Afraid I have a serious illness

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I've suffered from nausea, a loss of appetite, exhaustion and abdominal pain for the past few months, and I've become obsessed by the thought that I might have some form of cancer. I've been recommended for an endoscopy, but I'm afraid of what they'll find.

I can't stop thinking about the idea that I might be going to die soon. I've barely gotten started with my life. I don't want to have to have parts of my stomach removed. I wish I'd gone for an examination much sooner. No one is taking my fears seriously.

College, work, socialising, they all seem pointless now. I shouldn't be thinking these thoughts at twenty. I can't think about the future any more.

I don't know what I'm looking for by posting here. I don't know how to feel about death. Has anyone survived a similar experience?

People who go through those type of situations usually come out happier. So this could change your life around.

I am very prone to catastrophizing
thinking of the same nature you seem
to be suffering with right now. I have
numerous health fears and they are
inseparably connected to my OCD.

I want to let you know that many of
us in the spectrum suffer with irrational
fears........my ocd always mutates, and
keeps looking for a new 'health fear'
funny enough my latest one is stomach
cancer..........this is because I've been
non-stop farting for 2 months now.

Try not to worry, cancers of the digestive system are usually found in the elderly, alcoholics or smokers.
I had abdominal pain and morning depression and after a scan I found out it was my gall bladder causing those symptoms, I was convinced I had liver cancer.
You are still a young thing and having the best examination done soon so hang in there.