had sum kind of littleinfection in my gums and the rinse with peridex! That wasent enough for me though and still isent i went to my reg doc and she told me the same thing i dont have cancer and ill be ok BUT I ONTBELIEVE IT .. my mouth feels a little better but he last three days i have been very weak i dont know if its b.c i been in bed constantnly /dwelling/sleeping or if is b.c im really ill . Following along with that i have had a headache for three days also ON TOP OF THAT im loosing so much weight im 5'3 started off about 120 a few months ago now im down to 108 109 id say . so now im convinced if its not cancer itssome kind of infection / tumor im nt sure i wish i knew i feel like the only way to calm myself down is to get a xray of my mouth n jaw but my fam thinks i am out of control and go to the doc way to much!! i dont know what to do anymore.. im really not feelng good at all i just feel like im gunna faint n die I DONT KNOW whats going on i wish i had the answers !!
cathy
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..ok so today was so / so
went to reg phyiscan this morning to check me out .. heart was a little fast 100 bh.. blood pressure was 110/60 i guess ok.. but i was really anxious dident even feel like i was in doctors office .. completly sweating and all really trying to cope .. had to take my zanex XR while waiting in waiting room for my refferals for some new phy's .. u would think b4 i would take it but i was trying to fight it on my own .. i just couldent anymore .. but im glad i made it that far into it i guess !! .. went out the rest of the day with my mom .. i was ok ... i constantly check my puulse latley since the phy taught me how to on my own .. terrible .. wish he never did !! haa
now im watchn tv... phy has me weenin off the cymbalta .. makes me feel stinky but got to get of some how i guess!! wish there was some one to relate 2 me!
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Hang in there. I liked your advice was does not kill us makes us stronger. I have also been on many different kinds of meds in the last couple of months and it has been interesting. What works for me is 10mg of Paxil and and 1/2 tablet of valium mid day. I still have what I call mini attacks that my hands and feet start sweating and my head fells funky but it never gets to the next level. I hate doctors offices too. I have the doctor presently checking my hormones to see if that is what is causing such bad anxiety.
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ya i feel you to !! it really is the worst! but isent 110/60 a good blood pressure ? i never recalled that being loww ~ and yes thanks for the quite advice i do stay somewhere calm and quite when i feel it coming on or i pop out my anxiety book and read!
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Hey, I just wanted to let you know that you are in no way shape or form alone in this game of life. So many people out there are feeling scared from their own bodily symptoms. I use to take my pulse all day long and I thought it was to protect myself from dying. I was only fooling myself into thinking that my behavior was justified to stay alive. I was always on alert of anything with my heart. It would skip, go really fast and I don't mean 120...I mean 180 to 200 fast. It would freak me out to no end. Life as I knew it was over. But this wonderful lady in her 50's that I met, her heart was 220+. It is such a bad feeling and I know this from experience of going out of my mind because I thought I was just going to meet God any minute now. But I realized after getting help by reading books and therapy that my heart going fast was not going to kill me. It took more then one visit and one book to convince me of that. What I think is the best thing to do is to put out the fire in the kitchen before it spreads to the entire house. Dr. Claire Weekes is a fantastic read and has helped millions of people with anxiety....it has for me that's for sure. I hope some of the things I said help you out just a bit. Just feel better knowing that not one person ever has been recorded of dying from having a small, medium or huge panic attack. If you ever need to talk about panic feel free to ask any questions you may have. Anxiety is no fun that's for sure but it can be overcome little by little. Make it a great day. ~Tommy
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wow thank you for that and i have been reading alot. and told have done alot of self help talk and also see a phy once a week hes good!! i am going to get this book you are telling me about i love to read on these things is there a name to it in partiuclar ? a specific one .?
thank you so much
catherine
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Im glad u actually tried to stick to coping...every little step counts when doing so.
and trust me...the feelings u are feeling are going to be way more manageable in time. keep it up!
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Hey Cathy, this link will take you straight to Amazon. It's the best investment I've made. If you don't like what you read and I'll pay for it. I swear by it. It's old school but it's just what the doctor ordered.
http://www.amazon.com/Hope-Help-Yo...
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Ok thank you !!! is there any book store i can get it in b. i went to borders and told there dr. claries and they dident have it !
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Try Barnes and Noble, that's where I picked up mine. Call ahead to see if that store has it in stock first before you make a trip. If they don't they can tell you which store has it in stock or they may do a quick transfer for you if it's out of the way. I just called them and they have it in every store here in San Diego. I have no idea where you live but I'm sure they'll have it in stock for you. Take care. ~Tommy
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thank you i will go tomo ! i am on 2 books now for relaxtion teqh's and helping anxiety .. i can always use another.
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I'm so sorry that you are going through this as I also have some hypochondriac issues due to my OCD. EVERYTHING you described can be explained by anxiety. I bite my cheeks too when I get nervous and nearly everyone gets headaches when they are nervous. Losing weight can be a symptom of anxiety or from switching medication. I was on a medication that caused me to gain 30 pounds. After stopping, I lost 40 pounds in two months. Haha, I am now EXACTALLY your size. 5 ft 3 in and 109 pounds!
Anyway, I noticed you were looking at the cancer forums. Please don't go looking for symptoms that are not truly there. It is not going to help.
Kuno78