The internet hypochondria for dummies

This morning I woke up with a headache.  Before I took a couple of panadol I decided to google headache. I checked and found out I actually had either incredibly high blood pressure or a potentially fatal brain tumour.  Not wanting to take the advice of one site I trawled through as many sites as I could and my prognosis was not at all good.  Rather than high blood pressure I was convinced that I definitely had cancer.

Every time I get sick I always google and each time I find that I have cancer, multiple sclerosis or every other disease known to mankind.  I have found it is not a good thing to tell the doctor about your findings.  Doctors want to be the person who diagnoses.  They do not appreciate self diagnosis, especially when aided by the world wide web.  They simply send me off with a flea in my ear and a prescription for reflux, my usual blood pressure medication or tell me to take the panadol I could have taken this morning before I went on my internet journey.

I know that I am a hypochondriac and always have been.  I thought that I was bad enough when I just had a family medical book but now with the endless advice from my computer I have turned into Hypochondria Woman.   I would love to do a course from the  "Hypochondria for Dummies" syllabus.  I could earn a Bachelor of  Hypochondria and later a Master of Hypochondria.  Tactfully no-one will mention the 'Dummies' part of the equation.

Anyone can read a text book or check out an internet site but in reality only doctors who have studied for years can actually diagnose.  Give your imagination a rest and ask someone who really knows what they are talking about.  Don't be a 'Dummy'.  I am hereby stating that I won't look anything about health on the net any more, I will wait until the doctor actually hands down his decision.  Repeat after me, I do not have cancer, I do not have the bubonic plague, I do not have TB, I do not have MS.  I do not have a degree and don't know what the hell I am talking about so I will make an appointment with a real person not something that runs on electricity.