Health Scare - or Hypochondriac ?

[McMurdo]

Alex
I am not sure how to banish thoughts like these. The first step as I see it would be to book an appointment with your physician, and then go from there. This might be something, and it might be nothing, however until you find out then nothing can be done about it. I sincerely hope this is nothing to be worried about but if you are having these feelings then what you are going through is real enough. Again I hope and pray that this is nothing to be worried about. All the best.

[ccga3359]

My wife went through something similar with her blood test for upcoming day-surgery. We'd gone through a cancer scare years before, ended up not being cancerous) but the seriousness in a medical secretary's call to come see the doctor as something has been found in the tests. Needless to say it ended up her being iron deficient. Doctor prescribed her iron pills and the fatique she used to feel went away. My Dad was told to eat more red meat at the age of 82 to build up his iron level. Alex take this as a sign, go see your Doctor, run a few tests just to make sure that everything is ok. perhaps you're suffering the same as my wife (except for her plumbing problems, that is ). You're probably run ragged taking care of Ann. You should realize though, that to take care of your wife you must take care of yourself. I feel everything will be alright.

[DTrain]

Whoa! I think you are "worrying yourself sick." A little anemia is very common and probably nothing significant. It could be a vitamin or an iron deficiency, as simple as that. If you don't have fatigue (worse than normal, that is--do you know anybody who's NOT a little fatigued?), or passing out episodes then it's probably just something to watch.

Echoing the others, just to be safe, get it checked with your local physician. Is it difficult to see a physician under the UK health program? I confess that I know very little about your health system. In the U.S., you would start with a general practicioner and then maybe a GI doctor for possible colonoscopy (if you have never had one). Over here, Katie Couric even televised hers.