Nope you're not alone! I'm hyper of everything too. I worry over aches and pains too. I have IBS which causes me to have frequent diarrhea. The weird thing is I always worry it's my liver for some reason causing diarrhea. I've also had pains on the right along my ribs and below them since October 2015. I mentioned it to my Onc that and he said it sounded like post mastectomy pain. I didn't mention again he last two times I saw him. He asked if there were any changes with anything and there wasn't. My six month follow up is next month and I don't know if I should bring it up again or not. It's been over a year since it started so I would think if it was liver mets that I'd be be sick by now. I also have truncal lymphedema which I've heard can cause some pain.

we all are in the same boat then!! I feel the same way and think that our doctors must have learnt to deal with worries like that..

I believe they know what to ask for and by the way (may be) we are describing our pains .. and the answers we give to their questions, they should know whether we are describing met or just a regular pain!! at least i hope they do!!

Personally I felt many type of pain right after (and during) treatment.. i really thought they were mets. I had headache and vision change, started fearing brain met .. did an MRI it was negative.. felt all bloated with pain on the right side feared it was liver mets.. did an MRI it was negative .. I am having hip pain was afraid it would be bone met so convinced my doc to do a spinal MRI.. now i have armpit pain in the opposite side of where I had cancer, so I am scared of having CBC.. i am convincing my doc for breast MRI

its awful to be like that.. I know I am making my doc job harder.. but i can't help it .. i really did feel all those pains!!

Contralateral Breast Cancer.. i know this sounds like very hypochondriac.. which is the case frankly.. but I try not think about all this too much until I meet with my Onc - then I share all my worries with him, with no limits, tell him all the crazy thoughts and feelings..

I am not an expert in cancer or anything.. but the fear of recurrence is so heavy its unreal!! and not very helpful!! I fear it a lot.. I do my best to manage this fear and try to put things into perspective.. which I find it helpful, I exercise and listen to music as much as I can.. I don't panic about it all day long.. but keep it in the back of my mind until my next appointment!!

Hugs to all ..and wish you strength and positive vibes! Let us all be cured!!

I'm nearing 2 years of survivorship. I, too, struggle with this. And I have an oncologist who doesn't test at all. I don't even have blood work each visit...Is THIS normal?

i am becoming one, 4 years ago, after a misdiagnosis of congestive heart failure as "walking pneumonia", then last year with breast cancer, i keep looking over my shoulder for whats next.

Glad to see that this is actually a "thing" and not just my insanity. Having a doctor that at least addresses your concerns with tests and scans is fortunate. I went to my oncologist for my semi annual check up and told her about having headaches on the left side of my face pretty much constantly for over two months and a twitching eye for over a month non stop - she told me that if it was mets to my brain I would be dead already. Now I have a swollen supraclavicular lymph node on my bc side and she is rushing me for a ct scan of my neck, chest and abdomen. I never know which things she wants to know about and what isn't relative.

So sorry Jcolford! You are right that I am fortunate he follows up on my symptoms to be sure. What did you find out aggiemegs about your pain in your right rib