I think I have cancer and cannot see a physician.?!
Question: I think I have cancer and cannot see a physician..?
I have been without insurance for 3 years, because of small details that make me unable to receive state or county health or medicaid. I know I have something wrong with my uterus. I had rapid weight gain, hair growth, striations, and weird interruptions in my monthly. I have been feeling the past 2 years like there is a fog in my head, and I cannot focus or concentrate on anything for more than a few moments. I have all of the symptoms of uteran cancer, and lately i cannot stay awake, I am having weird bleeding, harsh abdominal pain, my throat is sore constantly, and I cannot get energy. I have been anemic when I visit the ER, and have been told my thyroid is not abnormal. Every day, my stomach and head are in pain, and I am starting to feel like I cannot even think, like I am losing my ability to think and my motor functions have gone downhill, including speech. My mother and many of my family died of cancer, so this worries me, but there is nothing I can do. Does anyone know of a way to see someone if my symptoms are so bad, without insurance, or county health.? Or should I just wait it out and hope for the best, since I don't see many options.?Health Question & Answer
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Go to an E.R. or Gyn clinic (city hospital) and tell them you've had extremely heavy vaginal bleeding, with clots, for several weeks.Health Question & Answer
Honey, it is better for you to visit a doctor. Even though you may not have insurance, I'm sure there is some type of assistance out there that can help you. I think I would rather have to pay a bill then to continue to not know and suffer. You should start using your sources, ie internet, to get some type of assistance with your problem. It may even be something more serious than what you think your diagnosis is.Health Question & Answer
It sounds more like a hormone disorder, maybe cushings disease. Either way, you are going to have to see a doctor, especially if cancer is in your family history.Health Question & Answer
This is something you cannot wait out, go to a doctor.Health Question & Answer
Well first of all your body is probably reacting to the mere threat that your family members have passed away from cancer. Stop thinking that you have cancer, the mind can play terrible tricks on your body.
I don't think that people normally gain weight when they have cancer, it is usually the opposite. I of course don't know where you live but there should be a free clinic or even a health department that you should be able to go to that charges a very minimal price to see you. If you do find one, make sure you write down your questions and what you have already been told by other doctor's or ER personal and make sure that you tell them your family's history with cancer.
Your stomach and head are probably in pain because you have convinced your self that you are already sick with something that is life threatening. Calm down... breathe... and get out your phone book and look for a institution that will see you and tell you if there is something reallly wrong with you or not.
For your anemia take iron pills (ferrous sulfate) you can find that in any drug store. So many things can cause your body to react the way that it is right now ESPECIALLY stress.
Good luck and try to calm down. the power of positive thinking can do wounderous things!
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I don't think that people normally gain weight when they have cancer, it is usually the opposite. I of course don't know where you live but there should be a free clinic or even a health department that you should be able to go to that charges a very minimal price to see you. If you do find one, make sure you write down your questions and what you have already been told by other doctor's or ER personal and make sure that you tell them your family's history with cancer.
Your stomach and head are probably in pain because you have convinced your self that you are already sick with something that is life threatening. Calm down... breathe... and get out your phone book and look for a institution that will see you and tell you if there is something reallly wrong with you or not.
For your anemia take iron pills (ferrous sulfate) you can find that in any drug store. So many things can cause your body to react the way that it is right now ESPECIALLY stress.
Good luck and try to calm down. the power of positive thinking can do wounderous things!
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Why didn't you discuss this with the doctor you saw in the ER. The ER is more expensive than a visit to the doctor"s office. I guess it depends on how much you value your life. I wouldn't wait, if you do and it is cancer, you may just make it so there's nothing they can do. I'd go to the doctor, and if I had to sell everything I had, what good is anything if your dead.?
The health department has physicians, if you can't afford to see anyone. Please don't wait, you'll only regret it.Health Question & Answer
The health department has physicians, if you can't afford to see anyone. Please don't wait, you'll only regret it.Health Question & Answer
well you certainly are doing a bang up job of feeling sorry for yourself, but I don't see you doing anything about being proactive. If you think you cannot do anything to help yourself, then you can't help yourself. Let me guess, those "small details" you mention are the fact that you make too much money to qualify for assistance. So, you need to prioritize what you spend your money on don't you.? You bought a computer, that would have paid for a doctor's visit or two or even three, depending on the cost of the computer.... am I getting thru here.? You can't use a computer if you are dead... suggest you make better priorities about where you are spending your hard earned dollars.Health Question & Answer