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I had a surgery in Nov. and had my gallbladder removed. I was worried out of my mind because I lost weight and had pain that I had not experienced before. Well for the most part in Dec. I started to feel better and went back to work. Now I'm feeling another pain that comes from my back and wraps around the front of my abdomen. Ive been to two doctors and they have both told me that my bloodwork is normal. plus they did a ctscan in Dec. is normal. I feellike the doctor feels I don't trust him because I keep going back even though he says I'm fine. But I go to the doctor constantly and read too much material on health and then scare myself into what if thinking. Can anyone out there relate or have any advice for me??

Hi Liz, I too obsess about health. I have been a nervous wreck all day at work. I have my annual OBGYN appt. this Thursday and so scared. I went to doc. back earlier this month for anxiety and had been in Nov. and Dec. and white blood cells were a little elevated and then in January they are normal and that Dr. says I'm normal. But I have little nagging pains I think are ovaries. I am 42 so may be this is normal, but I'm scared of what I will find out on Thursday. I can so relate to you. I too read stuff and then I swear I start getting symptoms... my advice is to quit reading that stuff. I have a health book on my nightstand that I haven't looked at in several weeks, but it is tempting. I am on Celexa now and was taking some Lexapro, but I didn't take it long enough to know if it works good. I thought it did at first and then I get anxious and think the Lexapro is making me edgy. I wish I could be mentally normal again. I fear what I will worry about next health wise. Keep in touch. mmj

Thanks for replying mmj! I hope your appt goes well. I will pray for you. I have an appt tomorrow out of town due to the fact that I still have the pain and the doctor here made me feel like there was nothing else he can do. I was given zoloft after my surgery and I had increased heart palpatations so I stopped. Then he gave me lexapro and I never started taking it. I also have a health book on my nightstand how funny! But I also have Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyers book there too. So everytime I'm tempted I pick up the more positive and inspirational one. You should look into Joyce Meyer she speaks alot about life worry and stress. Well I'll keep in touch and I'm comforted that I am not alone in this. Liz

Hi mmj.

I'm 43 years old and I just went through the whole OBGYN and physical thing. After m made my appointmen I stressed out for a week until my appointment. My skin even broke out in acne. I hadn't gone for a while and I got scared because I had a surgical procedure done and I didn't go to my follow up and I wondered if I would get bad news. Well, I went to my appt., nervous and all. But I got through it.

My doctor told me to call her in a week and that my reasults should be back. Well, I stressed out some more. A week later, she called me. I just looked at the phone, my heart pounding. I was thinking "the use to call you if something was wrong"! I was was so afraid to answer the phone. I just braced myself and picked it up. And guess what? Everything was GREAT! All of that stress for nothing!

This is what we do to ourselves when nothing is really wrong.