I Am Afraid of Cancer

i am a single mother 21 yrs old and i just discovered a very large painful lump on my breast....the dr. says she hopes its only an infection.. if it doesnt go away with antiobiotics in a few days i have get a diagnostic mammogram done...

My granmother on my moms side granfather on my fathers side my little brother many aunts and uncles..I am probley going to end up with it one day

It seems I start every story these days with: My mum died from cancer earlier this year. Well, it was horrific. Things are slowly moving forward. I'm afraid of cancer because I saw what it did to my Mum and because I know that I most...

my mums older sister died of it at home- across my house -I saw her 5 minutes after she passed away. 3 months later I watched my mums twin sister die of it(at the age of 43) at her house-across the road- believe it or not -aand I saw...

I used to have a reasonably mild case of OCD, but I managed to get myself out of it, I still have it slightly about some things but I'm not as bad as I was.  However my irrational fear of cancer borders on OCD, whenever I think...

I know it's irrational but cancer scares the poo out of me. The one that is the scariest for me is skin cancer. I have very fair skin & light eyes so I'm at a higher risk for it. I'm as pale as I can possibly be, but my friends go...

First post ever... not sure how this works...

Earlier today, my mother mentioned some symptoms she has had for years. They are very concerning symptoms that should be checked out as soon as they occur... and now it is literally...

Me and my fiancee live apart, UK and Canada and well...last night he told me not to freak out. He has been ill for the last couple of weeks, he generally has a low immune system or something because he gets ill very quickly, anyway, he...

Cancer has taken over my body... It's almost killed me... But I fought it.. I'm scared that it might come back... Cancer has taken away so many of my family members... I'm so afraid of it... 

My aunt has been diagnosed with cancer. I am afraid; afraid that she will pass away, afraid that she will give up. She had been so strong in the beginning, but I think her willpower is dying out. She tells me, I am very tired. She tells...

Hey gang, well first let me say Cancer who needs it Who wants it Nobody.. Unfortunately this is the real world and people do get cancer.
I am proud to call myself a 10 year survivor. But that day in the Dr. Office when he hit me with...

I thought to brighten up everyone who is struggling because they know someone with cancer/have cancer and hoping to give you some hope.

My friends 2 year old son was diagnosed with cancer in his kidney, July 2012. They started chemo...

My Grandfather passed away about 30 years ago from what they said was old age. He smoked unfiltered cigarettes, 2-3 packs a day, for almost all his 70 years. All in my family think cancer was the cause of his death.
My Grandmother died...

Hi all--
Glad to find somewhere I can at least write these things and get them out of my head.
My mother died of esophagul (sp?) cancer when I was 21. I am now 37. My father died from bladder cancer when I was 31. 2 years ago my...

I started having severely heavy periods, and my uterus caused me pain almost all of the time, through the whole cycle. I sometimes bled for a day to 2 at a time between my periods. A couple of other symptoms popped up, but I won't go...

If there was one disease I would wipe from the world, it would be cancer. There are so many types and so many ways that it can obliterate your system that it is like a true life horror story. I have lost several relatives to it, so I...

I don't know why I'm so scared of it. Maybe it's because three of my mum's friends have suffered from it. So far, two are now in remission and we're waiting to hear about the third.
My mum was adopted when she was little so we don't...

My paternal grandmother had it.  My maternal grandmother had it.  My maternal grandfather had it.  My father had it.  My mother-precancerous colon polyps.  Yes, it is safe to say I am afraid of cancer.  I...