Have you ever met someone who has a headache and thinks they have a brain tumor? Or one of those people who has a pain in their chest and is convinced they’re going into cardiac arrest? How about someone with stomach pain who thinks they have appendicitis?
Guys, last night I convinced myself I had appendicitis and ended almost a year of not self-diagnosing via WebMD.
There goes that streak.
But seriously, when you have pains on your right side and loss of appetite, what else do you have?
You may ask why I gave up WebMD. Well, right now I’m convicinving myself I have other symptoms that are aligned with said appendicitis like nausea and vomiting. Yea, I can make myself puke. It’s not that impressive.
So I know that I probably don’t have appendicitis and that it is all in my head. Like the heart attack I was having or my brain tumor. Or when the student health center thought I had DVTs while my parents were on vacay in Cabo.
Please, please, please tell me I’m not the only one who does this.
And with all that craziness, I leave you with this lovely photo taken from my hotel room during the last vacation I went on. In 2008…no…I’m not bitter.
Every time my mother gets a head ache, she always says her brain tumor is acting up haha
You’re not the only one, because I do it too! I was convinced last week that something was wrong with my heart smh…feel better!
~XO Kelley
No I do this all the time which is why I try and avoid self-diagnosing because according to those websites I shouldn’t be alive anymore!
OH MY GOSH- that is SO ME. My boyfriend hates it. So glad to hear that someone else does this, too. Hope you feel better soon and that it is not appendicitis or a brain tumor 🙂
I do this ish all the time. Every single cold, I’m positive I have bronchitis. I’ve never had bronchitis.
Also: I can make myself puke too. We’re so normal.
aw hun your not the only one, i am always self diagnosing, I had a serious car crash back in october where i had to be removed from the car, I escaped with minor injury (cuts and bruises) but I convinced myself i had internal bleeding and all sorts but I Never we just worry – go see your doctor xx
i’m not like this but my boyfriend is! And yes, I think we need to set aside time for dinner and/or drinks soon to discuss my blog name. You’re good at this stuff.
I used to do this, but now I try to get myself in the mindset I’m invincible and do the mind over matter thing – I hate doctors and medicine so that’s probably why…and maybe you got to #2 (sorry did I really just say that?!)? Hey – tummy issues are no joke! 😉
I’m the exact same way! Every time I have a weird pain or something, I always think the worse. It’s SO bad!
WebMD is evil. I hate that website. Every nurse/doctor has told me NOT to look there.
I may or may not have webmd’d myself this morning.
we should probably start a support group or something.
this is totally my sister.
i remember when she had convinced herself that she had eye cancer.
eye cancer!
hahahahahhahahahaha
i’m convinced i am either an animal or have legs sores from diabetes from eating too much yogurt.
i’m going to the dr tomorrow so we will find out if i’m dying for a rare fungal disease that attacks your leg.
webmd is THE WORSTTTTTTTTTT!
yeah…i thought i had appendicitis and went to the ER had a CT that was the WORST THING EVER and they said nothing was wrong. awesome. i fall victim to webMD all the time. a couple years ago i was looking up my symptoms (when the side pain started), saw that I had cancer and then had to look up panic attack because I thought I was dying. It was just a panic attack. BUT webMD has been good for me too bc I was able to diagnose my endometriosis. i’ve currently got some health issues going on that they can’t figure out and I get on webMD every night. it’s sick.
hahah i do this all the time. this summer i was convinced i have some whack rare diseases….since then i try to stay away
xx Katie
For reals though, one time I self-diagnosed on WebMD and it told me to seek immediate medical attention. I was like it CANT BE THAT NO WAY. Next night I find myself in the ER.
I’ve also thought I had appendicitis a million times. I call my mom who had it once and she asks, “are you wailing in a ball on the floor?” doesn’t let me answer and then goes “ya call me when that happens.”
I have the same diagnosis, via webmd. the doctors didn’t believe me though, they thought i was just fine. if you find a cure, lemme know!